Wire Alternatives

Wire is described as 'The most secure collaboration platform featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration –all protected by the most secure end-to-end-encryption' and is a very popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Wire for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Web-based, Windows and iPad apps. The best Wire alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wire are Telegram, Element, Discord and Tox.

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  1. Zulip icon
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    Zulip is the only modern team chat app that is designed for both live and asynchronous conversations. Zulip topics create a separate space for each discussion, so different conversations will never get in each other's way.

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  2. Molly icon
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    Molly is an independent Signal fork for Android.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Keybase icon
     142 likes

    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.

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    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Tor
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Java
     
  4. Rakuten Viber icon
     335 likes

    Offers secure messaging with end-to-end encryption, unlimited free calls, group chats for up to 250 members, rich media sharing, emoji reactions, AR lenses, self-destruct messages, affordable international calls, community channels, and robust privacy across devices.

    164 Rakuten Viber alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Android Wear
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
     
  5. Echoed icon
     20 likes

    Full-fledged Discord alternative. The communication platform for gamers and those who want to get rid of Discord. Written in tauri, very lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
     
  6. FluffyChat icon
     37 likes

    FluffyChat is an open, nonprofit and cute matrix messenger app for Ubuntu Touch, Android and iOS.

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    • Matrix.org
     
  7. Conversations icon
     103 likes

    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].

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
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    Has End-to-End encryption by default. Is decentral/federated so not to block or shutdown.

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    • Conversations is Free and Open SourceWire is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Conversations is LightweightWire is not according to our users
  8. Quiet Chat icon
     19 likes

    Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like Slack, Discord, and Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over Tor with no server required.

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  9. ArcaneChat icon
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    ArcaneChat is a Delta Chat client and was created with a focus on usability, good user experience, and saving data plan. Also the app usually experiments with new features that eventually might get added to the official Delta Chat client.

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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