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Keybase is a new and free security app for mobile phones and computers. For the geeks among us: it's open source and powered by public-key cryptography.

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  • iPhone
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  1.  Security-focused

Integrations

  1. Git icon  Git
  2. Facebook icon  Facebook
  3. X icon  X
  4. GitHub icon  GitHub

Features

  1.  End-to-End Encryption
  2.  Two-Step verification
  3.  Encrypted Chat
  4.  Public key encryption
  5.  PGP Encryption
  6.  Crypto Wallet
  7. Git icon  Git Support
  8.  Self Destructing Messages
  9.  Encrypted Backup
  10.  GPG Encryption
  11.  Ad-free
  12.  File Storage
  13.  Electron based
  14.  Team Collaboration
  15.  Private repositories

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Comment summary: Keybase is praised for its encrypted file storage, chat, and open-source nature. It supports HTML content rendering, providing a Dropbox alternative for some users. Concerns exist regarding its centralized server, lack of end-to-end encryption, and stagnant development post-Zoom acquisition. Critics cite privacy issues and ineffective management of bugs. Despite drawbacks, it remains accessible and popular for its privacy features and free storage.
Top Positive Comment
canony
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Keybase respects user's privacy.

Top Negative Comment
apranaxfort
11

It's a great app for end to end encryption. It does totally deserves 5 stars. Easy to use but there are 3 drawbacks.

I removed 3 stars.

  • Usernames are not decentralized. Keybase developer has full power to delete your account permanently.
  • Too many bugs development team more focused on developing half baked new shiny stuff instead of fixing bugs. Github issues page filled with unanswered/unassigned tickets. People can't even get sound notifications when they get message such a deal breaker problem ignored by developer team.
  • In some cases privacy worse than Facebook. Everyone in the world can see your followers and see everyone's validated accounts. So It's super easy to understand who is friend with who.

Basically this developer is crypto version of Mark Zuckerberg.

Deanosim
6

Keybase is nearly entirely abandoned, last blog post is from 2020, Github issues are all ignored, only updates that come out are updates to client dependancies. They where brought out by Zoom and Zoom killed all development of Keybase.

Hasan Yildiz
-1

Keybase is a new and free security app for mobile phones and computers. For the geeks among us: it's open source and powered by public-key cryptography.

Olorin
5

Initially I liked Keybase for what it offered, but after its recent acquisition by Zoom there are now privacy concerns that anyone interested in retaining their privacy should consider. Good alternatives at the moment appear to be Signal and Wickr, among others.

https://restoreprivacy.com/secure-encrypted-messaging-apps/keybase/

GameDesigner
-1

It's a collaboration tool with security in mind. Too bad we live in a world in which security is an extra. With the larger, cloud based collaboration tools, you never know if the company behind it is watching and stealing your precious ideas.

Lester Covax
-1

Great all-in-one app providing encrypted private/shared file storage, git repos, and chat. It may not be the most secure or distributed tool for these use cases, but it's certainly the most accessible for the average user.

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What is Keybase?

Keybase is a new and free security app for mobile phones and computers. For the geeks among us: it's open source and powered by public-key cryptography.

Keybase is for anyone. Imagine a Slack for the whole world, except end-to-end encrypted across all your devices. Or a Team Dropbox where the server can't leak your files or be hacked.

Keybase is a messaging platform where:

  • you can write securely to any twitter, reddit, facebook, github, and hacker news user
  • you don't need to know someone's phone number or email address
  • all messages are secure, end-to-end encrypted
  • multi-device: your messages survive and transfer with encryption to new phones & computers
  • free for everyone, and free of ads
  • open source
  • multi-platform, w/apps for macOS, Linux, and Windows

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  •  4264 Open Issues
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Keybase was added to AlternativeTo by alebcay on and this page was last updated . Keybase is sometimes referred to as Keybase.io, Keybase Filesystem.