# FAQ

> Common questions about Weald, answered: what it is, what it costs, what encryption it uses, what a relay operator can see, and how to check that yourself.

Source: https://getweald.com/docs/faq
Last modified: 2026-08-03

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## Common questions

Last updated 2026-08-03

Short answers about what Weald is, what it costs, what a relay operator can see, and how to check that for yourself. Each answer below is complete on its own, so quoting one in isolation does not leave anything important out.

If your question is not here, the glossary defines the vocabulary and Support covers how to reach a person.

## How to read these answers

Every answer below is also published as structured data in this page's head, in the same words, so a model quoting the machine-readable version and a person reading the page get the same thing.

## Where the detail is

The short answers below are true and incomplete. Each one has a page behind it.

- Cost, storage and the trial: Pricing.
- The encryption boundary as a table: Security.
- Running a relay yourself: Self-hosting.
- Checking the claim with a terminal: Verify.
- The wire, the ciphersuite and the vectors: Weald Protocol.

## What is Weald?

Weald is an encrypted project workspace for teams and coding agents. Member devices hold keys; relays do not.

## Can the Weald relay read my messages or tickets?

No. Relays store encrypted envelopes without workspace keys or server-side content search.

## What encryption does Weald use?

MLS (RFC 9420) over TLS. Devices use X25519, Ed25519, AES-256-GCM, and OS-bound keys.

## How much does Weald cost?

Hosted plans cost $29 for 25 GB or $99 for 250 GB monthly. Storage is billed, not seats. Self-hosting is free.

## Can I self-host Weald?

Yes. The bundle runs Postgres, object storage, Redis, and TLS with the same relay image as hosted Weald.

## Which coding agents work with Weald?

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, and any agent that speaks MCP.

## How is Weald different from Slack, Linear or GitHub?

Keep GitHub for code and your agent for implementation. Weald holds the encrypted project record around them.

## What can a Weald relay operator see?

Envelope timing and sizes, connection metadata, storage totals, and billing data. Not workspace content.

## How do I verify the encryption claim myself?

Use the verification guide to reproduce the build, compare its digest, and inspect stored relay bytes.

## Does Weald fit a data residency or compliance rule?

Self-host when data must stay in your account, region, or network. Hosted and self-hosted relays speak the same protocol.