README.md

Messaging Services Comparison

This is a backup of a google drive based comparison of messaging services and communications protocols, but you know, not hosted by google on their properietary spreadsheets. This is on both github and gitlab

This will be updated with new services as they come out.

	Security												Compatibility									Features						Sustainability
	Active	TLS	Open Client	Open Server	On Premise	Anonymous	E2E Private	E2E Group	E2E Default	E2E Audit	FIDO1 / U2F	Desktop Web	Mobile Web	Android	Apple iOS	AOSP	Win	macOS	Linux	BSD	Terminal	MDM	Offline Messages	File Share	Audio Call	Video Call	Phoneless	Decentralized or Federated	Open Spec	IETF	Introduced
Riot/Matrix	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	½	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	2014
XMPP	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	½	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	1999
Email	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	1960s
NextCloud Talk	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	2018
Wire	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	½	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	2014
Briar	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	2016
Tox	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✗		✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	½	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	2013
Kontalk	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	½	2014
DeltaChat	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	½	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	½	2017
Ring	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✗		✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	½	✗	2016
BitMessage	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	2014
Ricochet	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✗		✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	2016
PSYC-2	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✗		✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	2013
Status.im	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✗		✗	✗	✓	✓		✗	✓	✓	✗			½				✓	✓		✗	2016
Rocket	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	2015
IRC	✓	½	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	1988
Mattermost	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	2016
Zulip	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	2014
Orbit	✓	½	✓			✓	✗	✗	✗	✗		✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	2015
Mumble	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	2005
Spectrum	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	2011
Signal	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	2014
Semaphor	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	2016
Keybase	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	2017
Surespot	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Silence	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Telegram	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	½	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗
SMS/MMS	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	½
IMS/RCS	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗
Discord	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Gitter	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
Duo	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Keeperchat	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	2017
Wickr	✓	!	✗	✗	✓	✗	!	!	!	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Threema	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✓	!	!	!	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Whatsapp	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
iMessage	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
MS Teams	✓	!	✗	✗	✓	✓	!	!	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Facetime	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Line	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Viber	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	!	✗	✗			✓	✓		✓	✓			✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Allo	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Facebook	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	!	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Skype	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Kakaotalk	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	!	✗	✗	✗	✗			✓	✓		✓	✓			✗	✓	✓	✓	✓			✗	✗	✗
Hangouts	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Reddit Chat	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Twitch	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗
Zoom	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Slack	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
Instagram	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Snapchat	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Steam	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
WeChat	✓		✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	2011
Kik	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗			✓							✗	✓	✓	✓				✗	✗	✗
BBM	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗										✗	✓	✓					✗	✗	✗
IMO	✓	!	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓					✗	✗	✗
QQ	✓		✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✗		✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	1999
Zalo	✓	!	✗	✗						✗	✗	✓		✓	✓						✗	✓			✓	✓				✗
Tango	✓		✗	✗	✗					✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓		✓	✓	✓
Tuenti	✓		✗	✗	✗					✗	✗	✓		✓	✓						✗	✓			✓			✗	✗	✗
ICQ	✓	!								✗	✗						✓				✓	✓						✗		✗
Gadu Gadu	✓	!	✗	✗	✗					✗	✗			✓	✓		✓	✓	✓		✗	✓	✓	✓	✓			✗	✗	✗
stealthy.im	✓													✓	✓
Pond	✗		✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗			✗	✗	✗		✗	✓	✗
SILC	✗		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗
PSYC-1	✗		✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	2000
Zephyr	✗		✓							✗	✗										✗
AIM	✗	!		✗			✗	✗	✗	✗	✗						✓				✓							✗		✗
MSN	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗		✗	✗	✗	✗	✗						✓				✓						✓	✗		✗
Yahoo	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗		✗	✗	✗	✗	✗										✓						✓	✗		✗
ooVoo	✗									✗	✗										✗
Echo	✗					✓				✗	✗										✗						✓	✓
cfc.io
vero
tinode
Dust														✓	✓

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