About Passedby
Passedby is an anonymous, disposable chat space. No account. No history. No trace. You arrive, you talk, you leave — and the room forgets you were ever there.
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Pick a username and you're in. No email, no password, no profile to maintain. Identity is temporary by design.
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When you log out, your account disappears. No message history is stored. Every session starts fresh.
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Conversations happen live. Meet people who are online right now, in the same room, at the same moment.
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Passedby runs entirely in your browser. Open the link, enter a name, and start talking — that's it.
How it works
No registration. Just a name — any name — to identify yourself in the room.
You're dropped into a live chat space with anyone else who's currently online.
Have a conversation. Or don't. No pressure, no algorithm, no feed to scroll.
When you log out, your account is gone. No history, no record, no trace left behind.
Why it exists
"Not every conversation needs to be saved."
Most chat apps are built around permanence — profiles, histories, archives. Passedby is built around the opposite. It exists for the conversation that doesn't need a follow-up, the thought you want to say out loud without it becoming a statement, the stranger you meet once and never again. There is real value in that kind of connection. We built a space for it.
Common questions
No. Passedby requires no registration, no email, and no password. You choose a username when you enter, and that's all the identity you need.
No messages are stored after you log out. Passedby is ephemeral by design — when your session ends, everything disappears.
Anyone who is currently online. Passedby connects you with real people in real time — no bots, no feeds, no algorithmic curation.
Yes, completely free. No subscription, no premium tier, no ads.
Passedby is built around one idea: disposability. There is no persistent identity, no chat history, and no account to come back to. Every session is completely fresh. It is not trying to be a social network — it is a room you pass through.