libsignal VS Signal-Desktop

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

libsignal

Home to the Signal Protocol as well as other cryptographic primitives which make Signal possible. (by signalapp)

Signal-Desktop

A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. (by signalapp)
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libsignal Signal-Desktop
24 322
2,843 13,954
6.2% 0.7%
9.7 9.9
9 days ago 7 days ago
Rust TypeScript
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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libsignal

Posts with mentions or reviews of libsignal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

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

Electron - :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

nodegui - A library for building cross-platform native desktop applications with Node.js and CSS 🚀. React NodeGui : https://react.nodegui.org and Vue NodeGui: https://vue.nodegui.org

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".

openpgpjs - OpenPGP implementation for JavaScript