This project won the first prize 🥇 at Telegram Lightweight Client Contest and now is an official Telegram client available to anyone at web.telegram.org/a.
Open Source Telegram Alternatives
The best open source alternative to Telegram is Signal. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Telegram and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Telegram are Element, Tox, Wire and Matrix.
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55 Telegram Web A alternatives
Fully open source instant messaging server and clients. No proprietary components or non-free dependencies. Backend in pure Go (GPL 3.0), with a command-line administration tool in python + gRPC. Clients for Android, iPhone, and Web - ReactJS (all licensed under Apache 2.0).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+4
Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free.
Sphinx.chat lets you use your lightning node to talk to anyone else who is running lightning and a sphinx compatible chat client.
+1
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Ubuntu Touch
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
+2
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...
+9
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- F-Droid
+1
Ricochet Refresh is the new updated version of Ricochet, supported by Blueprint for Free Speech.. We are a non-government, not-for-profit organisation working to safeguard the freedom of expression for whistleblowers, activists, and everybody else, worldwide.
SchildiChat is a Matrix client based on Element with a more traditional instant messaging experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
+1
Telegram Desktop fork with Material Design and other improvements, which is based on the Telegram API and the MTProto secure protocol.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Windows
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