New Say it with a Scribble! Drawings, GIFs that move and a list that lights up in Snakkes 1.2
Snakkes Beta
Version 1.2 is here

Your friends.
One happy place.

Snakkes is the friendly messenger for you and your friends. Chat, call the whole group, play a game in the middle of a conversation, and meet people who love what you love. Remember how fun this used to be? It still is.

Download for WindowsFree · Windows & Mac What's new in 1.2
  • Free to chat, call and play
  • Stored in Denmark
  • Only friends you accept
The Snakkes messenger

Display pictures

Pick a face. Any face.

Twenty display pictures, drawn just for Snakkes: a rubber duck, a fox, a rocket, our very own snake and more. Or upload a photo of your own, cropped just right.

What's new Beta

Say it with a Scribble

Snakkes 1.2 is here: draw it and send it, GIFs that move, and a contact list that lights up.

Scribble, like the good old days

Some things are easier to draw. Click the squiggle in the message box and it turns into a drawing pad: a heart, a doodle, a quick map to the café. Pick a pen, draw with your mouse and send it. Your friend gets it as a picture, cut neatly to fit.

  • Six colours, a thin and a thick pen
  • Undo with Ctrl + Z, send with Enter
A chat with Freja: her Scribble of herself swimming in the lake under the sun with a heart, and the message box as a drawing pad with a heart, a smiley and a zigzag drawn, the six pen colours and Undo.

Your list lights up

A friend you're in a call with glows green, one you're calling glows blue, and a new message blinks orange until you've read it. Prefer it calm? Turn it off in Settings.

GIFs that move

Pick a GIF in the emoji panel, or copy one from the web and paste it. It plays right in the chat, just like it should.

Lighter, bigger calls

Calls are light in light mode now. Drag the edge under a call to make it a little bigger, and your friend's picture grows with it. During a call, Video and Share at the top of the chat turn on your camera or your screen.

A call with Freja, in light blue, with her big display picture, 5:12 on the clock, and Mute, Camera off, Share screen and Hang up.
  • Stars in Ludo Jump from a star, and whoever stands on it goes home
  • Reactions beside photos Right next to the picture, halfway down
  • Games keep their place A floating game stays inside the chat's edges
  • Settings in small windows One tidy menu instead of four rows of buttons
  • Classic Mode Your list on its own, each chat in a window, with Snakkes More
  • Lots of polish Clearer tooltips and a toolbar in a tidier order

Still new from 1.1

Find your people in Circles, make your picture sparkle, and give Snakkes your own colours.

Circles: find your people

Join a Circle for what you love, from baking and board games to music and hiking, or start your own with any emoji or a picture, and invite your friends. Chat, answer the week's question and level up with sparks.

Your Circles never show on your profile

The Baking Circle's chat: Mila's cinnamon buns, Tintin answering the week's question, Theo becoming a Regular and the Circle reaching 100 members. Circle of the week: Gamers' Lounge, with 1,288 members and 1,843 messages this week.

Picture effects

Shine, Sparkle, Hearts, Snow and five more, playing on your display picture. Friends see it in their list, next to your name in its own colour. Pick yours in More Styles, or let Surprise me choose.

With Snakkes More

A fresh Games screen

The newest game up top, friends who are ready to play, and every game a click away.

The Games screen's banner: Ludo, new, race your four pieces home, 2–4 players, about 15 minutes, with Play with friends.

Profile cards

Your card and your friends': streaks, how long you've been friends, and everything for a friend under …

Your profile card: Christina with a sparkle on her picture, 6 friends, 62 days on Snakkes, a 34-day best streak with Freja and Snakkes More. Freja's card with its menu open: Change name, Add to favourites, Report, Block and Remove friend.

Leaderboard

Who wins the most games between you and your friends? Now you know.

The podium: you first with 13 wins, Tintin second, Maya third.

Skins

Snakkes in your own colours, light or dark, with Snakkes More.

Ten skins: Snakkes, Ocean, Lagoon, Mint, Honey, Sunset, Rose, Berry, Lavender and Graphite, with Rose chosen.

Friends, in one place

Add a friend, invite one, or Discover new people, all under Friends.

The Friends menu: Add friend, Invite friends and Discover.

Noise cancellation

Fans, keyboards and traffic stay out of your calls. Your voice comes through.

Emails while you're away

Who wrote to you, never what. You choose how often.

Chat

Like the good old days. Only better.

One-on-one or with the whole gang. React with a ❤️ or 🎉, reply to a message, draw a Scribble, send a GIF, and see when it's been seen. Someone's typing? You'll know.

  • Scribbles and GIFs that move
  • Group chats with @mentions and polls
  • Reactions, winks and nudges
  • Streaks, with a celebration at 3, 7, 30 and 100 days
  • Find any old message with Ctrl + F
  • Pin what matters, or let messages disappear
The Weekend hike group chat with display pictures, reactions under the messages, the reaction bar open next to Freja's message, and a note that Tintin is typing.

Circles New

Find your people

Circles are places for the things you love, with one chat for everyone in them. Join one of ours, from Baking to Gamers' Lounge, or start your own and invite your friends. Every week there's a new question to answer.

  • 28 Circles to start, from books to pets
  • Earn sparks and level up, from 🌱 to 👑
  • Hosts, reports and no strangers in your list
The Baking Circle: the chat with levels and reactions, and beside it this week's question, your level and the most active members.

Play

Challenge a friend, keep chatting

Ludo, Draw and Guess, 7-Ball, Word Duel, Battleships, Four in a Row and Tic-tac-toe, right in the conversation. Games shows who's ready to play: click a friend, pick a game, and it floats while you talk. Then see who's on top of the Leaderboard.

  • Seven games, more on the way
  • A leaderboard for you and your friends
  • A nudge when it's your turn
The Games screen: Ludo big on top with Play with friends, friends ready to play, and the other games as cards.

Share

What's on your mind?

Write a few lines at the top of Activity and your friends see them there, along with new personal messages and new friends. Choose who sees each post: your friends, their friends too, or everybody.

  • Posts for friends, or friends of friends
  • Suggest a friend right in your chat
Activity with posts: Maya invites everyone to game night on Friday, Sofie, a friend of Maya, asks who's up for Catan, and Tintin made it to the top of a mountain. At the top a box says What's on your mind? with a Post button.

Make it yours

Your colours, your vibe

Give every chat its own theme, from Sunset to Galaxy, and your name and picture a style of their own. Late night? Dark mode is easy on the eyes and can follow your computer's setting.

A chat with Freja in the Sunset theme with the theme picker open.

Skins

All of Snakkes, in your colours

Pick a skin and the whole app follows: buttons, the list, the chats, light or dark. Only you see it. Try one:

Ten skins in all, with Snakkes More.

The chat with Freja in the Snakkes skin.

Meet

Your friends, and theirs

Discover people on Snakkes who want to be found, invite your own friends with a link, or let a friend introduce you to someone new. You decide who gets in.

  • Discover, only if you want to be found
  • Invite with a link, a code or by email
  • A week of Snakkes More for you both when they join
Discover, showing six people with display pictures, Add friend buttons and badges like New on Snakkes and Active today.

And there's more

Everything you need to keep in touch

Voice & video calls

Call a friend or the whole group and share your screen, sound included. Noise cancellation keeps the fan out, and calls go straight between your computers.

Status & presence

Available, busy, away or Do not disturb, with a personal message. Automatic when you step away.

Show what you're doing

Playing a game, listening to Spotify or watching YouTube? Friends see it next to your status, if you want.

Chat details

All the photos and files you've shared in one place, plus your chat in numbers and who's winning your games.

Snakkes More

Skins, picture effects, extra themes, your own chat background and a name that shimmers. Try it free for 7 days. Learn more

You're in control

Choose what friends can send you, let messages disappear, turn on two-step sign-in, see where you're signed in, and block or report anyone.

Your data

Safely stored in Denmark

Snakkes runs on servers in Denmark. Your account, messages, photos and files are stored there, protected by Danish law and the EU's data protection rules, the GDPR.

  • Stored in DenmarkEverything you send through Snakkes is kept on our server in Denmark, inside the EU.
  • Under Danish and EU lawYour personal data is covered by Danish law and the GDPR, which give you strong rights over it.
  • Encrypted on the wayThe app only talks to the server over HTTPS, and passwords are stored as a one-way hash nobody can read.
  • Calls stay between youVoice and video calls go directly between your computers, encrypted. They're never stored.
  • Gone means goneWhen a disappearing message's time is up, your friends can't get its text, photo or file back, not even from our server. Only you, the sender, keep it.
  • Take it with you, or leaveDownload your messages, friends and profile any time, or delete your account and your data is erased right away.

How it works

Up and chatting in a minute

  1. 1

    Download Snakkes

    Install the app on your Windows PC or Mac. It's free.

  2. 2

    Create your account

    Pick a username, choose a display picture, and take the tour if you like.

  3. 3

    Add your friends

    Send a friend request, or invite them with your link, and start chatting.

Your friends are waiting

Get the Snakkes 1.1 beta for Windows or Mac and bring them along.

Download for WindowsFree · Windows & Mac

Snakkes is free. Your data is stored securely in Denmark, under Danish and EU law.