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24 alternatives to Virgil Security

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Virgil Security launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Etebase – An open source and end-to-end encrypted Firebase alternative▲308
An open-source and end-to-end encrypted SDK and backend
2020 · etebase.com · its alternatives →
2
Keybase Chat▲253
End-to-end encrypted chat built into Keybase
2017 · keybase.io · its alternatives →
3ET
End-to-End encrypted chat using Firebase and WebCrypto API▲5
Encrypted chat experiment using Firebase and WebCrypto API.
2016 · chat-a9892.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →
4
Let's Chat▲323
Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
5
ChatSecure iOS v4.0 – OMEMO and Signal Protocol▲107
Free and open source encrypted chat for iOS.
2017 · chatsecure.org · its alternatives →
6
Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams▲350
Self-hosted chat for small teams.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
7
Stream Chat▲327
Build, code and ship in app messaging in a few hours
2019 · getstream.io · its alternatives →
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safer.chat▲61
Group end-to-end encrypted chat that respects your privacy
2019 · safer.chat · its alternatives →
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Encryptochat▲68
True end-to-end encrypted messaging.
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
10
Chat'Inn▲69
Miminal, Clean and Realtime Global Chat Application
2022 · chat-inn.vercel.app · its alternatives →
11
Keybase for Chrome▲174
A secure chat button for every profile
2017 · book.keybase.io · its alternatives →
12
Rolo Secure Chat▲92
Secure chat app built with BlackBerry end-to-end encryption
2021 · rolo.chat · its alternatives →
13
Firefeed - A Twitter clone built with Firebase▲81
An open source Twitter clone built with Firebase
2012 · firefeed.io · its alternatives →
14
Open Source alternative to services like Intercom.io and Smooch▲163
Client library for Minimal Chat. Contribute to minimalchat/client development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
Secure ChatGPT – a safer way to interact with generative AI▲35
Hi HN, I’m the founder of Pangea. We’ve built a developer platform where you can easily add security to your code through a simple set of APIs - features like authentication, secrets management, audit logging, redaction of PII, restricting embargoed countries, known threat actor intelligence, etc. With the ChatGPT and LLM explosion, we thought of ways to reduce the risk of both the inputs and outputs from these services. Our NextJS sample app adds a security layer on top of ChatGPT with various security services that you can implement quickly. It’s basically a front end to the OpenAI API…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Chot.xyz▲71
Privacy focused chat that doesn't store your messages
2019 · chot.xyz · its alternatives →
17
Keychat▲108
Start a free secure chat with anyone without signing up
2020 · its alternatives →
18
KoiHi▲97
Make your own WhatsApp with E2EE self hosted chat solution
2023 · koihi.com · its alternatives →
19
A serverless chat backend – built on Firebase Cloud Functions▲15
A serverless chat backend - built on Firebase Cloud Functions - abiglobalhealth/chatfireServerless
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
20M2
My 2-Hour Twilio App▲57
2010 · txt2ping.com · its alternatives →
21
Hermes▲81
A decentralized, encrypted chat app
2018 · its alternatives →
22
SafeSwiss▲73
Encrypted chat, voice/video calls, emails, storage
2021 · safeswiss.com · its alternatives →
23
WhatsApp end-to-end encryption▲33
Cross platform end-to-end encryption for 1:1 & group chat 🔒
2016 · blog.whatsapp.com · its alternatives →
24
Darkwire.io▲70
Instant encrypted web chat
2017 · its alternatives →

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