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Wire

Secure communication platform featuring encrypted chats and calls, file and media sharing, self-deleting messages, device verification, group collaboration, and customizable settings. Supports use across multiple devices with no phone number required for access.

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  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online
  • Android  4.2 minimum
  • iPhone  iOS 8 minimum
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Self-Hosted
  • Snapcraft
  • Flathub
  • F-Droid
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • OpenAPK
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Comment summary: Wire earns praise for its polished design, cross-platform reach, end-to-end encryption, open-source ambitions, and video-call quality. Earlier users reported outages, bugs, missing messages, confusing interfaces, and slow performance; some later users found it stable and suitable as a primary messenger. Commenters also question whether all components are open source, criticize contact-sharing defaults and privacy-policy changes, and object to subscription pricing and aging-platform support.
Top Positive Comment
cycroenerugi
25

Wire released its server code!

Top Negative Comment
5

This is a pretty terrible app. I had to create numerous accounts on this app because after a while, the messages I send get lost, in that they never make it off the client to the server and it doesn't matter which device or even which app I am using, desktop or mobile. They also save your contacts in plain text until you delete your account, so there's that. Also, they decided to move their business to the US without telling any of their users and have recently compromised on their own privacy policy, which is also a bad sign.

Signal is a far superior app and now they are moving away from requiring a phone number so they are definitely a better choice. Wire is good in theory, but they don't seem really interested in getting their act together and seem to be moving in the opposite direction when it comes to protecting their users.

Amii Amii
2

Lightweight, platform is user-friendly.

Guest
1

I want to know if you can free international calls?

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Reka
1

Multi platform, easy to use, most secure. I love this app.

DL300
-3

Pay us montHLY For SoMethING THat maY OR mAy nOT bE gooD NexT MOnTH

what dO yoU MeAN FIX It YoU aLReaDy PAId

Software as a service is a mark of lazy engineers. This is evidenced by the labyrinthine and messily-documented installation procedure.

2 stars for appalling value and no value security.

[Edited by DL300, May 23]

loziniak
10

Wire was sold to a US holding and updated their privacy policy without informing their users.

https://blog.privacytools.io/delisting-wire/

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What is Wire?

Wire is a user-friendly communication platform that provides end-to-end encryption for data security. It offers various communication options like calls, chats, and sharing pictures, files, audio, and video messages. Additional privacy features include self-deleting messages, device fingerprints, and password-protected guest links. Wire also supports efficient collaboration, allowing private or group conversations, file sharing, and high-quality calls and video conferences. It supports up to 100 participants in a video call for paid plans and 10 participants for the free plan. Users can customize their experience, choosing their color, theme, and text size, and use features like sketches, audio messages, GIFs, and emojis. Wire can be used on up to 8 devices, each with separate encryption, and users can operate up to 3 Wire accounts on a single device without logging in and out.

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  • Developed by

    CH flagWire Swiss GmbH
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free Personal product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4 (17 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Arabic
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Estonian
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Lithuanian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Slovene
    • Spanish
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian

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