qTox - The most feature-rich Tox client; P2P instant messaging, audio and video calls.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Tox Alternatives
Tox is described as 'With the rise of widespread government monitoring programs, Tox is an easy to use application that allows you to connect with friends and loved ones without anyone else listening in' and is a leading instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tox for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Windows, Linux and Mac apps. The best Tox alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tox are Telegram, Element, Discord and Jami.
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Tox alternatives are mainly Instant Messengers, but if you're looking for Encrypted Chat Apps or Video Calling Apps you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Tox.
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176 Status alternativesStatus combines a private messenger, secure crypto wallet, and Ethereum Web3 DApp browser into one powerful communication tool. Chat with friends and growing communities. Buy, sell, store, and exchange digital assets.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
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- iPhone
- F-Droid
- APK Downloader
111 ChatSecure alternativesChatSecure 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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- Free
- Open Source
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- iPhone
- iPad
89 Speek! alternativesSpeek! is the first messenger that is anonymous and censorship-resistant by design. Speek! messenger encrypts all messages and is secure, private and decentralized.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Mac
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- Android
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- Docker
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- Free
- Open Source
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Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Linux
- BSD
154 Kosmi alternativesKosmi is a free real time application and communication platform that offers voice, text and video calls along with games and applications such as SNES Party, NES Party, OpenArena, Poker, Virtual Cardtables, Synced YouTube and Cowatch Video.
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Peergos is a secure and private online space where you can store, share and view your photos, videos, music and documents.
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- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Java
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Chitchatter is a free (as in both price and freedom) communication tool. Designed to be the simplest way to connect with others privately and securely, it is:
162 Briefing alternativesThe preservation of privacy is the main driver for this project. Secure technologies, such as WebRTC, are used to establish a direct connection between the participants. The website that provides the web application and mediates the communication stores as little data as...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
- npm
Quaternion is a cross-platform Qt5-based desktop IM client for Matrix, a reference desktop application using libQMatrixClient. Source code, issue tracker, roadmap etc. can be found at GitHub. Releases (with links to cross-platform source code archives, as well as binaries for...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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