Tox might be a bit more popular than Cwtch. We know about 29 links to it since March 2021 and only 24 links to Cwtch. 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.
Yeah. Also there's Ricochet [1] and its continuation Ricochet Refresh [2], but these only do 1:1 messaging AFAIK. Ricochet was a big inspiration for my project Quiet.[3] Cwtch [4] also deserves a mention, though it depends on ephemeral servers and isn't fully p2p. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet_(software) 2. https://www.ricochetrefresh.net/ 3. https://tryquiet.org/ 4. https://cwtch.im/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago
I like session (does not require phone number) but don't know anyone that uses it. Same for cwtch.im, but that is a bit more specific use case since its tor based. Source: about 1 year ago
It's called CWTCH. It's fairly limited but offers great anonymity. Source: over 1 year ago
Metadata protection (basically, defaults to Tor. E.g. Briar and Cwtch) so that only you can the recipient know when you communicate, how much etc. Source: over 1 year ago
Cool, I was wondering if https://cwtch.im/ was part of your research? Source: over 1 year ago
I'm a big fan of Matrix, and run a small homeserver for my family in friends. But if you really want to explore the frontiers peer to peer seems really intriguing because you don't need any server. https://tox.chat/ just to name one. - Source: Hacker News / 8 days ago
How does it compare to the more mature Tox[0]? 0. https://tox.chat/. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago
You already can, apart from some DHT and bootstrapping stuff. https://tox.chat/ https://jami.net/ I tried to like Jami, but it never worked right when I tried it. I didn't find a decent Android Tox client with video call, but it should work alright for text. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
Still, Tox still around and kicking 😎. Source: about 1 year ago
Jami.net and tox.chat sort of being the way skype originally was. Source: about 1 year ago
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