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    <title>messenger &amp;mdash; Paul Sutton</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Messenger App Comparison</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Messenger App Comparison&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/uploads/default/original/1X/6aac842b7ff5c58385a02f3a131c259281be88c8.png&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; &#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xA;&#xA;Further to the post yesterday.  This was posted to Mastodon, This comparison has been put together by the Free Software Foundation, India.  That compares various Free and Non Free applications.   Good to understand why we need to use decentralized, privacy aware tools. &#xA;&#xA;Messenger app comparison&#xA;&#xA;REFERENCES&#xA;&#xA;Dino IM&#xA;Element IM&#xA;QuickSy IM&#xA;&#xA;Briar&#xA;Tox&#xA;Jami&#xA;&#xA;Free Software Foundation, India&#xA;Free Software Foundation&#xA;&#xA;TAGS&#xA;&#xA;#YearOfTheFediverse,#Messenger,#app,#comparison&#xA;&#xA;a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;img alt=&#34;Creative Commons Licence&#34; style=&#34;border-width:0&#34; src=&#34;https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png&#34; //abr /This work is licensed under a a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License/a]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Messenger App Comparison</p>

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<p>Further to the post <a href="https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/messenger-apps" rel="nofollow">yesterday</a>.  This was posted to Mastodon, This comparison has been put together by the Free Software Foundation, India.  That compares various Free and Non Free applications.   Good to understand why we need to use decentralized, privacy aware tools.</p>

<p><img src="https://fsf.org.in/assets/img/ims.png" alt="Messenger app comparison"></p>

<p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="https://dino.im/" rel="nofollow">Dino IM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://element.io/" rel="nofollow">Element IM</a></li>

<li><p><a href="https://quicksy.im/" rel="nofollow">QuickSy IM</a></p></li>

<li><p><a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.briarproject.briar.android/" rel="nofollow">Briar</a></p></li>

<li><p><a href="https://tox.chat/" rel="nofollow">Tox</a></p></li>

<li><p><a href="https://jami.net/" rel="nofollow">Jami</a></p></li>

<li><p><a href="https://fsf.org.in" rel="nofollow">Free Software Foundation, India</a></p></li>

<li><p><a href="https://www.fsf.org" rel="nofollow">Free Software Foundation</a></p></li></ul>

<p><strong>TAGS</strong></p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:YearOfTheFediverse" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">YearOfTheFediverse</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Messenger" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Messenger</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:app" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">app</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:comparison" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">comparison</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Messenger Apps</title>
      <link>https://paper.wf/paulsutton/messenger-apps</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Messenger Apps&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/uploads/default/original/1X/6aac842b7ff5c58385a02f3a131c259281be88c8.png&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; &#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xA;&#xA;The recent announcement that WhatsApp will be sharing more information with Facebook has resulted in people migrating to Telegram and Signal.&#xA;&#xA;However there are many more alternatives, that are based on Free and Open source software&#xA;&#xA;Gaijm XMPP Client&#xA;Dino XMPP Client&#xA;Jabber XMPP Client&#xA;Matrix Decentralized communication&#xA;Fluffy&#xA;Element Chat Client&#xA;Wire&#xA;DeltaChat&#xA;Signal&#xA;Telegram&#xA;Jami&#xA;&#xA;REFERENCES&#xA;&#xA;Free Software Foundation&#xA;&#xA;TAGS&#xA;&#xA;#YearOfTheFediverse,#Conversations, #Gajim, #Matrix,#Wire,#Deltachat,#Chat,#Apps,#Messenger,&#xA;#Communication,#Jami,#Signal,#Telegram,#DeltaChat,#Element&#xA;&#xA;a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;img alt=&#34;Creative Commons Licence&#34; style=&#34;border-width:0&#34; src=&#34;https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png&#34; //abr /This work is licensed under a a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License/a&#xA;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>The recent announcement that WhatsApp will be sharing more information with Facebook has resulted in people migrating to Telegram and Signal.</p>

<p>However there are many more alternatives, that are based on Free and Open source software</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://gajim.org/" rel="nofollow">Gaijm</a> XMPP Client</li>
<li><a href="https://dino.im/" rel="nofollow">Dino</a> XMPP Client</li>
<li><a href="https://jabber.at/clients/" rel="nofollow">Jabber</a> XMPP Client</li>
<li><a href="https://matrix.org/" rel="nofollow">Matrix</a> Decentralized communication</li>
<li>[Fluffy]()</li>
<li><a href="https://element.io/get-started" rel="nofollow">Element</a> Chat Client</li>
<li><a href="https://element.io/get-started" rel="nofollow">Wire</a></li>
<li><a href="https://delta.chat/en/download" rel="nofollow">DeltaChat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.signal.org/" rel="nofollow">Signal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://telegram.org/" rel="nofollow">Telegram</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jami.net/" rel="nofollow">Jami</a></li></ul>

<p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.fsf.org" rel="nofollow">Free Software Foundation</a></li></ul>

<p><strong>TAGS</strong></p>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:YearOfTheFediverse" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">YearOfTheFediverse</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Conversations" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Conversations</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:Gajim" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Gajim</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:Matrix" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Matrix</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Wire" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Wire</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Deltachat" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Deltachat</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Chat" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Chat</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Apps" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Apps</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Messenger" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Messenger</span></a>,
<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Communication" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Communication</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Jami" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Jami</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Signal" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Signal</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Telegram" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Telegram</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:DeltaChat" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">DeltaChat</span></a>,<a href="/paulsutton/tag:Element" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Element</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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