Torchat

TorChat is a peer to peer instant messenger with a completely decentralized design, built on top of Tor's location hidden services, giving you extremely strong anony...

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What is Torchat?

TorChat is a peer to peer instant messenger with a completely decentralized design, built on top of Tor's location hidden services, giving you extremely strong anonymity while being very easy to use without the need to install or configure anything.

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Discontinued

The project is no longer developed since 2014. Last version, 0.9.9.553, released in September 2012, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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DecentralizedTorchat is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
PortableTorchat can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.

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LicensingOpen Source and Free product.
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Torchat has a file-sharing feature, Ricochet does not.

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