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24 alternatives to EphChat – Ephemeral, Anonymous, Encrypted Realtime Chat

EphChat is a real-time chat application that offers anonymous messaging with encryption and ephemeral messages that disappear automatically. Launched in 2014, it is designed for users who prioritize privacy and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. EphChat – Ephemeral, Anonymous, Encrypted Realtime Chat launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Disposable▲126
A real-time, e2e encrypted ephemeral communication tool
2023 · its alternatives →
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Postmodern.▲254
Anonymous, short, ephemeral conversations with others
2021 · its alternatives →
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Ephemere – End-to-end encrypted and ephemeral messaging▲16
2021 · ephemere.app · its alternatives →
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M-chat▲10
Simple, Private, Instant Messaging Without Ads
2025 · m-chat-v1.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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UChat▲150
Automate your business without coding
2022 · uchat.au · its alternatives →
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Chitchatter – P2P chat app that is serverless, decentralized, ephemeral▲191
For anyone who is interested to learn more about Chitchatter, please check out the project README: https://github.com/jeremyckahn/chitchatter#readme Chitchatter is very much an early MVP, so I'd like to get your feedback. Thanks for looking!
2022 · chitchatter.im · its alternatives →
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Lemchat▲95
Custom ChatGPT for your website
2025 · lemchat.com · its alternatives →
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XChat▲175
The standalone, encrypted messaging app from X
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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04-x▲91
End-to-end encrypted chat UI for LLMs
2023 · 04-x.com · its alternatives →
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LLMChat▲13
An All-in-One AI Chat Experience. Friendly and Privacy-First
2024 · its alternatives →
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ChatSecure iOS v4.0 – OMEMO and Signal Protocol▲107
Free and open source encrypted chat for iOS.
2017 · chatsecure.org · its alternatives →
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Public chat rooms with ephemeral chat and anonymous signup▲7
Phispr is an ephemeral chat application designed for anonymous, temporary conversations that vanish without a trace. Built with Go, it offers both web and terminal user interfaces. A weekend project exploded into a two weeks project, and with a funny origin. https://github.com/bnkamalesh/phispr/blob/main/docs/genesis....
2025 · phispr.space · its alternatives →
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60 Minutes Chat – Anonymously chat in self-destructing chatrooms nearby▲47
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Persistent Group Chat in kdb+/k/q▲45
Persistent group chat in <50 lines using kdb+/k/q web sockets and JS - srpeck/kchat
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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yaps[dot]chat▲94
One-time end-to-end encrypted anonymous chats
2025 · yaps.chat · its alternatives →
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link-Chat▲7
Ephemeral chat
2025 · linkchatapp.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Ensichat – Decentralized instant messenger for Android▲27
Project discontinued. Contribute to Nutomic/ensichat development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Gossipr.io – Ephemerial and Linkable Group Chats▲21
2019 · gossipr.io · its alternatives →
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Fadd▲96
Ephemeral microblogging
2021 · its alternatives →
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Share It, Anonymously with Self Destruct Messages▲52
2021 · pastenow.me · its alternatives →
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Back to one-time end-to-end encrypted anonymous chats in 2025▲20
yaps[dot]chat - one-time end-to-end encrypted anonymous chats
2025 · yaps.chat · its alternatives →
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Epichat for Messenger▲74
Raise your social media marketing to the next level
2019 · its alternatives →
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Faceless – Open-source version of Secret▲91
[UNMAINTAINED] Faceless is where you can talk freely - delight-im/Faceless
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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StealthChat - Private Messaging▲66
Encrypted calls and chats
2017 · its alternatives →

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