Element X Alternatives

Element X is described as 'It is the brand new, and fastest ever, Matrix client. It is for personal and community use, and will support enterprise functionality later this year' and is a popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Element X for a variety of platforms, including Android, Linux, Windows, Mac and Web-based apps. The best Element X alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Element X are Telegram, Element, Discord and Matrix.

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  1. Selene icon
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    Selene is a comprehensive peer-to-peer chat and file sharing application built on the Tor network. It enables secure, private communication and seamless file transfers between users, leveraging the anonymity and resilience of Tor.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
     
  2. Keychat icon
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    • Senders send messages stamped with Bitcoin ecash to Nostr relays. The Nostr relays collect the Bitcoin ecash, then deliver messages to receivers.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  3. PeerSuite icon
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    PeerSuite is an open source, decentralized, private alternative to apps like Discord or Slack. All data is sent only between clients through encrypted WebRTC channels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  4. jami-commander (jc for short) is a simple but convenient CLI-based Jami client app for setting up accounts and swarms as well as sending.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Root icon
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    Facilitates community collaboration through voice, video, and text chat, integrated docs and tasks, configurable channels, roles, and permissions, seamless mobile and desktop access, rapid message reactions, file sharing, and notification controls for groups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Zerion icon
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    Zerion is a secure messaging app and encrypted vault designed for people who need private, anonymous, censorship-resistant communication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  7. VoxShare icon
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    VoxShare is a simple Python-based push-to-talk multicast voice chat application with a sleek modern GUI built using CustomTkinter.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. This simple Matrix client written in Python allows you to send and receive messages and files, verify other devices, and interact with your Matrix account or other Matrix users in many ways. You use it from the terminal (CLI) or integrate it into other simple Python programs.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
     
  9. Smoke Messenger is an open-source Instant Messenger that is known as the first mobile Messenger worlwide using the encryption algorithm McEliece. To be downloaded at F-Droid.org or Github.com. Smoke provides with its own Server-Software: SmokeStack-Echo-Server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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