Awesome Secure Instant Messaging

A curated list of awesome software, articles, and other resources related to secure instant messaging.

This is a work in progress. Any contributions is welcome.

Contents

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• Briar - Support messaging and forums. No central servers. Written mostly in Java. Run on Android.
• CoyIM - Support messaging. Built on XMPP, OTR, Tor. No central servers. Written in Go. Run on GNU/Linux, Windows, MacOS.
• darkspeak - Built on Tor. Written in C++.
• Ricochet - Support messaging. Built on XMPP, Tor. No central servers. Written in C++. Code reviewed. Run on GNU/Linux, Windows, MacOS.

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Historical/Sunseted

• TorChat - Written in Pascal.
• Tor Messenger
• TorTribe - Written in Java.

License

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