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24 alternatives to Veiltext Encrypt anything Send anywhere.

Private tools for careful conversations.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    End-to-end encrypted chat built into Keybase

    2017 · keybase.io · its alternatives →

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    Free and open source encrypted chat for iOS.

    2017 · chatsecure.org · its alternatives →

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    VEIL is a private, end-to-end encrypted messenger: hardware-backed keys that never leave your device, Nothing at Rest wipe, duress wipe, and post-quantum hybrid encryption (X25519 + ML-KEM-768).

    14d ago · tryveil.app · its alternatives →

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    Encrypt before your message reaches the messenger

    Jul 2026 · veiltype.tech · its alternatives →

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    Encrypted calls and chats

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    DotBGE▲83

    Local-first file encryption for iOS, CLI, and agents

    Jun 2026 · dotbge.app · its alternatives →

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    This is a project I made to learn more about crypto. I've also written a [post](https://vaktibabat.github.io/posts/ecurvechat/) that explains all the crypto concepts and algorithms used in the project, and how I implemented them. I'd be very glad for any feedback about both the code and the post :)

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Anonymous messaging, chat in incognito mode, encryption

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    A real-time, e2e encrypted ephemeral communication tool

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    End-to-end encryption messaging platform

    2017 · keybase.io · its alternatives →

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    Send end-to-end encrypted text, picture, and video messages

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    True end-to-end encrypted messaging.

    2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Cipher▲70

    Send secret, encrypted iMessages

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    In-browser encrypted chat (open source)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Hermes▲81

    A decentralized, encrypted chat app

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Layers▲61

    The private network strangers literally can't reach you on.

    Apr 2026 · layers-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Threema▲79

    The messenger that puts security and privacy first

    2019 · threema.com · its alternatives →

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    Prove that you said things before anyone else

    Jun 2026 · yousaidthat.org · its alternatives →

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    Every technical claim on veilusdigital.co mapped to the Swift source file that implements it. Verified, fact-checkable, honest about what is and isn

    Jun 2026 · veilusdigital.co · its alternatives →

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    Strong protection where it counts seamless browsing anywhere

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    ONNS▲9

    Secure & Smart Message Encryption for Private Chats

    2025 · euphonious-gelato-e33502.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    Good morning HN! For a while now I have been toying with this idea and now finally have a working prototype. This project allows you to encode secret messages into ordinary looking text by using arithmetic coding with a probability model derived from an LLM. By encrypting the message and then decompressing the encrypted message using the arithmetic coder, you get output which looks just like randomly sampled output from the LLM. Except, it actually encodes your secret messages in the specific choices of tokens. By using authenticated encryption, only a user who knows the key can know that a…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Send anonymous messages & files safely — no trace.

    2025 · its alternatives →

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