







Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging
The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.


Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
Quiet is available for all major platforms. (And eventually the web, too!)

Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
Quiet is available for all major platforms. (And eventually the web, too!)

Beeper — All your chats in one app
Get the most popular messaging services, all in a single app. WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Telegram, and more.

Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal’s mission and sole focus is private communication. For years, Signal has kept your messages private, your profile information (like your name and profile photo) private, your contacts private, and your groups private – among much else. Now we’re taking that one step further, by making your...

White Noise - Secure Private Messenger
A truly secure and private messenger that's lightning fast, massively scalable, and identity-free.


proto instant messenger
AIM-inspired group chat on the AT Protocol. Real-time chat rooms, presence, away messages — a safe space for community.

proto instant messenger
AIM-inspired group chat on the AT Protocol. Real-time chat rooms, presence, away messages — a safe space for community.

Group chats rule the world
Most of the interesting conversations in tech now happen in private group chats: Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal, small invite-only Discord groups. Being part of the right group chat can feel like having a peek at the kitchen of a restaurant but instead of food, messy ideas and gossip fly about in real time, get mixed, remixed, discarded, polished before they show up in a prepared fashion in public.
The Trump Administration Group Chat, Signal: The Coke of Secure Messaging, Transparency Versus Security
The Trump administration’s Signal gaffe raises fascinating questions about secure messaging and the trade-off inherent in transparency.


Wave - Secure Messaging App
Privacy-first messaging with quantum-level encryption. No signup, fully decentralized, zero tracking.
Underrated "feature" of AIM / IRC: you could only send people messages if they were online! Sort of built-in backpressure. If you're busy, you won't sign on much, so you won't end up with a "big unread count". Feels so quaint now, like a little village. Say hi to your friends during passeggiata…