Telegram is described as 'Experience instant messaging with remarkable speed and robust security. Join massive group chats or channels. Enjoy free and advanced features' and is a leading instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Telegram for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, iPad and Web-based apps. The best Telegram alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Telegram are Element, Tox, Wire and Matrix.
Hype is a chat service built into the Opera Mini browser, so you can chat, share, and browse in one app. And when you find something online worth sharing, Hype makes it easy to do so with WebSnap.
Cutegram is a free and opensource telegram clients for Linux, Windows, OS X and OpenBSD, focusing on user friendly, compatibility with desktop environments.
StrafeChat is a web application focused on no censorship. We believe that people with any belief, opinion, or view should be able to communicate with each other freely.
Teegra is a smart messenger with a crypto wallet and services based on the Telegram API.
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.
Crypho is a Software-as-a-Service solution for end-to-end-encrypted enterprise file-sharing and communication.
White Noise aims to be the most secure private chat app on Nostr, with a focus on privacy and security. Under the hood, it uses the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol to manage group communications in a highly secure way.
SafeUM is the secure instant messenger, which works on any platform and delivers complete data protection and anonymity for the modern world.
monocles chat is a fork of blabber.im and Conversations with some changes, to improve usability.
Yap is an ephemeral, real-time chat room with up to six participants. Your messages appear and disappear as quickly as you type them, which means unless you pay attention to what everyone says (for once), you’ll miss it.
Paper Plane is an alternative Telegram client. It uses libadwaita for its user interface and strives to meet the design principles of the GNOME desktop.
Messenger Kids is a free video calling and messaging app designed for kids to connect with close friends and family from their tablet or smartphone. Kids can only connect with parent-approved contacts, which creates a more controlled environment.
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