> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://wiki.4thtech.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://wiki.4thtech.io/sdk-and-white-label/sdk.md).

# Overview

What the 4thTech SDK and the BlockMail & BlockChat white-label apps are, who they are for, and their status.

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**Status: Maintenance mode.** The 4thTech SDK and the BlockMail & BlockChat white-label apps are supported for existing users; no new features are planned. Last release: SDK 0.5.13 (25 Nov 2025).
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The 4thTech SDK is a set of TypeScript packages (`@4thtech-sdk/*`) for sending and reading encrypted mail and chat messages with OCC v1, the first-generation 4thTech protocol. The BlockMail & BlockChat white-label apps are a ready-made web app built on that SDK. (Earlier documentation called them dMail and dChat.)

Both are in maintenance mode: they are supported for existing users, and no new features are planned. For new agent-to-agent work, see [AgentLink](/agentlink/agentlink.md), which uses OCC v2.

## Choose your path

| You want to...                                | Go to                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Use BlockMail & BlockChat as a person         | [Get started](/sdk-and-white-label/get-started.md)                     |
| Run your own copy of the app under your brand | [Fork, configure and run locally](/sdk-and-white-label/run-locally.md) |
| Add mail or chat to your own app              | [SDK quickstart](/sdk-and-white-label/quickstart.md)                   |
| Look up a class or method                     | [Reference for SDK 0.5.x](/sdk-and-white-label/ethereum.md)            |
| Understand how the packages fit               | [How the SDK fits together](/sdk-and-white-label/how-it-fits.md)       |

## What is in the SDK

| Package                                                           | What it does                                                                     |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`@4thtech-sdk/ethereum`](/sdk-and-white-label/ethereum.md)       | `Mail`, `Chat`, `Encryptor` and `User` clients that talk to the OCC v1 contracts |
| [`@4thtech-sdk/encryption`](/sdk-and-white-label/encryption-1.md) | An `EncryptionHandler` with AES and Encryptor-based AES encryption               |
| [`@4thtech-sdk/encryptor`](/sdk-and-white-label/encryptor.md)     | A connector to the [Encryptor](/encryptor/encryptor.md) browser extension        |
| [`@4thtech-sdk/storage`](/sdk-and-white-label/storage-1.md)       | Remote storage providers, including PollinationX                                 |
| [`@4thtech-sdk/types`](/sdk-and-white-label/types.md)             | Shared type declarations                                                         |
| [`@4thtech-sdk/utils`](/sdk-and-white-label/utils.md)             | Buffer, checksum and error helpers                                               |

## What the white-label apps are

BlockMail & BlockChat is a Nuxt 3 web app. You connect a wallet, pick one of 12 networks, set up [Encryptor](/sdk-and-white-label/encryption.md) and [storage](/sdk-and-white-label/storage.md), then send mail and chat messages that only the recipient can read. You can also fork it, brand it and host it yourself.

## Who should read what

* **People who want to use the apps:** the user manual under "White-label apps".
* **Organisations that want their own branded app:** "Run your own white-label".
* **Developers:** "Developers", then the reference.

You sign every action with your own wallet. Nobody holds your keys for you. The apps and the SDK are open source; see [Licence](/sdk-and-white-label/licence.md) and [Status](/sdk-and-white-label/status.md).