Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to ySign
Decentralized private messenger
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ySign launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Decentralized anonymous blockchain messenger. Crypto In-Chat
2020 · its alternatives →
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Greetings! YakGPT is a simple, frontend-only, ChatGPT UI you can use to either chat normally, or, more excitingly, use your mic + OpenAI's Whisper API to chat hands-free. Some features: * A few fun characters pre-installed * No tracking or analytics, OpenAI is the only thing it calls out to * Optimized for mobile use via hands-free mode and cross-platform compressed audio recording * Your API key and chat history are stored in browser local storage only * Open-source, you can either use the deployed version at Vercel, or run it locally Planned features: * Integrate Eleven Labs & other TTS…
2023 · yakgpt.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Lynk Messenger▲116A location-based messaging app that knows who you're with
2015 · its alternatives →
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Whatsapp-esque messaging app but open, cloudbased, encrypted
2014 · its alternatives →
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XChat▲175The standalone, encrypted messaging app from X
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Thanks for checking out Babble! You might wonder why this app is even useful and why not just use Signal/PGP. This app's target audience is actually ordinary people in China or similar countries who are under severe government surveillance and censorship, where access to Signal and similar E2EE messaging software is blocked by nationwide firewalls, such as the Great Firewall of China (GFW). Chinese people have been deprived of freedom of speech even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Li Wenliang, who was among the first to notice the spread of the virus and warned his colleagues about it in…
2022 · babble.landrop.app · its alternatives →
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- 17DP
2018 · stealthy.im · its alternatives →
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Secure messaging application deployed on Polygon Amoy
2024 · chatapp-mu-five.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I have been working on a desktop P2P messenger called Kiyeovo for the last ~8 months, and I just published its beta version. Quick backstory: It started out as a CLI application for my Graduate Thesis, where I tried to make the most secure and private messenger application possible. Then, I transformed it into a desktop application, gave it "clearnet" support and added a bunch of features. Short summary: The app runs in 2 completely isolated modes: - fast mode: relay/DCUtR -> lower latency, calls support - anonymous mode: Tor message routing -> slower, anonymous These modes…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · joindistributed.com · its alternatives →
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