Alternatives

Products that do what Keychat does

Start a free secure chat with anyone without signing up

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Keybase Chat▲253
End-to-end encrypted chat built into Keybase
2017
2
XChat▲175
The standalone, encrypted messaging app from X
Apr 2026
3
Chot.xyz▲71
Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages
2019
4
CypherChat▲69
Secure. Encrypted. Peer-to-Peer. No Personal Info Sign-up.
2022
5
Push Chat▲113
Your decentralized, uncensorable & web3-native chat solution
2023
6
Keybase for Chrome▲174
A secure chat button for every profile
2017
7
Spike Secure Video Meetings▲151
Video Conferencing. Secure. Simple. Free. Open.
2020
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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
9
CapeChat▲248
Keep sensitive data private while still using ChatGPT
2023
10
Ready▲89
The private, secure, and powerful messaging app for everyone
2022
11
Hop Encrypted Email▲132
Completely private chat email, w/ encrypted email messaging
2017
12
Secret▲173
Send a message through a safe, private, and encrypted link
2017
13
ghoulchat▲74
Anonymous group chats with friends
2022
14
Stealthy: Secret Messenger▲87
Chat anonymously with friends & strangers
2015
15
Brie.fi/ng▲93
Secure group video chat
2020
16
Tor Messenger▲117
The easiest app yet for anonymous, encrypted IM
2015
17
ADAMANT Messenger▲79
Decentralized anonymous blockchain messenger. Crypto In-Chat
2020
18
Dakiya▲311
Send a message to another user, on chain
2022
19
blockslack.io▲78
Chat for small teams — encrypted and decentralized
2019
20
Secret v11▲215
Share anonymously with friends (redesigned w/ private chat)
2014
21
Stealthy.IM▲105
Text friends without Google or Facebook snooping
2018
22
Shadowticks▲122
Anonymous messaging, chat in incognito mode, encryption
2023
23
sendsecure.ly▲80
Send secrets to anyone without leaving a digital footprint
2022
24
Nachricht.co▲78
Send encrypted self-destructing messages wherever you want
2019

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