Session

freedom tech 8

decentralizedpermissionlessopen-sourceno accountno phone numberno email addressself-custodystrong metadata protectione2eeunique usernameimmutable eventsno PFSpoor tokenomicsno community appsno self-hostingcompliant teamhostile jurisdictiontoken2020

SimpleX

freedom tech 8

decentralizedpermissionlessopen-sourceno accountself-hostingno phone numberno email addressself-custodyPFSe2eecliflatpakweak metadata protectionno community appscompliant teamhostile jurisdictionmisleading marketingno unique usernamesno token2022

Status

freedom tech 6

decentralizedpermissionlessopen-sourceno accountno phone numberself-custodyno email addresse2eeunique usernamesimmutable eventsweak metadata protectionpoor tokenomicsbuggyno community appscompliant teamhostile jurisdictionlow throughputbloatedsuper-apptoken

XMPP

outdated tech 4

federatedopen-sourceself-hostingcommunity appsoptional e2eeunique usernamesaccount-basedno self-custodyno metadata protectionno token1999

Matrix

outdated tech 3

federatedopen-sourceself-hostingcommunity appsoptional e2eeunique usernamesaccount-basedemail addressno self-custodyno metadata protectionmutable eventsno token2014

IRC

outdated tech 2

distributedopen-sourceself-hostingcommunity appsunique usernamesaccount-basedno self-custodyno metadata protectionno e2eemutable eventsno token1988

Signal

slave tech 2

PFScommunity appse2eeunique usernamescentralizedpermissionedphone numberaccount-basedno self-custodycompliant teamhostile jurisdictionweak metadata protectionno token2014

Telegram

slave tech 1

community appsoptional e2eeunique usernamescentralizedpermissionedphone numberaccount-basedno self-custodycompliant teamhostile jurisdictionno metadata protectionno default encryptiontoken2013

Discord

slave tech 1

unique usernamescentralizedpermissionedphone numberaccount-basedno self-custodycompliant teamhostile jurisdictionno metadata protectionno default encryption2015