Frequently asked questions

Gibbur is a free, random one-on-one text chat with strangers. Press a button, get matched with someone new, and talk. It’s a modern Omegle alternative for adults.

Yes. Chatting on Gibbur is free, and there are no ads.

No. Tick the box confirming you’re 18 or older and agree to the Terms and Community Guidelines on the chat page, and you’re in. An account is optional.

You must be 18 or older. Gibbur is for adults only.

Not yet. Gibbur is text chat today; video is coming later.

When you press Chat now, our server pairs you with another person who is looking for a chat. Your browser never chooses your partner — the server does. See How Gibbur works.

Add up to 10 interest tags, like gaming, anime or music. Gibbur first looks for someone who shares one; if nobody matches within about 6 seconds, you’re matched with a random stranger instead. Shared interests are shown to both of you. More on the chat by interests page.

Yes. Each browser tab is its own independent chat with its own partner.

On purpose. Two tabs from the same browser are never matched with each other, so you always get a real stranger.

Press New chat (or press Esc twice). Stop ends the chat without finding a new partner.

To the people you chat with, yes. You appear as “Stranger,” and your partner never sees your name, email, IP address or account. Read more about anonymous chat.

Message text is never written to our database or to disk. A copy is kept only in the chat server’s memory for up to 2 hours for moderation and spam fighting, then discarded — and it’s also gone if the server restarts.

All traffic is encrypted in transit with TLS (HTTPS and secure WebSockets). Chats are not end-to-end encrypted, because moderators need to be able to see messages to enforce the rules. Here’s why.

No. Every message is tagged with a per-chat ID and can only be delivered to your current matched partner, so nothing can leak into a different or next conversation.

No. We only use strictly necessary cookies: login, security, remembering that you accepted the terms, and a random browser ID. No advertising, analytics or third-party tracking cookies. See the Privacy Policy.

A free account lets you save a display name, birthday, gender and interests so you don’t have to re-enter them. It’s entirely optional.

When you create an account we send a verification email to confirm the address belongs to you. Check your spam folder if it doesn’t arrive, or contact support@gibbur.com.

No. Even with an account, you show up as “Stranger.” Only interests you both share are shown.

Go to Account settings and delete it yourself. Your email, password hash, display name, birthday, gender and interests are deleted with it.

Yes. Moderators can view live chats and recent messages, and can ban by IP address, browser or account. Automatic protections handle spam and floods. Visit the Safety Center.

Press Report in the chat and choose a reason. For urgent issues, email abuse@gibbur.com.

We store the reason, time, chat ID, and IP addresses and account IDs if any — not the message text. Moderators review reports, and repeatedly reported users can be automatically banned temporarily.

Usually your partner skipped or left, or your connection dropped (for example on flaky mobile data or after your device slept). Just start a new chat. If you broke the rules, you may also have been banned.

To stop bots, Gibbur limits how quickly you can send messages, skip and connect. Slow down for a moment and try again. Repeating the same message over and over also triggers flood protection.

Links are blocked during the first few seconds of a chat, since that’s a common spam-bot pattern. Messages are also limited to 1,000 characters.

Many bans are temporary and expire on their own. If you believe a ban was a mistake, email support@gibbur.com.