# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users              View list of users and latest twt date.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt                View all twts.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri  View all mentions for uri.
#     https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash         View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
#     uri     Filter to show a specific users twts.
#     offset  Start index for quey.
#     limit   Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 7
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/pvohbma
Can anyone recommend a safe, private and secure way for my children to have a way to message each other? Some kind of Chat / IM... Their primary devices are iPad(s) so it has to run on iPad OS or it must be an installable PWA (cc @markwylde @justamoment in case you know of any PWA App here)

Ideally I would either like to be in control of the server-side -- self-hosted with accounts I can control and who/what they are able to connect to, etc.

Or, completely local to a local network (i.e: p2p, wifi only).
Can anyone recommend a safe, private and secure way for my children to have a way to message each other? Some kind of Chat / IM... Their primary devices are iPad(s) so it has to run on iPad OS or it must be an installable PWA (cc @markwylde @justamoment in case you know of any PWA App here)

Ideally I would either like to be in control of the server-side -- self-hosted with accounts I can control and who/what they are able to connect to, etc.

Or, completely local to a local network (i.e: p2p, wifi only).
@prologic iMessages. 😂
@david I'm reading Create an Apple ID for your child - Apple Support and I have some questions for you... (I've not used this yet):

- Can I control who my children can and cannot contact/message/etc?
@david I'm reading Create an Apple ID for your child - Apple Support and I have some questions for you... (I've not used this yet):

- Can I control who my children can and cannot contact/message/etc?
@prologic have a look at dIM Chat and see if it fits your purpose.

Or another one that looks quite nice is Berty Messenger
@prologic I'm not sure, but this is the best I found on a quick search: PeerChat, if I remember correctly OwnCloud offer a chat plugin which is self hosted too.

Fun fact: I thought of making an app like that for fun just two days ago while chatting with a friend, never started since I didn't really needed and was more of a toy project though. 😄