Signal Alternatives
The most popular alternative is Telegram, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Signal so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Signal alternatives are Element (Freemium, Open Source), Jitsi (Free, Open Source), Tox (Free, Open Source) and Wire (Free Personal, Open Source).
- 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.GuNot end-to-end encrypted by default, contacts and data stored on servers.
Not end-te-end encrypted by default - A free instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol.
- Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo!
- Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely.
- Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure...
- Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers...No screenshots yet
Matrix is a protocol that Element uses. Matrix does not replace the functionality that element offers - Voice, video and chat communications, secure, decentralized, strong privacy and freedoms.
- 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.
- Session is the world's first open-source, decentralised private messenger to use industry-leading Signal Protocol encryption — without asking for your phone number.
Fully open source and decentralizedIt is forked from the signal code, so it offers similar great features while adding extra privacy measures such as decentralization and doesn't require a phone number
Clear and clean UI, fast response time navigating between menus. Session will be the new standard in secure communication! - 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].[Note]
Uses OMEMO, OTR, and/or GPG encryption and is decentralized. Also it's open source.GuHas End-to-End encryption by default. Is decentral/federated so not to block or shutdown.