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Products that do what Tunnel does

Messaging without phone numbers, email, or metadata

1
Tunnel X▲55
A tool for secure and private conversations.
2014
2
Layers▲61
The private network strangers literally can't reach you on.
Apr 2026 · layers-app.com
3
Anytype Chats▲393
A privacy focused team workspace
Dec 2025
4
Fence Chat▲150
Chat with people nearby, anonymously in your browser
2016
5
Secret▲173
Send a message through a safe, private, and encrypted link
2017
6
Shadowticks▲122
Anonymous messaging, chat in incognito mode, encryption
2023
7
Chot.xyz▲71
Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages
2019
8AM
Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius▲194
2016 · zonemessenger.com
9
blockslack.io▲78
Chat for small teams — encrypted and decentralized
2019
10
Keybase Chat▲253
End-to-end encrypted chat built into Keybase
2017
11
ADAMANT Messenger▲79
Decentralized anonymous blockchain messenger. Crypto In-Chat
2020
12
RoomChat▲159
No sign up chatrooms with just a URL and your handle
2015
13
Expose▲126
Share your local sites via secure tunnels
2021
14
TunnelBear▲174
Secure your data and hide your IP address behind a bear.
2014
15
Keychat▲108
Start a free secure chat with anyone without signing up
2020
16
CypherChat▲69
Secure. Encrypted. Peer-to-Peer. No Personal Info Sign-up.
2022
17
Hop Encrypted Email▲132
Completely private chat email, w/ encrypted email messaging
2017
18
shortwave▲106
Short-range anonymous messaging (Secret meets Firechat)
2014
19
Stealthy▲94
Messaging with blockchain identity and user controlled data
2018
20
1Key Encrypted Messenger▲4
Temporary chats. Permanent privacy.
May 2026 · onekey-webapp.vercel.app
21
Hermes▲81
A decentralized, encrypted chat app
2018
22
Tor Messenger▲117
The easiest app yet for anonymous, encrypted IM
2015
23
GoTenna▲125
Communicate without cell towers, satellites or WiFi.
2014
24
Stealthy.IM▲105
Text friends without Google or Facebook snooping
2018

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