Dust Alternatives

Dust is described as 'DUST gives you control over your digital life. We believe online life is real life, so only you should control what is known about you. Our users are protected—free from worry of prying eyes, data mining, sketchy hackers, and the paranoia that your words could come back to haunt' and is a Encrypted Chat app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Dust for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and iPad apps. The best Dust alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dust are Telegram, Element, Discord and Matrix.

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  1. Tencent QQ icon
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    Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in Mainland China, and has over 856.2 million users. In April 2010, QQ.com ranked 10th overall in Alexas internet rankings.

    53 Tencent QQ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Facebook
     
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    The Blizzard Battle.net Mobile App lets you stay connected with your friends wherever you are. Chat with friends, see what game they're playing, and add new ones - right from your mobile device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
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    Encryption plugin for Pidgin, providing up to 4096 bit RSA encryption using the NSS crypto library from Mozilla. Keys are automatically transmitted and stored, making it very easy to use, but also resistant to man-in-the-middle attacks.

    28 Pidgin-Encryption alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Pidgin
     
  4. GoldBug icon
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    GoldBug is a secure Instant Messenger. You can be sure with using GoldBug (GB), that no third party can look into your chat communication. Private user-to-user communication remains private. GoldBug therefore uses strong multi-encryption with different layers of modern...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. SureSpot icon
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    SureSpot is an open source encrypted messenger designed to make encrypted messaging simple and accessible to anyone.

    37 SureSpot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Messenger Kids is a free video calling and messaging app designed for kids to connect with close friends and family from their tablet or smartphone. Kids can only connect with parent-approved contacts, which creates a more controlled environment.

    32 Messenger Kids alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  7. Glowing Bear icon
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    Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all the heavy lifting and then provides some nice features on top of that, like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • WeeChat
     
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    WireMin is a decentralized network built by the people, for the people, and of the people. Enjoy full privacy and security with end-to-end encryption on a network without central servers. Your data stays under your control—free from censorship, surveillance, and exploitation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  9. Sesame Chat icon
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    Sesame is a messaging app that gives you a self-aware digital assistant to protect messages on your behalf: your own Personal Cognitive Messenger™.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    MongooseIM is aimed at large, complex enterprise level projects, where real-time communication is critical for business success. It provides high availability, ease of deployment, development and reliability in production.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  11. Grape icon
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    Get more done – with Grape (also called ChatGrape). Grape is an European Business-Messenger with an On-Premise and Cloud solution. It is GDPR compliant and prioritizes data security and safety.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  12. PrivMX Fusion icon
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    PrivMX Fusion is safe and easy collaboration software for all kinds of teams, with virtual workspace protected by end-to-end encryption. Each team uses desktop/laptop client software and its own (zero-knowledge) PrivMX Team Server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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