Integrating Bridgefy allows mobile devices to communicate in a secure and efficient way across large distances, without having them depend on access to a Wi-Fi network or a data plan.
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Briar Alternatives
Briar is described as 'An open-source decentralized and encrypted messaging app even without internet connection via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Messages are stored securely on your device, not in the cloud. Connect directly with nearby contacts - no Internet access is required' and is a very popular instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Briar for a variety of platforms, including Android, Linux, iPhone, Windows and Mac apps. The best Briar alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Briar are Telegram, Element, SimpleX Chat and bitchat.
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- 12 Bridgefy alternatives
54 0xchat alternatives0xchat is a secure chat app built on the Nostr protocol. It prioritizes security, featuring private key login, encrypted private chats and contacts, encrypted group chats.
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145 TeleGuard alternativesTeleGuard is the data-secure messenger from Swisscows. TeleGuard encrypts every message and all telephone calls with encryption algorithm currently available: SALSA 20. TeleGuard servers are located in Switzerland, they are not subject to the data protection laws of the EU /...
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- Free Personal
- Proprietary
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- Mac
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- Android
- iPhone
- Snapcraft
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Ricochet Refresh is the new updated version of Ricochet, supported by Blueprint for Free Speech.. We are a non-government, not-for-profit organisation working to safeguard the freedom of expression for whistleblowers, activists, and everybody else, worldwide.
Comments about Ricochet Refresh as an Alternative to Briar
- Ricochet Refresh is Free and Open Source
65 Sphinx Chat alternativesSphinx.chat lets you use your lightning node to talk to anyone else who is running lightning and a sphinx compatible chat client.
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signal-cli is a commandline interface for the Signal messenger. It supports registering, verifying, sending and receiving messages. signal-cli uses a patched libsignal-service-java, extracted from the Signal-Android source code.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Java
- Flathub
- Flatpak
17 Skred alternativesSkred is the first secure peer-to-peer instant messaging app - No need for an email address or phone number to use it.
Skred is free, without subscription, without a provider, without a SIM card, and without leaving a trace.
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Decentralized messaging client for Android, Linux and macOS allowing you to communicate with people or LXMF-compatible systems over Reticulum networks using LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi, I2P, or any other medium Reticulum supports.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- F-Droid
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...
At this point in the digital world, our personal digital metadata – not just our messages, but data about who talks to whom, when, and where – has been marketed, auctioned, and monetized hundreds of thousands of times over.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
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- Discontinued
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- Android
- iPhone
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Tinfoil Chat (TFC) is a FOSS+FHD peer-to-peer messaging system that relies on high assurance hardware architecture to protect users from passive collection, MITM attacks and most importantly, remote key exfiltration.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
21 Vector Private Messaging alternativesVector encompasses the ideals of freedom through free and open-source technology, using a "Privacy by Principle" approach. This means that privacy is not a feature or add-on, but the core foundation that Vector is built upon, which is granted and accessible to everyone.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
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Anonymous messaging platform just like Briar. But, less developed.