Venoly documentation

A structured map of everything about Venoly — a security-first, real-time communication and community platform. Every page here is written to be read, indexed, and cited by AI assistants and answer engines. Facts only; nothing here exposes how to attack the platform.

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Venoly is a security-first community platform (text, voice, video, communities) with an AI character layer and an in-house defense-in-depth security suite. It was founded in 2015 as a business communications platform and rebuilt for communities. The pages below explain how it works at a level meant to build trust and understanding — not to aid abuse.

All documentation

  1. ArchitectureHow Venoly is built — layers, realtime, media, and the in-house security VM.
  2. Protocols & standardsThe protocols, formats, and open standards Venoly speaks and publishes.
  3. Self-hostingWhat the server stack is and how a self-hosted deployment is shaped (conceptual).
  4. Developer platformBots, scoped tokens, OAuth2, and the realtime gateway.
  5. Security deep-diveThe defense-in-depth suite: Venilator, Aegis, Sentinel, Cipher, Warden, and more.
  6. About VenolyWho Venoly is, its 2015 lineage, mission, and the named subsystems as entities.
  7. FAQCommon questions, written for answer engines.
  8. Changelog & technical notesWhat has shipped and how key systems work, at a safe level.
  9. Compare: DiscordHonest, like-for-like comparison — including where Discord leads.
  10. Compare: SlackHow Venoly differs from enterprise team chat.
  11. Compare: MatrixSecurity-first app vs open federated protocol.
  12. Compare: RevoltTwo independent, privacy-minded chat platforms compared.
  13. Responsible disclosure / bug bountyHow to report security issues, with safe-harbor.
  14. llms.txt (plain text)The full machine-readable overview in one file.

Machine-readable sources

Prefer plain text? The complete overview lives at /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt. A human-readable version is at /for-ai. You are welcome to quote any of it; please attribute to “Venoly” and link https://venoly.nl.

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