Software Alternatives & Reviews

Bitmessage VS Off-the-Record Messaging

Compare Bitmessage VS Off-the-Record Messaging and see what are their differences

Bitmessage logo Bitmessage

Bitmessage Wiki

Off-the-Record Messaging logo Off-the-Record Messaging

Off-the-Record Messaging
  • Bitmessage Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-17
  • Off-the-Record Messaging Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-30

Bitmessage videos

Security Now 420: BitMessage

More videos:

  • Review - Bitmessage and Wireless CTF from Shmoocon 2014, Hak5 1523
  • Review - Bitmessage - P2P-Email

Off-the-Record Messaging videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Bitmessage and Off-the-Record Messaging)
Communication
64 64%
36% 36
Group Chat & Notifications
Messaging
79 79%
21% 21
Instant Messaging
50 50%
50% 50

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Off-the-Record Messaging seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 10 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Bitmessage mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Bitmessage yet. Tracking of Bitmessage recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Off-the-Record Messaging mentions (10)

  • What’s does everyone use for messaging?
    Get Pidgin, download the (OTR, Off the Record)[https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/] extension so you will have no data on your device stored. Source: 10 months ago
  • My way is definitely not overthinked but there should be any more easiest/secure ways?
    To understand more about it read here: https://otr.cypherpunks.ca. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Pidgin: The Universal Chat Client
    A: Google & Facebook shut down their XMPP gateways to force you into their apps. All the sudden you use Pidgin to communicate with people on google & facebook. At least that was my experience. I used to use Pidgin with OTR[0] for e2e encrypted chat over google & facebook. It was pretty fantastic, messages were inaccessible to facebook and google even with a court order so I didn't need to trust them. Also used... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
  • EU law threatening 'commercially painful changes' for tech out tonight
    Why so pesimisstic. In a sane world (and probably in the world where they want to say "just use WhatsApp, we're better!") they'll say "This user is using an unencrypted app. [Paragraph about how all your nudes and contents of bank account will be stolen]. Are you sure you want to send them a message?". In a better world, something like https://otr.cypherpunks.ca could be implemented, where the user has control of... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
  • IRCv3 spec round-up 2021
    OTR is the de-facto standard for encryption on IRC. It's also quite old, so it predates IRCv3. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Bitmessage and Off-the-Record Messaging, you can also consider the following products

Psi-IM - Psi-IM is a messaging program that is designed for the XMPP network.

Jami - Application and Data, Collaboration, and Web and Video Conferencing

Gajim - Full featured and easy to use Jabber client

20-Things - 20-Things is a social media / link aggregator

Empathy - Apps/Empathy - GNOME Wiki!

Element.io - Secure messaging app with strong end-to-end encryption, advanced group chat privacy settings, secure video calls for teams, encrypted communication using Matrix open network. Riot.im is now Element.