Signal-Desktop VS signal-cli

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

Signal-Desktop

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

signal-cli

signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger. (by AsamK)
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Signal-Desktop signal-cli
322 63
13,954 2,937
0.7% -
9.9 9.5
6 days ago 6 days ago
TypeScript Java
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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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-cli

Posts with mentions or reviews of signal-cli. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.

What are some alternatives?

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

signal-cli-rest-api - Dockerized Signal Messenger REST API

signald

libsignal - Home to the Signal Protocol as well as other cryptographic primitives which make Signal possible.

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

signal-bot - A simple bot framework for Signal

session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

apprise - Apprise - Push Notifications that work with just about every platform!

whatsapp-web-reveng - Reverse engineering WhatsApp Web.

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

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

telegram-bot-api - Telegram Bot API server