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Off-the-Record Messaging VS Molly (Signal fork)

Compare Off-the-Record Messaging VS Molly (Signal fork) and see what are their differences

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

Off-the-Record Messaging

Molly (Signal fork) logo Molly (Signal fork)

Molly is an independent Signal fork for Android
  • Off-the-Record Messaging Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-30
  • Molly (Signal fork) Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-01-12

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Off-the-Record Messaging and Molly (Signal fork))
Group Chat & Notifications
Communication
17 17%
83% 83
Instant Messaging
24 24%
76% 76
Social & Communications
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Molly (Signal fork) should be more popular than Off-the-Record Messaging. It has been mentiond 30 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.

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: 11 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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Molly (Signal fork) mentions (30)

  • What were your less than ideal experiences with GrapheneOS?
    Check out https://molly.im/. It's a hardened Signal fork with one version stripping the google dependencies out of it. Push notifications work flawlessly even with battery optimization enabled. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Signal Removes SMS - Any Recommendations?
    The one benefit is that we now have no reason NOT to use Molly (the hardened version of Signal). Previously I didn't just because of sms. https://molly.im/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Why does Signal discourage downloading the apk directly?
    Hi, you can add the repository in fdroid of a fork of signal, Molly Molly , you have a FOSS version. Source: about 1 year ago
  • ‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’
    Signal uses Curve25519, AES-256, and HMAC-SHA256 for its e2e encryption. So unless you believe those algorithms are insecure, there's no reason to think that their server setup is a compromise on your messages' security. Fear of "future decryption" applies equally to all forms of encrypted communication, regardless of which servers the messages go through. And since AES-256 is known to resist quantum computing... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
  • Re-Adding SMS Support to Signal
    I don't know if they are technically allowed but https://molly.im exists. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Off-the-Record Messaging and Molly (Signal fork), you can also consider the following products

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

FluffyChat - Open. Nonprofit. Cute ?

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

Olvid - The most secure messaging app in the world.

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.

TeleGuard - TeleGuard is a secure messenger that makes it store that your data or chats are not stored while collaborating or communicating with partners and friends.