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Tex▲101
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3
Tor Messenger▲117
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Chadder▲89
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5
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6
Textie▲139
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Topick▲280
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2015
8
XChat▲175
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9
Path Talk▲295
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2014
10
Keybase for Mobile▲159
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2017
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Studio▲124
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2015
12
Text▲168
Push notification messaging with friends (WUT w/o anonymity)
2014
13
Telegram Desktop 1.0▲234
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2017
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Telegram 2.0 for Mac▲139
A new era in messaging
2016
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Talkshow▲299
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2016
16
Mention for Slack▲334
Real-time monitoring + real-time chat
2016
17
Atlas by Layer▲245
Add messaging to your mobile app w/ this open source UI kit
2015
18
Speak▲120
Message safely while driving
2016
19
Seald▲115
Keep your conversations secure, everywhere.
2017
20
Slack Review▲130
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2016
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Public▲205
Group chats. Great conversations. 💬
2016
22
Trext▲91
Automated text message conversations
2015
23
Tunnel X▲55
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2014
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Slack Chats▲362
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