Alternatives

Products that do what NOX does

Privacy-first chat. No phone. No email. No tracking.

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   Anytype Chats▲393

   A privacy focused team workspace

   Dec 2025

2. 2
   Shadowticks▲122

   Anonymous messaging, chat in incognito mode, encryption

   2023

3. 3
   Chat by X▲129

   DMs on X are now just "Chat"

   Nov 2025

4. 4
   NLX▲200

   NLX makes everyone a builder of conversational AI apps

   2025

5. 5
   Chot.xyz▲71

   Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages

   2019

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   Fence Chat▲150

   Chat with people nearby, anonymously in your browser

   2016

7. 7
   Nox▲13

   A quieter social app built around real moments

   Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com

8. 8
   Keychat▲108

   Start a free secure chat with anyone without signing up

   2020

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   ChatWallette▲105

   Talk to fellow NFT holders

   2022

10. 10
    tea orbit▲99

    Instant anonymous chat. No signup required.

    2014

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    Stealthy: Secret Messenger▲87

    Chat anonymously with friends & strangers

    2015

12. 12
    chatxb Stranger Chat&Anonymous Messaging▲1

    Chat anonymously with strangers near you. No sign-up.

    6d ago · chatxb.com

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    Non-Anonymous Chat▲29

    2011 · chatoften.com

14. 14
    NGL▲76

    Anonymous q&a

    2022

15. 15
    Tox▲102

    An open source alternative to WhatsApp

    2014

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    ADAMANT Messenger▲79

    Decentralized anonymous blockchain messenger. Crypto In-Chat

    2020

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    Nameless Talk▲5

    NamelessTalk offers NFT access and end-to-end encrypted chat

    Nov 2025

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    SimpleX Chat v1 released – the most private chat/application platform▲8

    2022 · github.com

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    NemoChat▲2

    Privacy-first messenger without phone, email or account

    Jun 2026 · testflight.apple.com

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    Anonym8 — YOUR IDENTITY ENDS WITH YOU▲11

    Messaging that knows nothing about you.

    Jul 2026 · anonym8.com

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    NoShame▲10

    Anonymous chat matching people's life situation and emotions

    Mar 2026 · app.noshame.help

22. 22AA
    An anonymous chatting app for anyone to deploy▲15

    2019 · github.com

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    ChatingerX▲6

    Your Privacy, Our Priority.

    Jul 2026 · chatinger-x.vercel.app

24. 24AH
    Anysphere, home for important, long-form conversations▲14

    Hi everyone! I’m Arvid, cofounder of Anysphere (https://anysphere.co). With my two friends Sualeh and Shengtong I have been spending the last few months building a dedicated home for important, long-form conversations. We’re super excited to let the HN community test it out! We think that no existing platform for point–to-point communication prioritizes the conversations that you actually care about and that really matter. Instant messaging is filled with careless texts and stickers, email is filled with receipts and spammers, and physical mail, while better in those respects, is…

    2022 · gist.github.com

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