Cwtch is the official cwtch.im peer implementation, written mainly in Go. Its README describes it as privacy-preserving infrastructure for asynchronous, decentralized and metadata-resistant applications, extending the metadata-resistant Ricochet protocol to support asynchronous, multi-peer group communications through discardable, untrusted, anonymous infrastructure. The README notes that a server section is out of date and that no current docker container exists.
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Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging. It is a peer-to-peer messenger app that uses Tor to connect clients, creating a Tor hidden service on the computer. The project updates the original Ricochet software and is compatible with Tor Onion Services v3.
Conduit is a chat server powered by Matrix, described by its project as simple, fast and reliable. The GitLab project hosts the server source code and links to the Conduit website.
Berty is a nonprofit project building a privacy-first peer-to-peer messenger on the Wesh network. Conversations use end-to-end encryption in a distributed network, with messaging over Bluetooth Low Energy that needs no network connection. Data is stored only on the device, and the software is described as forthcoming and open source.
qTox is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
Linphone is a privacy tool for blocking ads, trackers, popups, proxies, or unwanted web behavior.
A comparison site that evaluates secure messaging apps from a security and privacy point of view. It lists apps such as Signal, Threema, Wire, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger, and covers whether each is recommended, company jurisdiction, transparency reports and suggested improvements.
