Alternatives

Products that do what Keybase Chat does

End-to-end encrypted chat built into Keybase

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Keybase for Mobile▲159
End-to-end encryption messaging platform
2017
2
Keybase for Chrome▲174
A secure chat button for every profile
2017
3
Keychat▲108
Start a free secure chat with anyone without signing up
2020
4
Virgil Security▲74
Build privacy-first apps on Firebase
2018
5
Hop Encrypted Email▲132
Completely private chat email, w/ encrypted email messaging
2017
6
CapeChat▲248
Keep sensitive data private while still using ChatGPT
2023
7
Disposable▲126
A real-time, e2e encrypted ephemeral communication tool
2023
8
XChat▲175
The standalone, encrypted messaging app from X
Apr 2026
9
Chat by KeyReply▲180
Simplest live chat widget on the planet
2015
10
KeyMesh.io▲91
Ethereum address book and private chat for all 👦🏻👩🏼🧑🏾👵🏻
2018
11
CypherChat▲69
Secure. Encrypted. Peer-to-Peer. No Personal Info Sign-up.
2022
12SC
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
13
Chot.xyz▲71
Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages
2019
14
Chat by X▲129
DMs on X are now just "Chat"
Nov 2025
15
World Chat▲169
Connect and send money to real humans on world network
2025
16EA
Etebase – An open source and end-to-end encrypted Firebase alternative▲308
2020 · etebase.com
17ET
End-to-End encrypted chat using Firebase and WebCrypto API▲5
2016 · chat-a9892.firebaseapp.com
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Dakiya▲311
Send a message to another user, on chain
2022
19
Secret▲173
Send a message through a safe, private, and encrypted link
2017
20
WhatsApp Status▲260
An encrypted Snapchat Stories clone
2017
21
Hermes▲81
A decentralized, encrypted chat app
2018
22
Misakey 1.0▲112
Send encrypted documents & messages to anyone
2020
23
dCrypt▲77
Secure encryption made easy
2019
24
Enigma X▲171
Your own encryption in any messenger
2025

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