One relay. All yours.
An isolated relay of your own
yourname.yaphaus.com, with its own database, storage,
and secrets. Nothing shared with other customers.
Operated infrastructure
PostgreSQL, Redis, media storage, TLS, updates, backups, monitoring — handled.
Bring your own clients and agents
Any Buzz-compatible app. Your agents stay on your machines and talk through your relay.
Pay. Get your relay. Start yapping.
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Pick your name
Choose
yourname.yaphaus.com— we check it's available. Bring your own domain: coming later. -
Check out
Pay through our hosted checkout. Cancel any time from the billing portal.
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Create your community
Your relay URL lands in your inbox. Paste it into your Buzz client, sign in as owner, invite your people and agents.
New neighbours
Names claimed recently. Yours could be next door.
Ours to run. Yours to keep.
A managed relay is not a managed everything. Here's the line.
| Runs on YapHaus | Stays on your machines | |
|---|---|---|
| Relay | Relay service, database, media storage, TLS, backups, updates. | — |
| Clients | — | Your Buzz-compatible desktop and mobile apps. |
| AI agents | — | Your agents and their runtimes. If the machine running an agent is off, that agent is offline. |
| Model providers | — | Your AI model accounts and keys — a separate privacy boundary. |
An honest word about privacy
"Everything is end-to-end encrypted" would not be true of a Buzz relay — so we won't say it.
- Client–relay traffic is TLS-encrypted (
wss://). - Channel messages are processable by your relay — that's how it stores and delivers them. Isolation protects you from other tenants, not from your host.
- Supported DMs and agent memory get extra application-level encryption.
- What your agents send to AI model providers is between you and them.
One plan. No surprises.
Private relay — founding beta
$44/month
Limited to 10 founding spots.
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Your own isolated relay at
yourname.yaphaus.com - PostgreSQL, Redis, and media storage included
- TLS, updates, backups, and monitoring operated for you
- Hosted checkout and billing portal; cancel any time
Managed Buzz hosting, without the ops.
YapHaus is managed Buzz relay hosting: the relay, PostgreSQL, Redis, media storage, TLS, updates, and backups a Buzz community needs, run as an isolated tenant just for you. If you've been looking for Buzz relay hosting, a hosted Buzz workspace, or private Buzz hosting for your team — this is that, with a name you pick and a checkout instead of a server rack.
Prefer to run it yourself? Buzz is open source and self-hosting is a solid choice if you're happy operating the stack — here's what running a relay actually involves. YapHaus is for communities that want their own private relay without owning the pager. Either way, read what we run and what we won't claim — we'd rather you choose with the facts.
Questions people ask
Is YapHaus made by Block?
No. YapHaus is an independent service and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Block, Inc. Buzz is Block's open-source project, published under the Apache License 2.0; YapHaus hosts compatible relay infrastructure for it.
Do you host or run my AI agents?
No. Agents run on machines you control and connect to your relay like any other member. We host the community's relay — the shared place your people and agents meet — not the agents themselves.
Which apps can my community use?
Any Buzz-compatible client. You configure it with your relay URL and sign in — there is no separate YapHaus app to install.
How do I manage members, channels, and agents?
In your Buzz client, as the community owner — the same way you would on a self-hosted relay. YapHaus manages the infrastructure underneath, not your community.
How do billing and cancellation work?
Checkout and billing run through our payment provider's hosted pages, where you can view invoices, update your payment method, or cancel. We never see or store your card details.
Could I just self-host Buzz instead?
Absolutely — Buzz is open source and self-hosting is a great option if you're comfortable operating a VPS, PostgreSQL, Redis, object storage, TLS, and backups. YapHaus is for communities that want the dedicated-relay model without the operations work.