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! rowspan="2" |[[Active users|Monthly active users]] |
! rowspan="2" |[[Active users|Monthly active users]] |
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! rowspan="2" |Registration requirement |
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! rowspan="2" |[[Software license|License]] |
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! colspan="6" |[[Operating system]] |
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! rowspan="2" |[[End-to-end encryption|E2EE]] 2-user chat |
! rowspan="2" |[[End-to-end encryption|E2EE]] 2-user chat |
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! rowspan="2" |[[End-to-end encryption|E2EE]] group chat |
! rowspan="2" |[[End-to-end encryption|E2EE]] group chat |
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! rowspan="2" |File transfer |
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! rowspan="2" |Voice messages |
! rowspan="2" |Voice messages |
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! rowspan="2" |Client |
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! rowspan="2" |Voice chat |
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! rowspan="2" |Video chat |
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! rowspan="2" |[[Open-source software|Open source]] servers |
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! rowspan="2" |[[Federation (information technology)|Federated]] servers |
! rowspan="2" |[[Federation (information technology)|Federated]] servers |
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![[Discord (software)|Discord]] |
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|Discord Inc. |
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|{{Start date and age|2015|03|06}} |
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|250 million (2019)<ref name="stats2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/258749/most-popular-global-mobile-messenger-apps/|title=Most popular messaging apps 2019 - Statista|website=Statista}}</ref> |
|250 million (2019)<ref name="stats2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/258749/most-popular-global-mobile-messenger-apps/|title=Most popular messaging apps 2019 - Statista|website=Statista}}</ref> |
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|Paulo Taylor |
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![[Element (software)|Element]] |
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|New Vector Limited |
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|{{Start date and age|2016|07}} |
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![[Facebook Messenger]] |
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|[[Facebook]], Inc. |
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|{{Start date and age|2011|08|09}} |
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|1300 million (2019)<ref name="stats2019"/> |
|1300 million (2019)<ref name="stats2019"/> |
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|Facebook account or Phone number |
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![[FireChat]] |
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|Open Garden |
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|{{Start date and age|2014|03|}} |
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|Email |
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|Łukasz Foltyn / GG Network S.A. |
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|{{Start date and age|2000|08|15}} |
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|Yann Le Boulanger |
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|{{Start date and age|2004|05|21}} |
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|{{yes2}}Plug-in |
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![[ICQ]] |
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|[[Mail.Ru]] |
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|{{Start date and age|1996|11}} |
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|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[Freemium]] [[adware]] |
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|Emil Ivov |
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|{{Start date and age|2003}} |
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![[Kadu (software)|Kadu]] |
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|Kadu Team |
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|{{Start date and age|2001|08}} |
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![[KakaoTalk]] |
![[KakaoTalk]] |
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|Kakao Corp. |
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|{{Start date and age|2010|03|18}} |
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|49 million (2018)<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/258749/most-popular-global-mobile-messenger-apps/|title=Most popular messaging apps 2018 - Statista|website=Statista}}</ref> |
|49 million (2018)<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/258749/most-popular-global-mobile-messenger-apps/|title=Most popular messaging apps 2018 - Statista|website=Statista}}</ref> |
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|15 million (2017)<ref name="kik">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2017/08/29/billion-dollar-kik-taps-125-million-token-offering-to-energize-user-base/|title=Billion-Dollar Kik Taps $125 Million Token Offering To Energize User Base|last=Ponciano|first=Jonathan|publisher=}}</ref> |
|15 million (2017)<ref name="kik">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2017/08/29/billion-dollar-kik-taps-125-million-token-offering-to-energize-user-base/|title=Billion-Dollar Kik Taps $125 Million Token Offering To Energize User Base|last=Ponciano|first=Jonathan|publisher=}}</ref> |
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|[[LINE Corporation]] |
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|{{yes}}<ref name="Shin-2016-08-11">{{cite web|author1=Shin, Ki Bin|title=The next step for even safer messaging: Letter Sealing|url=http://developers.linecorp.com/blog/?p=3938|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002044533/http://developers.linecorp.com/blog/?p=3938|archive-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
|{{yes}}<ref name="Shin-2016-08-11">{{cite web|author1=Shin, Ki Bin|title=The next step for even safer messaging: Letter Sealing|url=http://developers.linecorp.com/blog/?p=3938|publisher=Line Corporation|accessdate=30 September 2016|date=11 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002044533/http://developers.linecorp.com/blog/?p=3938|archive-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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! rowspan="2" |[[Software license|License]] |
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! rowspan="2" |[[End-to-end encryption|E2EE]] 2-user chat |
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! rowspan="2" |[[End-to-end encryption|E2EE]] group chat |
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! rowspan="2" |File transfer |
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! rowspan="2" |Voice recording |
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! rowspan="2" |Client |
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! rowspan="2" |Voice chat |
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! rowspan="2" |Video chat |
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! rowspan="2" |Read receipts |
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! rowspan="2" |Editing sent messages |
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! rowspan="2" |Deleting sent messages |
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! rowspan="2" |Self-destructing messages |
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The landscape for instant messaging involves cross-platform instant messaging clients that can handle one or multiple protocols.[1] The following table compares general and technical information for cross-platform instant messaging clients in active development, each of which have their own article that provide further information.
Clients
Client | Developer | First public release | Monthly active users | Registration requirement | License | Operating system | E2EE 2-user chat | E2EE group chat | File transfer | Voice messages | Client | Voice chat | Video chat | Read receipts | Editing sent messages | Deleting sent messages | Custom | Stickers | Self-destructing messages | Lock screen | Themes / skins | Plugins | Peer-to-peer text chat | Open source servers | Federated servers | Client | |||||
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Windows | macOS | Linux | Web | Android | iOS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discord | Discord Inc. | March 6, 2015 | 250 million (2019)[2] | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Discord | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Discord | |
eBuddy | Paulo Taylor | March 9, 2003 | Phone number | Proprietary Freeware | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | eBuddy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | eBuddy | |
Element | New Vector Limited | July 2016 | Nothing required | Apache License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Element | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Element | |
Facebook Messenger | Facebook, Inc. | August 9, 2011 | 1300 million (2019)[2] | Facebook account or Phone number | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Facebook Messenger | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Facebook Messenger |
FireChat | Open Garden | March 2014 | Proprietary Freeware | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FireChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | FireChat | ||
Gadu-Gadu | Łukasz Foltyn / GG Network S.A. | August 15, 2000 | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Gadu-Gadu | Yes | No | No | No | No | Gadu-Gadu | |||||||||||
Gajim | Yann Le Boulanger | May 21, 2004 | GPL | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Plug-in | Yes | No | Gajim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Gajim | ||||||
ICQ | Mail.Ru | November 1996 | Phone number | Proprietary Freemium adware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ICQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ICQ | |||||||||
Jitsi | Emil Ivov | 2003 | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Jitsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Jitsi | ||||||||
Kadu | Kadu Team | August 2001 | GPLv2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Kadu | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Kadu | ||||||||||
KakaoTalk | Kakao Corp. | March 18, 2010 | 49 million (2018)[3] | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | KakaoTalk | No | No | No | No | KakaoTalk | ||||||||||||
Keybase | Keybase | February 8, 2017;
7 years ago |
Nothing required | New BSD License | Yes | Yes | Yes | No, partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Keybase | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, only 2 official skins | No | No | No | No | Keybase | ||
Kik Messenger | Medialab | October 2010 | 15 million (2017)[4] | Proprietary Freemium adware | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Kik Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Kik Messenger | |||||||||||
Line | LINE Corporation | March 2012 | 700 million (2017) | Phone number | Proprietary Freemium | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes[5] | Yes | Yes | Line | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Line |
Mattermost | Mattermost Inc | 2015 | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Plug-in | Mattermost | Plug-in | Plug-in | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Mattermost | ||
MCabber | Mikael Berthe | June 7, 2005 | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | MCabber | No | No | No | No | MCabber | ||||||||||||
Messages | Apple Inc. | July 25, 2012 | Part of macOS and iOS | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Messages | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | — | — | Messages | |||||||
Movim | Timothée Jaussoin | March 3, 2011 | E-mail adress | AGPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Movim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Movim | ||
Palringo | Palringo Ltd | 2006 | Nothing required | Proprietary Freemium | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Palringo | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Palringo | ||||||||
Paltalk | AVM Software, Inc | June 1998 | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Paltalk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Paltalk | ||||||||||
Pidgin | Mark Spencer | November 1998 | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Pidgin | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Pidgin | ||||||||
Psi | Psi and Psi+ developers | 2001 | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psi | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Psi | |||||||||
RetroShare | Cyril Soler, Gioacchino Mazzurco | 2006 | Nothing required | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | RetroShare | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | — (P2P) | — | RetroShare | |||||||
Ricochet | Invisible.im | June 2014 | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Ricochet | No | Yes | — | — | Ricochet | |||||||||||||||
Sicher | SHAPE GmbH | June 2014 | Phone number | Proprietary Freeware | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Sicher | No | Yes | No | No | No | Sicher | |||||||||||
Signal | Signal Messenger | July 2014 | Phone number | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Signal | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[6] | No | Signal | |
Silent Phone | Silent Circle | January 16, 2013 | Nothing required | Proprietary commercial software | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[7] | Yes | Silent Phone | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Silent Phone | ||||||||||
Skype | Skype Technologies, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation | 2003 | 300 million (2018)[3] | Proprietary Freemium adware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Skype | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Skype | ||||||
Slack | Slack Technologies | August 2013 | Proprietary Freemium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Slack | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Slack | |||||||||||
Snapchat | Snap Inc. | November 2011 | 294 million (2019)[2] | Email or Phone number | Proprietary Freeware | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Snapchat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Snapchat |
Surespot | Surespot LLC | 2013 | Nothing required | GPLv3 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No groupchat | Yes | Yes | Surespot | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Surespot | ||||||
Telegram | Telegram Messenger LLP | 2013 | 400 million (2020)[8] | Phone number | GPLv2, GPLv3[9] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Telegram | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Telegram |
Tencent QQ | Tencent Holdings | February 1999 | 823 million (2019)[2] | Proprietary Adware | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Tencent QQ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Tencent QQ | |||||||
Threema | Threema GmbH | December 2012 | Proprietary commercial software | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Threema | No | No | No | No | No | Threema | ||||||||||||
Trillian | Cerulean Studios | July 1, 2000 | Nothing required | Proprietary Freemium adware | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Partial | Trillian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Trillian | ||||||
Viber | Rakuten Viber | December 2, 2010 | 260 million (2019)[2] | Phone number | Proprietary Freemium | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Viber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Viber |
Tencent Holdings Limited | January 21, 2011 | 1112 million (2019)[2] | Phone number or QQ number | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | |||||||||||
WhatsApp Inc., a subsidiary of Facebook | January 2009 | 2000 million (2020)[10] | Phone number | Proprietary Freeware | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
Wickr | Wickr Inc. | June 2012 | Nothing required | Proprietary Trialware | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wickr | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes[11] | No | Wickr | ||||
Wire | Wire Swiss GmbH | December 3, 2014 | Email or Phone number | GPLv3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[12] | No | No | No | No | Yes[13] | No | Wire | |
Client | Developer | First public release | Monthly active users | Registration requirement | License | Windows | macOS | Linux | Web | Android | iOS | E2EE 2-user chat | E2EE group chat | File transfer | Voice recording | Client | Voice chat | Video chat | Read receipts | Editing sent messages | Deleting sent messages | Custom | Stickers | Self-destructing messages | Lock screen | Themes / skins | Plugins | Peer-to-peer text chat | Open source servers | Federated servers | Client |
Operating system |
See also
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
- Comparison of LAN messengers
- Comparison of VoIP software
- List of SIP software
- List of video telecommunication services and product brands
- Comparison of user features of messaging platforms
References
- ^ "History of Instant Messaging". The top 6 best Instant Message client apps on any platform. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Most popular messaging apps 2019 - Statista". Statista.
- ^ a b "Most popular messaging apps 2018 - Statista". Statista.
- ^ Ponciano, Jonathan. "Billion-Dollar Kik Taps $125 Million Token Offering To Energize User Base".
- ^ Shin, Ki Bin (11 August 2016). "The next step for even safer messaging: Letter Sealing". Line Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Signal · GitHub". 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Silent Phone 6.0 is Here!". Silent Circle. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Telegram Blog". telegram.org. 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Telegram license info". Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ "WhatsApp". WhatsApp.com.
- ^ "GitHub - WickrInc/wickr-crypto-c: An implementation of the Wickr Secure Messaging Protocol in C". 26 February 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Safe and tidy with Timed Messages". Wire Swiss. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Wire server code now 100% open source – the journey continues". Medium. Wire Swiss GmbH. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.