Signal-Desktop VS signal-back

Compare Signal-Desktop vs signal-back and see what are their differences.

Signal-Desktop

A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. (by signalapp)

signal-back

Decrypt Signal encrypted backups outside the app (by xeals)
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Signal-Desktop signal-back
322 29
13,999 675
0.7% -
9.9 0.0
7 days ago over 4 years ago
TypeScript Go
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Apache License 2.0
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Signal-Desktop

Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Desktop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-16.

signal-back

Posts with mentions or reviews of signal-back. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-19.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Signal-Desktop and signal-back you can also consider the following projects:

signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.

mollyim-android - Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal.

axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs

signal2html - Export a Signal backup to pretty HTML

session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

signalbackup-tools - Tool to work with Signal Backup files.

AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages

signal_for_android_decryption - An (unofficial) tool which decrypts backup files produced by the Signal Android app.

webclient - Angular webclient (with Linux, macOS and Windows desktop clients) for CTemplar's encrypted email service.

signal-backup-decode - Decode Signal Backups

telegram-bot-api - Telegram Bot API server

sigbak - Export messages from Signal Android backups