qTox Alternatives

qTox has been discontinued. Similar apps include Signal, which is free and open source. Other options are Tox, SimpleX Chat, Molly and FluffyChat. You're spoiled for choice with Encrypted Chat Apps like qTox: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Android, Windows, Mac and iPhone.

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qTox alternatives page was last updated Nov 4, 2025

Protox
6 likes
Qt 5 Tox client for Android.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Android
Good alternative?Is Protox a good alternative to qTox?
Antox
11 likes
Antox is an Android client for Tox. It aims to bring the full multimedia support Tox offers to your device, although it's still currently in heavy development.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Encrypted Chat
Group Chat
Origin
International
Platforms
Android
Global
Good alternative?Is Antox a good alternative to qTox?
Mixin Messenger
5 likes
An open source crypto wallet with Signal messaging.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Instant Messenger
Encrypted Chat
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Flatpak
AppImageHub
Snapcraft
Flathub
United Kingdom
+4
Good alternative?Is Mixin Messenger a good alternative to qTox?
gurk
4 likes
Signal Messenger client for terminal. Written in Rust.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Instant Messenger
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is gurk a good alternative to qTox?
Simphone
4 likes
Secure and private open source peer-to-peer Instant Messenger.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Instant Messenger
Encrypted Chat
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
NetBSD
Good alternative?Is Simphone a good alternative to qTox?
signal-cli
2 likes
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.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
Java
Flathub
Flatpak
Good alternative?Is signal-cli a good alternative to qTox?
Cyanide
11 likes
Cyanide is Tox client for Sailfish OS .
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Instant Messenger
Origin
Austria
EU
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Sailfish OS
Good alternative?Is Cyanide a good alternative to qTox?
Smoke Crypto Messenger
1 like
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
Application typeApplication types
Instant Messenger
Group Chat
Platforms
Android
Good alternative?Is this a good alternative to qTox?
Peer Calls
3 likes
Make video calls to anybody in the world with a private connection. Share the conversation by sharing url.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Video Calling
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
Good alternative?Is Peer Calls a good alternative to qTox?
KeeperChat
2 likes
KeeperChat - The leading secure messaging app.

• Private vault for messages, photos and videos • Private, encrypted media gallery (nothing is saved on device’s camera roll) • Biometric login and self-destruct protection for vault • Message retraction and self-destruct timer • Tw.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Instant Messenger
Video Calling
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
United States
Good alternative?Is KeeperChat a good alternative to qTox?
SecureBit.chat
2 likes
World's most secure P2P messenger. End-to-end encrypted, zero-server architecture, quantum-resistant roadmap. WebRTC direct connections, advanced ECDH + DTLS + SAS verification, full ASN.1 validation.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Instant Messenger
Encrypted Chat
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
+2
Good alternative?Is SecureBit.chat a good alternative to qTox?
Ricin
1 like
Ricin aims to be a secure, lightweight, hackable and fully-customizable Tox client with focus on user experience. Development is lead by SkyzohKey.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Instant Messenger
Encrypted Chat
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is Ricin a good alternative to qTox?