Reason

Own your social network

Reason is a decentralized social platform where you own your data. Built on the Wish P2P stack, it connects you directly to friends without central servers. Share posts, images, and videos - all encrypted and stored on your devices.

Reason serves as an example application demonstrating the Wish Model - an architecture for building distributed apps with identity at the foundation.

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On desktop, Reason needs the Wish app running: Wish hosts the wish-core networking layer that Reason connects to. On Android the kernel is embedded in Reason itself.

macOS

Architecture	Download
Apple Silicon	Reason-v0.1.22-macos-arm64.dmg

The macOS build is waiting on Apple's notarization and appears here as soon as it clears.

Windows

Format	Download
Installer (.exe)	Reason-v0.1.22-windows-x64.exe
MSI package (.msi)	Reason-v0.1.22-windows-x64.msi

The .exe installs per user (no administrator rights) and adds a Start Menu entry; the .msi is for managed installs. Neither is code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" on first run: choose "More info" → "Run anyway".

Linux

Format	Download
Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)	Reason-v0.1.22-linux-x64.deb
Fedora / RHEL (.rpm)	Reason-v0.1.22-linux-x64.rpm
AppImage	Reason-v0.1.22-linux-x64.AppImage

Install the .deb with sudo apt install ./Reason-v0.1.22-linux-x64.deb, the .rpm with sudo dnf install ./Reason-v0.1.22-linux-x64.rpm. The AppImage runs in place after chmod +x; it needs libfuse2 (libfuse2t64 on Ubuntu 24.04 and later). Builds target glibc 2.35, so Ubuntu 22.04 / Debian 12 or newer.

Android

Architecture	Download
arm64 (most phones)	Reason-v0.1.22-android-arm64.apk

Requirements: Android 7 (API 24) or later with a Chromium WebView of version 113 or newer (Reason shows a notice and stops on older WebViews). Enable "install from unknown sources" to sideload it.

iOS

Reason for iPhone and iPad ships through TestFlight by invitation; get in touch for access.