Signal TextSecure and RedPhone have been merged to create Signal! Using Signal, you can communicate instantly while avoiding SMS fees, create groups so that you can chat in... Secure. Open source. Not owned by Facebook jamiegray • Aug 2019 • 9 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree The encryption is by default and open source NickFreeman • Apr 2019 • 9 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Open Source, secure, almost the same usability than WhatsApp. Business model is known. Respects privacy. konsumschaf • Dec 2018 • 11 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Beautiful design, open-source, respects privacy Guest • 4 days ago Disagree Agree Open Source, E2EE always enabled Guest • Jun 2020 Disagree Agree Open source, great quality for video/audio call and a good team behind the app brieucmartinez • May 2020 Disagree Agree The client is Open Source. Nevertheless it lacks free software on the server side. It's possible to host your own signal server but there is no option for federation. You can build up your own 'walled garden' Guest • Mar 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree True privacy, allows you to control your messages, open source, no tracking, spying, and provider cannot access your messages. Guest • Sep 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree A simple and open-source tool, with real privacy concerns. Guest • Feb 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It is more similar to Whatsapp and it is open source. pandalovfree • Feb 2020 Disagree Agree Signal team is actively taking ernest feedbacks from the community and developing the app with users' best interests in mind. And of course it is open source! https://community.signalusers.org/ canony • Jan 2020 Disagree Agree free, open-source, encrypted, good privacy - doesn't store metadata. has most of the features of whatsapp. Guest • Jan 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure, encrypted, open source, privacy-minded madpet • Apr 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's open source, making the chance of someone being able to implement a backdoor slim to none. Guest • Sep 2017 • 11 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree Open source, real end-to-end encryption, no metadata collection. Guest • Oct 2016 • 14 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree It's also based around phone number ID, but open-source and fully secure. dericke • Feb 2017 • 6 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree From client to server, everything is open Lura • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree because it's free software, secure, and community-contributed rather than corporate-backed Guest • Oct 2017 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is more privacy oriented - at least as of now. WhatsApp owned by Facebook has lost all its credibility. Guest • Mar 2020 Disagree Agree It's the foundation for WhatsApp without Facebook and has good desktop performance Guest • Feb 2020 Disagree Agree it doesn't feel good, there are lot of missing features urielcastrohernndez • Jan 2020 Disagree Agree Simple interface, end-to-end encryption and just works. Mogster • Nov 2019 Disagree Agree Has typing indicators, contact discover, and end-to-end encryption. kylepiira • Nov 2019 Disagree Agree Has every feature of WhatsApp, but also e.g. disappearing messages, custom colourded destign etc.! Guest • Nov 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it doesn't log user activity and is free software, has all the features of WhatsApp Guest • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad Chrome Ubuntu Touch End-to-End Encryption Encrypted chat Security focused Privacy-friendly ... Encrypted Connection Security & Privacy Self destructing messages Video calling Ad-free Client side encryption Electron based Encrypted calls Encrypted VoIP calls Forward Secrecy Night mode/Dark Theme Privacy focused SMS Messaging Video calling Voice Call Chat Color coding Encryption Group chat Group Messaging Integrated File Sharing Mobile friendly Works Offline Protected by Password Based on phone number Private messaging File Sending Voice chat Voice messages Add a feature 586 Like
Wire Wire is the most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most... Basically Signal on steroids. Also, open source and doesn't ask for your phone number, allows creation of throwaway accounts as well as basic group conversation functionality. Perfect. Guest • Apr 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Elegant UI, encrypted communication, on all relevant operating systems, has great VoIP and video call quality and so on. Guest • May 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Crossplatform messaging with end-to-end encryption... Just like iMessage Guest • Mar 2019 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree More a competition for skype then whatsapp. however there's nothing you can do on whatsapp that you cannot do on wire. its trustworthy, has phone calls, can be used on PC/Mac as well.. registration with phonenumber is optional, which is nice. Guest • Nov 2016 • 17 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree More Privacy oriented, more secure, but best of all OpenSource. Unfortunately it ain't free (as in money but free as in freedom). Guest • Mar 2020 Disagree Agree You don't need to give your phone number for use. Still safe, good and nice chat app. On phone and on pc, web too. Guest • Jul 2017 • 8 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Cannot check Outlook for common contacts. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 27 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) End-to-End Encryption Security focused Encrypted chat Video calling ... Voice Call Encrypted calls Encryption Group chat Share your screen Security & Privacy Anonymity Integrated File Sharing Multiple Account support Photo Sharing Privacy focused Privacy Protected Private Chat Secure Chat Secure File Sharing File Sending Video calling Video chat Voice chat Voice messages WebRTC Add a feature 245 Like
Riot.im A free instant messaging and collaboration software based on the Matrix protocol. open source, many functionalities, multi-platform, multi-clients, sponsored by a fundation Guest • May 2020 Disagree Agree It is open source, encrypted (end to end), the server is also open source, which means that you or your university could run the server for you. This last point makes it very solid in the long run (like email survived because the protocol was federated). Guest • Feb 2017 • 10 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Decentral (federation), sure. Open source - client, protocol and server User6044478 • May 2018 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree besides what is already mentioned, it's a client for matrix which is a chat network attempting to connect people from different platforms (also using bridges) and it's decentralized. Easy to use, perfect for geeks, though! Guest • May 2018 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted Matrix.org End-to-End Encryption Decentralized Security & Privacy Group chat ... Team Collaboration Federated Federation Privacy-friendly Video chat Video calling Voice Call Add-ons Clean design Custom widgets Direct Messaging Encrypted chat Group collaboration Matrix.org protocol Message redaction Mobile friendly Moderation tools Per-room avatars Privacy focused Read receipts Text chat Typing notifications User Management User mentions Video/Audio Calling Voice chat Web Integaration Active Directory integration Chat Bot Community based Cross-platform DRM Free GitHub integration Integrated File Sharing LDAP support Live Chat MarkDown support Real time collaboration File Sending Server Moderation Server side history Slack integration Social network Video calling Video Conferencing Voice chat Web-Based Add a feature 329 Like
Tox Send messages, files, create groups and make Tox to Tox audio and video calls. Securely. Focused on security messages are encrypted and it is Open Source. Like whatsapp, you can send files, groups chats and video messaging. Skype is more popular with normies, but Tox has all the bells and whistles that whatsapp did. Guest • Aug 2018 • 7 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Secure and high quality peer-to-peer communication, audio and video group calls, and unlimited file transfers. The only disadvantage compared to alternatives is that you can only successfully communicate if both peers are online, but that is part of the nature of the protocol and thus safety is prioritized. MetaPixel_ • Aug 2018 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Android Tablet ... BSD Decentralized Encrypted chat Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused ... End-to-End Encryption Built-in player Share your screen Security focused Video calling Ad-free Anonymity Anonymous Secure Filesharing Client side encryption Decentralisation GPLv3 Group chat P2P Network Peer-To-Peer Point-to-point encryption Secure Chat Video calling Video chat Video Conferencing Voice Call White-labeled Add a feature 452 Like
Matrix.org 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... You can choose, which client you like the most and use it Guest • May 2018 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Self-Hosted WebRTC Python JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Cloudron Java Perl Federation End-to-End Encryption Chat Decentralized ... Random video chat Voice chat Chat Bot Distributed Encrypted chat Group chat Messaging Real time collaboration Server side history Team Collaboration Voice Call WebRTC Add a feature 158 Like
Jitsi 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... great and easy to use! no account needed. Guest • 5 days ago Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet BSD iPad SIP Video Conferencing Security & Privacy Support for Multiple protocols ... Privacy-friendly Browser based Chat Cross-platform Desktop Sharing End-to-End Encryption File sharing Group chat iPhone/iPod sync Live Meeting Multiple Account support No download No installation required No Login Required OTR Plugins Privacy focused Share your screen SIP Softphone Unlimited users Video calling Video chat Video Conferencing Voice chat WebRTC Xmpp Add a feature 377 Like
Jami Voice, video and chat communications, secure, decentralized, strong privacy and freedoms. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet iPad File sharing Decentralized File transfer SIP client ... Team messaging Distributed End-to-End Encryption Intercom Support Messaging Multiple languages Peer-To-Peer Privacy focused Privacy-friendly Share your screen SIP Video calling Video chat Video Conferencing Voice chat Add a feature 143 Like
Conversations 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]. ... It is open source, using the XMPP protocol, you can host your own (XMPP) server, it has a nice layout and much more... Guest • Mar 2018 • 8 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Android Android Tablet Decentralized End-to-End Encryption Encrypted chat Picture sharing ... Encrypted Connection Chat Bot Gpg encryption Group chat Group Messaging Intuitive Interface OTR Self destructing messages Audio Chat Chat Federated File sharing Messaging OMEMO Public groups chat Secure Chat Security & Privacy Xmpp Add a feature 77 Like
Keybase 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. Keybase... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Ruby JavaScript Go (Programming Language) Java End-to-End Encryption Git integration Data-encryption Encrypted backups ... Encrypted chat Encryption Security focused Self destructing messages Team Collaboration Two-Step verification Ad-free Drive Encryption Electron based Facebook integration GitHub integration Java PGP Encryption Private repositories Public key encryption Ruby Social network Twitter integration Add a feature 81 Like
Jitsi Meet Go ahead, video chat with the whole team. In fact, invite everyone you know. Jitsi Meet is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution that you can... Free Open Source Web Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad ... Self-Hosted Apple Watch No registration required Browser based Video streaming Audio Calling ... Share your screen Security & Privacy Stream audio Video chat Video Conferencing WebRTC Audio Chat Collaborative writing Conference Bridging Encrypted chat FLOSS Group chat Lightweight in network Live Broadcasting Live editing Peer-To-Peer Share your screen Security focused Self-hosted in intranet or private cloud Unlimited users Video calling Add a feature 123 Like
