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24 alternatives to EncryptRoom

Live encrypted terminal chat, no history, just trusted rooms

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

  1. 1PS

    Better privacy without special software

    2022 · mprimi.github.io · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Group end-to-end encrypted chat that respects your privacy

    2019 · safer.chat · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    End-to-end encrypted chat built into Keybase

    2017 · keybase.io · its alternatives →

  4. 4SE
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    TerminalPhone is a single, self-contained Bash script that provides anonymous, end-to-end encrypted voice and text communication between two parties over the Tor network. It operates as a walkie-talkie: you record a voice message, and it is compressed, encrypted, and transmitted to the remote party as a single unit. You can also send encrypted text messages during a call. No server infrastructure, no accounts, no phone numbers. Your Tor hidden service .onion address is your identity.

    Feb 2026 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    group chat with end-to-end encryption. Contribute to jeztek/deadchat development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    True end-to-end encrypted messaging.

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Keychat▲108

    Start a free secure chat with anyone without signing up

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Free and open source encrypted chat for iOS.

    2017 · chatsecure.org · its alternatives →

  10. 10SC

    Hi HN, I wrote a custom SSH server in Go, give it a try. It uses your terminal user and SSH keys to authenticate implicitly. Instead of getting a shell, you get an IRC-style chatroom with everyone else. $ ssh chat.shazow.net If you're getting "Permission denied (publickey)", please use ssh-keygen to create a keypair. Instructions here: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/ SSH is a really cool protocol; it's a lot like HTTP2. This is a demo of one thing you can do with it, but I plan to factor out the code into libraries that will let you build all…

    2014 · its alternatives →

  11. 11EC
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    Completely private chat email, w/ encrypted email messaging

    2017 · spikenow.com · its alternatives →

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    Hermes▲81

    A decentralized, encrypted chat app

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Cyph▲96

    Start an end-to-end encrypted chat, in 30 seconds

    2014 · cyph.com · its alternatives →

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    XChat▲175

    The standalone, encrypted messaging app from X

    Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    A real-time, e2e encrypted ephemeral communication tool

    2023 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages

    2019 · chot.xyz · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    Diary app with AES encryption

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Build privacy-first apps on Firebase

    2018 · virgilsecurity.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    In-browser encrypted chat (open source)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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  22. 22

    Single-use, 1-1, e2e encrypted messaging, in-browser

    2022 · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Instant encrypted web chat

    2017 · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    Encrypted calls and chats

    2017 · its alternatives →

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