Zerion is described as 'Secure messaging app and encrypted vault designed for people who need private, anonymous, censorship-resistant communication' and is a instant messenger in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Zerion for a variety of platforms, including Android, Linux, Mac, Windows and iPhone apps. The best Zerion alternative is Signal, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Zerion are Telegram, Element, bitchat and SimpleX Chat.
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.
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.
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.
Skred 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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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.
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.
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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