Cwtch - (a Welsh word roughly translating to “a hug that creates a safe place”) is a decentralized, privacy-preserving, multi-party messaging protocol that can be used to build metadata resistant applications.
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Safe Text Alternatives
Safe Text is described as 'Texting service that is built with state of the art technology to ensure your privacy and anonymity. We’ve removed all links between what you text, who you are and who you text' and is a instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Safe Text for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and iPad apps. The best Safe Text alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Safe Text are Telegram, Element, Matrix and Tox.
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- Mac
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- iPhone
- Android Tablet
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- Snapcraft
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Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop. It focuses on providing a clean and reliable Jabber/XMPP experience while having your privacy in mind. Using GTK+/Vala.
65 Gajim alternativesThe goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use XMPP client. Gajim works nicely with GNOME, but does not require it to run. It is released under the GNU General Public License.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
- Flathub
ChatSecure is a free and open source messaging app that features OTR encryption over XMPP. You can connect to your existing accounts on Facebook or Google, create new accounts on public XMPP servers(including via Tor), or even connect to your own server for extra security.
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126 imo alternativesImo is a free, simple,secure and faster international video call & instant messaging app.
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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
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67 Silence IM alternativesProtect your communication in transit and on your phone. Silence (formerly SMSSecure) is a full replacement for the default text messaging application: all messages are encrypted locally and messages to other Silence users are encrypted over the air.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities.
41 qTox alternativesqTox - The most feature-rich Tox client; P2P instant messaging, audio and video calls.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Alerts
- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Apple Watch
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93 Kik alternativesKik is way more than just messaging. It’s the easiest way to connect with your friends, stay in the loop, and explore – all through chat. No phone numbers, just pick a username.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
- Kindle Fire
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