Molly (Signal fork) Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• 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

• Signal verification issue

  You could perhaps try with Molly FOSS from FDroid? Source: over 1 year ago

• Are there any messaging apps that don't need Sim

  Molly (https://molly.im/) or Session (https://getsession.org/). Both are forks of Signal. Source: over 1 year ago

• is signal safe for journalism

  You can take it one step further and use https://molly.im. Source: over 1 year ago

• telegram and signal - how secure and private are they?

  For Signal the best way to prevent this is to set a low time for autodeleting your old messages. Not ideal but the best you can do. There is a Signal client fork called Molly that lets you use a strong passphrase to protect your Signal information including old messages. The downside is that you would not get notifications while Molly is locked up. So you would tend to leave it unlocked all the time. Source: over 1 year ago

• Signal discontinuing SMS support.

  Yeah I followed that whole story. Since then some forks have been created that do not care what Signal Foundation thinks about using their servers. Molly and Signal-FOSS for example, both compatible to regular Signal. Those two forks will not keep SMS support, Molly never had it, and Signal-FOSS will most likely drop it because they think it's too much work to keep it while staying compatible and up to date. I... Source: over 1 year ago

• Signal is not 100% FOSS?

  No, if you want a FOSS version, you have to use molly, which is a signal hardened version and has 2 versions, one of which is FOSS: https://molly.im/. Source: over 1 year ago

• The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show: 278-Breach Assumptions Offer Comfort

  Https://molly.im/ Https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007318471-Signal-Beta. Source: over 1 year ago

• WhatsApp: We won't lower security for any government

  That's kinda obvious. In fact, if you're on Android, I'd suggest Molly (hardened Signal). Source: over 1 year ago

• Sonim Xp3 with no camera

  I use molly.im for this. It's an open source fork of Signal with a few added features. Pairing without QR code is one of those features. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Lack of Message Deletion on Signal Messenger

  Replace Signal by Molly the hardened opensource version of Signal. https://molly.im/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• FOSS replacement list for default apps

  Molly - hardened and de-blobbed version of Signal. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What's better than Signal when it comes to privacy?

  Molly, if you want to stay in the Signal ecosystem. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is Signal %100 open source?

  They depend on some close source libraries I think. Give Molly a try. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Curious as to why the Molly messenger, a Signal fork that doesn't require a phone number, isn't recommended?

  The only thing I dislike about Signal is that we have to use a phone number to sign up. Yeah yeah, people say we can just buy a new SIM with cash. But still. Is there anything particularly wrong with Molly? Source: almost 2 years ago

• What is the best fork for Telegram and Signal

  Molly is better than Signal https://molly.im/ Also, there's Molly FOSS. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Tell Signal what you think about MobileCoin

  Been using molly now for a few months and it works like a charm: https://molly.im/. Source: about 2 years ago