🚀 Excited to share something I’ve been working on!
I recently added Node.js to my backend stack, and as part of the learning process, I built a full product around it — Secret Room.
🎭 Secret Room is an anonymous, real-time chat platform where users can create temporary servers, invite others, and communicate without revealing any personal information.
Here’s what makes it different:
<ul>
<li>🧠 Custom fingerprinting logic:
I created my own algorithm to generate unique device fingerprints — no 3rd-party libraries, no cross-server tracking.</li>
<li>🔐 End-to-end confidentiality:
Both the server’s messages and file URLs are encrypted. No plain storage.</li>
<li>👥 Anonymous username generation:
Every server has its own set of users, each with a consistent anonymous username — built from a custom serverId-userId system I wrote — so no real names, no overlaps.</li>
<li>⏳ Ephemeral servers and messages:
Servers automatically self-delete after their lifespan expires (or when the owner deletes them), and messages/files are fully removed from the database.</li>
<li>📁 File sharing support:
Users can share videos, images, GIFs, and PDFs securely within sessions.</li>
</ul>
Tech highlights:
<ul>
<li>Frontend: Next.js 15.2.1, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Zustand, <a href="http://Socket.IO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Socket.IO</a></li>
<li>Backend: Node.js (Express), MongoDB, <a href="http://Socket.IO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Socket.IO</a></li>
</ul>
🔗 You can try it out here: <a href="https://secret-room-orpin.vercel.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Live Webiste</a>
📂 Frontend repo: <a href="https://github.com/fabiconcept/secret-room" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Frontend GitHub Repo</a>
📂 Backend repo: <a href="https://github.com/fabiconcept/secret-room-backend" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Backend GitHub repo</a>
Would really appreciate any feedback, contributions, or GitHub stars ⭐ if you find it interesting.
Thanks for reading!
“The design leans into a dark web secret chat aesthetic — so the UI intentionally feels a little gritty and rough around the edges. That’s part of the vibe.”
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🚀 Excited to share something I’ve been working on!
I recently added Node.js to my backend stack, and as part of the learning process, I built a full product around it — Secret Room.
🎭 Secret Room is an anonymous, real-time chat platform where users can create temporary servers, invite others, and communicate without revealing any personal information.
Here’s what makes it different:
<ul>
<li>🧠 Custom fingerprinting logic:
I created my own algorithm to generate unique device fingerprints — no 3rd-party libraries, no cross-server tracking.</li>
<li>🔐 End-to-end confidentiality:
Both the server’s messages and file URLs are encrypted. No plain storage.</li>
<li>👥 Anonymous username generation:
Every server has its own set of users, each with a consistent anonymous username — built from a custom serverId-userId system I wrote — so no real names, no overlaps.</li>
<li>⏳ Ephemeral servers and messages:
Servers automatically self-delete after their lifespan expires (or when the owner deletes them), and messages/files are fully removed from the database.</li>
<li>📁 File sharing support:
Users can share videos, images, GIFs, and PDFs securely within sessions.</li>
</ul>
Tech highlights:
<ul>
<li>Frontend: Next.js 15.2.1, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Zustand, <a href="http://Socket.IO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Socket.IO</a></li>
<li>Backend: Node.js (Express), MongoDB, <a href="http://Socket.IO" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Socket.IO</a></li>
</ul>
🔗 You can try it out here: <a href="https://lnkd.in/dWGGxur9" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://lnkd.in/dWGGxur9</a>
📂 Frontend repo: <a href="https://lnkd.in/dFSZ-Cgt" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://lnkd.in/dFSZ-Cgt</a>
📂 Backend repo: <a href="https://lnkd.in/dXt9kJ88" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://lnkd.in/dXt9kJ88</a>
Would really appreciate any feedback, contributions, or GitHub stars ⭐ if you find it interesting.
Thanks for reading!
“The design leans into a dark web secret chat aesthetic — so the UI intentionally feels a little gritty and rough around the edges. That’s part of the vibe.”

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Secret Room is an innovative anonymous chat platform that enables secure and private real-time communication. Users can create temporary servers where messages and files are encrypted and self-destruct after a certain time. The platform uses custom fingerprinting for unique device identification and generates anonymous usernames for all participants. Developed using Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js with MongoDB for backend support.

Introducing Secret Room: A Fully Anonymous, Self-Destructing Chat Platform 🔥

<img src="https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Dh_xSOGA--/f_auto/v1746546224/ugc/content_fefa7230-9aa2-4656-80bc-53d80922c2d7" alt="image">
I’m stuck with “Select a user to chat”, I can’t do anything.

I appreciate you’re going for the dark/gritty vibe but the text ‘glitch’ effect is SUPER distracting and annoying. First thing I did when I fired up a server was to edit the source to disable it - maybe consider offering this as an option?
Other than that – good job!