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24 alternatives to I wrote a secure-ish distributed P2P chat system in Go

Nanjing Taxi is a relatively secure P2P/Serverless chat system. - chewxy/nanjingtaxi

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I wrote a secure-ish distributed P2P chat system in Go launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   P2P microblogging over Bluetooth to avoid government censorship▲153

   A serverless, unblockable messaging system for Android. - megamattron/SplinterNet

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   nanochat▲349

   Build your won ChatGPT for $100 on a single GPU

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Free, instant, secure, disposable chat rooms built in Go▲169

   2015 · niltalk.com · its alternatives →

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   ADAMANT Messenger▲79

   Decentralized anonymous blockchain messenger. Crypto In-Chat

   2020 · adamant.im · its alternatives →

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   ssh chat.shazow.net▲171

   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 →

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   P2p IRC-inspired browser chat on WebTorrent▲44

   2018 · chr15m.github.io · its alternatives →

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   A P2P messenger with dual network modes (Fast and Tor)▲39

   Hello HN, I have been working on a desktop P2P messenger called Kiyeovo for the last ~8 months, and I just published its beta version. Quick backstory: It started out as a CLI application for my Graduate Thesis, where I tried to make the most secure and private messenger application possible. Then, I transformed it into a desktop application, gave it "clearnet" support and added a bunch of features. Short summary: The app runs in 2 completely isolated modes: - fast mode: relay/DCUtR -> lower latency, calls support - anonymous mode: Tor message routing -> slower, anonymous These modes…

   Apr 2026 · github.com · 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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   p2p.chat▲98

   No-nonsense video calls, free forever

   2021 · its alternatives →

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    Pac Chat▲133

    A realtime, anonymous chat made using node and Google maps

    2016 · pac.chat · its alternatives →

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    MyChat▲86

    Secure instant messaging system for any network

    2018 · mychat.software · its alternatives →

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    Brie.fi/ng▲93

    Secure group video chat

    2020 · brie.fi · its alternatives →

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    CommunisP▲8

    P2P E2EE Chat | A quiet revolution in secure communication

    2024 · communisp.com · its alternatives →

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    Bleep▲77

    BitTorrent's encrypted P2P chat app

    2015 · joinbleep.com · its alternatives →

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    Serverless, encrypted, opensource, p2p video and text chat▲9

    A secure chatting application.

    2016 · adam-hanna.github.io · its alternatives →

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    CypherChat▲69

    Secure. Encrypted. Peer-to-Peer. No Personal Info Sign-up.

    2022 · cypherchat.app · its alternatives →

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    Xifrem Chat▲69

    Client-side encrypted chat with asymmetric encryption

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    KoiHi▲97

    Make your own WhatsApp with E2EE self hosted chat solution

    2023 · koihi.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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    Decentralized P2P Messaging with Blockchain Verified Identities▲95

    2018 · stealthy.im · its alternatives →

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    Secure ChatGPT – a safer way to interact with generative AI▲35

    Hi HN, I’m the founder of Pangea. We’ve built a developer platform where you can easily add security to your code through a simple set of APIs - features like authentication, secrets management, audit logging, redaction of PII, restricting embargoed countries, known threat actor intelligence, etc. With the ChatGPT and LLM explosion, we thought of ways to reduce the risk of both the inputs and outputs from these services. Our NextJS sample app adds a security layer on top of ChatGPT with various security services that you can implement quickly. It’s basically a front end to the OpenAI API…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tunnel X▲55

    A tool for secure and private conversations.

    2014 · tunnelx.com · its alternatives →

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    An Elliptic Curve-Based Secure Chat, Written Using Rust and Protobuf▲66

    This is a project I made to learn more about crypto. I've also written a [post](https://vaktibabat.github.io/posts/ecurvechat/) that explains all the crypto concepts and algorithms used in the project, and how I implemented them. I'd be very glad for any feedback about both the code and the post :)

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I created a minimal, secure, terminal native chat application▲7

    💬 Chat with your gpg contacts without leaving the terminal - navxio/chatty

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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