OwlGram
OwlGram is an unofficial messaging app that uses Telegram's API. (by OwlGramDev)
Signal-Android
Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease". (by tw-hx)
| OwlGram | Signal-Android | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 43 | |
| 237 | 138 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.2 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 year ago | 4 days ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
OwlGram
Posts with mentions or reviews of OwlGram.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-23.
- OwlGram not available on F-Droid
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Best telegram client in your opinion or which one more feature rich ?
You can try Owlgram As this user comment mentioned it (all credits to him for mention) i found it perfect from every angle :) Maybe this is God's given path so that you can get out of shifting process xD...
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What is the best fork for Telegram and Signal
OwlGram is another fork of Telegram.
Signal-Android
Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Android.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-20.
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Signal - FOSS - Issues / Questions When Sharing Location with OpenStreetMap
Haven't used Signal FOSS, but as it happens Molly bas just implemented OSM support, perhaps when it lands you might have better luck with it. Anyway, is there no issue tracker for that fork? I tried looking in their repo and found it disabled
- Signal messenger not receiving messages on Qin F21 Pro
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Signal doesn't run in background on Qin 21 Pro
Try using the Signal FOSS version from https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
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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 hope there is going to be another fork specifically dedicated to keeping SMS support. We'll see.
- L'Europe se dirige vers une fermeture de Facebook après que l'Irlande a déclaré qu'elle envisage d'empêcher Meta d'envoyer les données des utilisateurs européens vers les États-Unis
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Is Signal %100 open source?
You can get a completely open source version without the Google stuff here: https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
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What is the best fork for Telegram and Signal
Signal FOSS removes proprietary google blobs https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
- Some user recommends Sinal-FOSS (F-Droid) from TwinHelix? I see only some random Reddit users mentioning it.
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Top rated alternative FOSS apps to access social media with privacy in mind (05/2022)
Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal
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SMS app supporting Google RCS
Maybe they had outdated info from when the server software was not updated for a long time. Or, it's regarding the dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries, though those can be removed... and have been in this fork.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OwlGram and Signal-Android you can also consider the following projects:
Telegram-X - The main repository of Telegram X — official alternative Telegram client for Android.
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
NekoX - A third-party Telegram android app.
Signal-Desktop - A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Unigram - Telegram for Windows
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.
paper-plane - Chat over Telegram on a modern and elegant client
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
Telegraher - Telegram fork with blackjack and hookers
nheko - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.
Cutegram - Cutegram is a telegram client by Aseman Land. It's forked from sigram.
Shitter - Lightweight Android app for Mastodon