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Products that do what Cabalī – Local, encrypted, ephemeral chat that doesn't use the internet does

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Flows▲135
Chat Without Internet
2014
2
FireChat▲115
Hyperlocal anonymous chat network (no Internet required)
2014
3
Mermur▲116
Anonymous text messages. No replies.
2014
4
ChitChat▲180
No FOMO group chat
2017
5
Chazz▲77
A simply and anonymous chat service
2014
6HC
HN Chat – Minimal Hacker News Chat with User Verification▲180
2016 · hnchat.com
7NA
Non-Anonymous Chat▲29
2011 · chatoften.com
8
Let's Chat▲321
Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.
2015
9
Kindly▲218
Chat with helpful strangers. Private, anonymous, & safe.
2014
10CL
ConfyChat – local, encrypted chat and word-games with no internet▲5
2025 · confychat.com
11EE
EphChat – Ephemeral, Anonymous, Encrypted Realtime Chat▲17
2014 · ephchat.com
12
RealTalk▲201
A friendly place to exchange anonymous videos with strangers
2016
13AM
Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius▲194
2016 · zonemessenger.com
14
Anonyfish▲104
Chat anonymously with another Secret user
2014
15
Glimpse▲125
Disappearing Chat. Make Fun, Not History.
2014
16
Reach▲99
Chat with likeminded people nearby, anonymously
2015
17TB
Terminal-based group chat with end-to-end encryption▲60
2013 · github.com
18
Disposable▲126
A real-time, e2e encrypted ephemeral communication tool
2023
19
Breakr▲102
Location-based anonymous chatrooms
2014
20AN
A new iOS app which lets you chat nearby people without Internet▲8
2014 · getflows.com
21
GoTenna▲125
Communicate without cell towers, satellites or WiFi.
2014
22
Streetchat▲70
Anonymous local message boards
2014
23CH
Chatparty – host videochat parties with no audio▲41
2020 · chatparty.co
24
p2p.chat▲98
No-nonsense video calls, free forever
2021

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