Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Flatpak
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
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Dino Alternatives
Dino is described as 'Modern open-source chat client for the desktop. It focuses on providing a clean and reliable Jabber/XMPP experience while having your privacy in mind. Using GTK+/Vala' and is a instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Dino for a variety of platforms, including Android, Linux, Mac, Windows and iPhone apps. The best Dino alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Dino are Telegram, Element, Matrix and Pidgin.
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Converse is a messaging app for decentralized, secure, end-to-end encrypted conversations. Built on the XMTP network, Converse lets you own your conversations and take them anywhere whenever you want, ensuring your most important messages—the ones you never want to lose or be...
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7 Poezio alternativesPoezio is a free console XMPP client (the protocol on which the Jabber IM network is built).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- OpenBSD
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
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Ubuntu Touch
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
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This simple Matrix client written in Python allows you to send and receive messages and files, verify other devices, and interact with your Matrix account or other Matrix users in many ways. You use it from the terminal (CLI) or integrate it into other simple Python programs.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Docker
- Docker Hub
- Python
- Nix Package Manager
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- F-Droid
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A fork of Signal for Android with proprietary Google binary blobs removed. Uses OpenStreetMap for maps and a websocket server connection, instead of Google Maps and Firebase Cloud Messaging.
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Smoke Messenger is an open-source Instant Messenger that is known as the first mobile Messenger worlwide using the encryption algorithm McEliece. To be downloaded at F-Droid.org or Github.com. Smoke provides with its own Server-Software: SmokeStack-Echo-Server.
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PrivMX Fusion is safe and easy collaboration software for all kinds of teams, with virtual workspace protected by end-to-end encryption. Each team uses desktop/laptop client software and its own (zero-knowledge) PrivMX Team Server.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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World's most secure P2P messenger. End-to-end encrypted, zero-server architecture, quantum-resistant roadmap. WebRTC direct connections, advanced ECDH + DTLS + SAS verification, full ASN.1 validation.
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Retro AIM Server is an instant messaging server that revives AOL Instant Messenger (and ICQ!) clients from the 2000s.
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