Sphinx.chat lets you use your lightning node to talk to anyone else who is running lightning and a sphinx compatible chat client.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
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Berty Alternatives
Apps similar to Berty include Signal, which is free and open source. Other options are Matrix, Stoat Chat, Tox and bitchat. You're spoiled for choice with Instant Messengers like Berty: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Android, Mac, Windows and iPhone.
Alternatives list
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Estonia
EU
White Noise aims to be the most secure private chat app on Nostr, with a focus on privacy and security. Under the hood, it uses the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol to manage group communications in a highly secure way.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
Radar is a private messenger with built-in Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network. It is a fork of Signal and keeps Signal's end-to-end encryption. Radar is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Signal Messenger, LLC.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
United States
VeilidChat is a 1-to-1, person-to-person text only chat application which serves as a technology demonstration for the Veilid application development framework. All communication is end to end encrypted, authenticated, private routed, and peer-to-peer. It's currently in early beta.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- United States
14 Bridgefy alternativesIntegrating Bridgefy allows mobile devices to communicate in a secure and efficient way across large distances, without having them depend on access to a Wi-Fi network or a data plan.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- United States
54 nospeak alternativesnospeak is a decentralized Nostr chat client for secure, private messaging. It is easy to use but has state of the art end-to-end encryption without metadata leakage.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
- Obtainium
- Docker
- Self-Hosted
Germany- EU
54 Ricochet Refresh alternativesRicochet Refresh is the new updated version of Ricochet, supported by Blueprint for Free Speech.. We are a non-government, not-for-profit organisation working to safeguard the freedom of expression for whistleblowers, activists, and everybody else, worldwide.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
A fork of Signal for Android with proprietary Google binary blobs removed. Uses OpenStreetMap for maps and a websocket server connection, instead of Google Maps and Firebase Cloud Messaging.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Secure messenger that protects against NSO Group (Pegasus) & Cytrox (Predator) from exploiting your iOS device via "zero-click" exploit chains. These exploits are easily delivered via other messaging apps like iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, etc. Protection for those at the highest risk.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
- United States
241 Conduit Chat Server alternativesConduit is a simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix. Conduit is an alternative to Synapse and tries to be lightweight and easy to install, but it is still in development.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Raspberry Pi
- Linux
- Debian
- Nix Package Manager
- Docker
- Docker Hub
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Ubuntu Touch
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
