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Conversations

A Jabber/XMPP chat client, designed with ease of use and security in mind. Created by Daniel Gultsch

Free Open Source
Android
Android Tablet

Conversations is a privacy focused, open source XMPP Texting [Jabber] client for Android 4.0+ smart phones with wife-approved easy encryption [OTR, OMEMO, or GPG].

[Note]
**You can download the compiled apk for free from F-Droid**:
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse%20/?fdid=eu.siacs.conversations

or

- you can buy Conversations in the Google Play Store
- if you are a software developer, you can check out the sources from GitHub and use Gradle to build your own apk file More Info »

Conversations is listed in

Interesting and open-source Android apps and secure messenger

Links to official Conversations sites

Official Website GitHub

Features

Audio Chat Chat Chat Bot Decentralized Encrypted chat Encrypted Connection End-to-End Encryption Federated File sharing Gpg encryption Group chat Group Messaging Intuitive Interface Messaging OMEMO OTR Picture sharing Public groups chat Secure Chat Security & Privacy Self destructing messages Xmpp Add a feature

Categories

Backup & Sync File Sharing Security & Privacy Social & Communications

Tags

file-upload infosec instant-messaging instant-messenger jabber mobile-app multi-user-chat pgp secure-communications secure-messaging xmpp-texting

Conversations was added by shiki in Jun 2015 and the latest update was made in Jun 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Jun 2020. It's possible to update the information on Conversations or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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