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Open-source alternatives to Signal

2 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Signal. Lokinet is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.

1 / 2
Pushed in the last 90 days
0 / 2
With a container command
0 / 2
Permissive licence
Signal’s own site ↗

Side by side

Open-source alternatives to Signal
ProjectStarsActivityLicenceSelf-hostLanguage
Lokinet2,105ActiveCopyleft○C++
Speek768QuietNot identified○C++

Each one, briefly

  • Lokinet2,105 stars · copyleft · active

    Lokinet is an anonymous, decentralized and IP based overlay network for the internet.

    Also replaces Telegram, Threema, WhatsApp

  • Speek768 stars · not identified · quiet

    Privacy focused messenger that doesn't trust anyone with your identity, your contact list, or your communications

    Also replaces Telegram, WhatsApp

Where this comes from

Which projects are offered against Signal comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Signal. Browse every open-source alternative.