Telegram Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free. It is like SMS, but more powerful. . Free Mac Windows Linux Web Windows Mobile ... Android iPhone Blackberry Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com FreeBSD Stickers Cloud sync Lightweight Built-in File transfer ... Chat Bot Encrypted chat End-to-end encryption Group chat Voice Call Ad-free Multi Device Support Persistent History Privacy protection Public groups chat Secret chats Security focused Share files Anonymous Secure Filesharing Built-in Photo editor Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls GPS Location Tracking IFTTT integration In-Game Overlay Messages in cloud Multiple languages Multiple Account support Works Offline Based on phone number Photo Sharing Portable Push to talk Search by tags Self destructing messages Send Big files Share Videos Sync across Devices Support for Themes Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 1067 Like backed by a non profit (compared to fb's reliance on ad dollars) brandonc • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree
Skype An instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Blackberry Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet BSD Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear PortableApps.com Share your screen Video calling Exchange Integration IFTTT integration ... Microsoft Office integration Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 2375 Like
Signal TextSecure and RedPhone have been merged to create Signal! Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome End-to-end encryption Encrypted chat Security focused Texting ... Encrypted calls Encrypted Connection Self destructing messages Video calling Voice Call Built-in File transfer Color coding Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Group chat Mobile friendly Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Privacy focused Privacy protection Private messaging Send files Voice messages Add a feature 368 Like It's the most secure messaging app out there. Unlike messenger it doesn't rely on personal tracking and ad funding, but is backed by a non-profit. Guest • Feb 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's the only one which is completely secure. Guest • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree
Hangouts Hangouts is a messaging app that lets you send and receive messages, photos and more, and even start free video and voice calls – one to one or with a group! ... Free Windows Web Android iPhone Chrome OS ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear Gmail integration Group chat Multi Device Support Texting ... Video calling Voice Call Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 952 Like
Tox Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD Decentralized Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Built-in player ... End-to-end encryption Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Group chat Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Privacy focused Share your screen Texting Add a feature 370 Like
WhatsApp Messenger WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is available for... Free Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... S60 Blackberry Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone Blackberry 10 Android Wear Kindle Fire End-to-end encryption Built-in File transfer Encrypted chat Group chat ... Java IDE Mobile friendly Based on phone number Video calling Voice messages Add a feature 613 Like
Riot.im Riot (formerly Vector) is an opensource interoperable app running on Web, iOS and Android. It is built around chat rooms, both public and private and provides messaging... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone iPad Self-Hosted Chrome Safari F-Droid Firefox End-to-end encryption Decentralized Group chat Matrix.org protocol ... Video calling Voice Call Built-in File transfer Community based Custom widgets DRM Free Encrypted chat GitHub integration Group collaboration MarkDown support Send files Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Team Collaboration Video calling Add a feature 168 Like
Wire Wire is a secure and private messenger for phones, tablets and desktop. Crystal clear voice and video calls, private group chats, file sharing, audio and video messages... Free Personal $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad End-to-end encryption Security focused Encrypted calls Encrypted chat ... Group chat Integrated File Sharing Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Share your screen Video calling Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature 169 Like It supports multiple apps, and has rich chat features and group chats Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree
Jitsi Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full end-to-end encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... BSD End-to-end encryption Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Multiple protocols ... Multiple Account support OTR Video calling WebRTC Add a feature 275 Like
Viber Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed. . Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Windows RT Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Blackberry 10 Apple Watch Call Transfer Group chat Hidden chat Multiple languages ... Push to talk Secret chats Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 290 Like
Rambox Free, open source and cross platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one. Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Web application wrapper Configurable JavaScript Rendering ... Multiple Account support Portable Skype integration Slack integration Add a feature 80 Like Rambox doesn't provide any chat services itself, it only wraps other services (including Facebook Messenger) in a nice UI. Guest • Mar 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
Franz Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. Franz currently supports Slack, WhatsApp... Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux Multiple protocols Gitter integration Gmail integration iPhone/iPod sync ... Lightweight wrapper Multiple Account support Slack integration Unified messaging Web application wrapper Add a feature 87 Like Franz is a wrapper around multiple chat apps, including Facecbook Messenger. It doesn't provide a chat service itself. Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree
Trillian Trillian is an instant messaging app that works on phones, tablets, and desktops while keeping your chats neatly synchronized between all of them! We think conversation... Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Blackberry iPad Facebook integration Multiple protocols POP3 Support Team Collaboration Add a feature 270 Like
Conversations 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]. ... Free Open Source Android Android Tablet Decentralized End-to-end encryption Encrypted chat Picture sharing ... Encrypted Connection Chat Bot Group chat Group Messaging Self destructing messages File upload Gpg encryption OTR Public groups chat Add a feature 50 Like Has End-to-End encryption by default. Is decentral/federated so not to block or shutdown. Guest • Apr 2018 Disagree Agree
LINE LINE is a Japanese proprietary application for instant messaging on smartphones and PCs. Line users exchange text messages, graphics, video and audio media, make free... Freemium Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Blackberry Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Stickers Group chat IFTTT integration Public groups chat ... Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 92 Like
