Molly Alternatives

Molly is described as 'Independent Signal fork for Android' and is a instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Molly for a variety of platforms, including Android, Mac, Linux, Windows and Android Tablet apps. The best Molly alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Molly are Telegram, Element, Matrix protocol and Tox.

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Molly is an independent Signal fork for Android.

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Molly alternatives page was last updated Mar 12, 2025
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  1. FortKnoxster icon
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    FortKnoxster

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    FortKnoxster is a multidevice easy-to-use private and secure messaging, calling, crypto wallet and cloud storage, using advanced end-to-end encryption and leveraging on blockchain technology.

    50 FortKnoxster alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Chromium
    • Firefox

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  VoiP Calls
    3.  Encrypted calls
    4.  Private messaging
    5.  Inbox messaging
    6.  Secure File Sharing
    7.  Password encryption
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  2. Quaternion icon
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    Quaternion

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    Quaternion is a cross-platform Qt5-based desktop IM client for Matrix, a reference desktop application using libQMatrixClient. Source code, issue tracker, roadmap etc. can be found at GitHub. Releases (with links to cross-platform source code archives, as well as binaries for...

    51 Quaternion alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Matrix Protocol
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  4. Toxygen icon
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    Toxygen

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    Toxygen is powerful cross-platform Tox client written in pure Python3.

    22 Toxygen alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Toxygen Features

    1.  VoiP Calls
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  5. Keychat icon
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    Keychat

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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.
    64 Keychat alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  VoiP Calls
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for @mentions
    5.  Decentralized
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  No registration required
    8.  End-to-End Encryption
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  6. Nextcloud SMS icon
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    Nextcloud SMS

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    This Android app allows you to synchronize your SMS messages to a remote Nextcloud instance where you can read and backup them. It also allows you to restore your SMS messages to your Android phone.

    30 Nextcloud SMS alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Nextcloud

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  SMS/Text Message Backup
    4.  SMS Messaging
    5. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.0.5) is from December 2018

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  7. 0xchat icon
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    0xchat

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    0xchat is a secure chat app built on the Nostr protocol. It prioritizes security, featuring private key login, encrypted private chats and contacts, encrypted group chats.

    50 0xchat alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • BSD
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Support for @mentions
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Decentralized
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  End-to-End Encryption
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  No registration required
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  9. Simphone icon
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    Simphone

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    Secure and private open source peer-to-peer Instant Messenger.

    83 Simphone alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  AES-256 Encryption
    4.  VoiP Calls
    5.  Decentralized
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Portable
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Audio Calling
    11.  Encrypted VoIP calls
    12. Tor icon  Support for TOR
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  10. SafeNote icon
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    SafeNote

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    Share a confidential note via a web link that will self-destruct after it is read by your intended recipient. Also, it has the option to share files and it's Self Destruct the file once read by recipient.

    23 SafeNote alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    SafeNote Features

    1.  Self Destructing Messages
    2.  Anonymous Secure Filesharing
    3.  Encrypted Notes
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  11. Blink icon
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    Blink

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    Blink is the best real-time communications client using the SIP protocol.

    41 Blink alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top Blink Features

    1.  Desktop Sharing
    2.  Screen Sharing
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  SIP
    5.  Softphone
    6.  Voice Chat
    7.  SIP client
    8.  Video Conferencing
    9.  Sync with iCloud
    10.  Integrated File Sharing
    11.  Support ZRTP
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  12. Converse Messenger icon
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    Converse Messenger

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    Converse is a messaging app for decentralized, secure, end-to-end encrypted conversations. Built on the XMTP network, Converse lets you own your conversations and take them anywhere whenever you want, ensuring your most important messages—the ones you never want to lose or be...

    51 Converse Messenger alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet

    Converse Messenger Features

    1.  End-to-End Encryption
    2.  WEB3
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  13. Jami Commander

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    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.

    51 Jami Commander alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Jami Commander Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Client-side
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    signal-cli

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    signal-cli is a commandline interface for the Signal messenger. It supports registering, verifying, sending and receiving messages. signal-cli uses a patched libsignal-service-java, extracted from the Signal-Android source code.

    37 signal-cli alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Java
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Ad-free
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