A Warcraft III RoC-style chat client for friends, voice, and games.
ElderKeep is a desktop group-chat app with built-in voice rooms, screen sharing, and a unified game browser — wrapped in the classic Warcraft III Reign of Chaos / Battle.net look and feel. Download it and you're dropped straight onto the public ElderKeep server — free, always online, open to anyone, no invite required. Chat, voice call, and screen-share with friends, or start your own clan.
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| Chat — channels, live user list, voice/friends/clan tabs | Play Games — browse and join servers for 30+ PC games, Roblox, and Warcraft III |
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| Voice — device selection, noise suppression, echo cancellation | Screen Share — resolution, frame rate, bitrate budget, system audio |
Login screen
Grab the latest build from the Releases page.
| Platform | File |
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| Windows 10/11 | ElderKeep-Setup-<version>.exe (one-click installer) — or the portable .zip |
| Linux (x64) | ElderKeep-<version>-x64.AppImage or the .deb package |
ElderKeep keeps itself current with a built-in auto-updater, so you only need to install once.
Windows SmartScreen / "nothing happens" on launch? The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may flag it with Mark of the Web. Right-click the downloaded
.exe→ Properties → tick Unblock → OK, then run it again.
- Install and launch ElderKeep.
- New users connect to the public server automatically — no server address required.
- Create an account and save your one-time recovery codes (you'll need them if you ever forget your password).
- Join a channel, add some friends, and you're in.
- Public channels and clan channels
- End-to-end encrypted private whispers (ECDH + AES-256-GCM)
- Emoji picker, Tenor GIFs, inline images, and rich link previews with a lightbox
/meemotes and IRC-style moderation commands (kick, ban, op, whois, who, …)- Daily chat logs kept locally
- Low-latency peer-to-peer voice rooms
- Push-to-talk or voice-activation, with mute & deafen
- RNNoise background-noise suppression
- Automatic game-audio ducking while you talk
- Microphone test and full mic/speaker device selection
- Host-controlled calls — invite, add, remove, force-mute, and end for everyone
- Share a full screen or a single window, with system audio
- Adjustable resolution, FPS, and bitrate, with an auto-FPS guard
- Native viewer window with per-viewer volume, fullscreen, and auto-reconnect
- Smart bandwidth budgeting across multiple viewers
- Friends list with favorites and live online/offline status
- See what game friends are playing on Steam
- Clans with ranks, message-of-the-day, invites, and chat history
A unified game browser built right into chat:
- PC game servers — browse, filter, and join via BattleMetrics + the Steam Web API
- Roblox — game and server browser, friends lookup, and one-click join
- Warcraft III — LAN lobby browser, plus games hosted straight from chat via the w3bot
- One-time backup recovery codes and self-service password reset
- Optional saved password, encrypted with your OS credential vault (Windows DPAPI) — never stored in plain text
- Auto-connect on launch, once the update check confirms you're on the latest build
- Themes, accent colors, and custom backgrounds (with an animated battlefield canvas)
- Profiles with icons, plus XP and level badges
- Floating chat-bubble overlay and system-tray support
- Live in-app patch notes
Windows 10/11 and Linux (x64). A mobile/web build is also available via Capacitor.
Self-hosting is not currently available. The ElderKeep server software is not public — ElderKeep only connects to the official public server. Everyone downloading this client joins the same community.
ElderKeep is proprietary software — © 2026 Mark van der Sluis. All rights reserved. See LICENSE for details. Third-party open-source components remain under their own respective licenses.
For licensing inquiries, contact noreply@elderkeep.app.