qTox
qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol. (by qTox)
c-toxcore
The future of online communications. (by TokTok)
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| qTox | c-toxcore | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | 20 | |
| 4,407 | 2,162 | |
| - | 2.1% | |
| 9.0 | 9.5 | |
| about 1 year ago | 7 days ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| 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.
qTox
Posts with mentions or reviews of qTox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-27.
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qTox unmaintained. Is this the end of qTox?
If you go to https://github.com/qTox/qTox You will see the following: "Due to a lack of resources, qTox is no longer maintained. If someone with provable C++ experience and sufficient resources to maintain qTox wants to take over I'm happy to discuss that." So is someone going to "take over"? I really like qTox & would hate to see it go.
- question for the girls 😼
- Netikoosoleku eelteade: 29. jaanuar 20:00 (vestluse tekitamine Delta Chat-is ei õnnestunud)
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Comparison of messaging apps
qTox https://qtox.github.io/ There is an android variant called aTox, not sure about mobile IOS.
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Looking for privacy respecting voice chat, that works online without creating an account, and has an option to use push to talk
Maybe something that uses the Tox network? Maybe qTox: https://qtox.github.io/
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11 methods of sending 118GB failed. Advice?
Qtox(p2p messaging?) failed: You can send files, but it looks like you can only open folders to look for files to send, not send folders themselves.
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Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans
Tox (anonymous too, if routed through Tor) [clients like qTox might not be the "sexiest", but they are small and can be used almost anywhere]
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EMPRESS is working on a Deathloop crackfix, those with problems are advised to get in contact right now
What is Google? https://qtox.github.io/
- Barroso não sabe o que é VPN, e se soubesse, rasgaria o boga de tanta raiva. 😂
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Mattermost-Alternative?
Qtox does all that, even if screen sharing was a bit obscure years ago. Qtox won't work on iOS but there is an Android release. Big advantages: no server required, easy to use, secure, open source.
c-toxcore
Posts with mentions or reviews of c-toxcore.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-15.
- Tox Core is one of the nicest-to-read C codebases
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uTox – The Lightweight Tox Client
See also this somewhat infamous thread on Tox's cryptographic design[1].
[1]: https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/426
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Tox seems slowly dying (change my mind), what alternatives have you researched?
In case with Tox you have to trust in homebrew crypto that was never properly audited (how about that security issue reported by Donenfeld in 2017, which is being tackled only now, sort of?) -- and outdated and outright abandoned clients which were never above, let's say, "beta quality".
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qTox unmaintained. Is this the end of qTox?
it has the new group chat feature (https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/pull/2269)
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Российские спецслужбы научились следить за пользователями Telegram
"If Tox already does onion routing, why use Tox over Tor?"
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My list of favorite secure messaging apps
What an arbitrary criteria to judge a project by. There have been 5 releases in the past year, including a major feature release.
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/releases
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I know Privacy Guides is the new version of Privacy Tools, but even if so, do the recommendations (or at least most of them) in the old site still apply today?
Signal isn't falling behind and Tox is an old service that has had issues with messages being spoofable since day 1
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Shadiness in the Privacy Space: Jonah Aragon's (PrivacyGuides) Failed Attempt to Takeover PrivacyTools.io
tox https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/426
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E2E encrypted voice and chat service similar to Discord/Slack?
You could use a Tox front end like qTox or Toxic. It is a fully encrypted end-to-end communication protocol that allows text, voice, and video chat. The github page for the Tox protocol has some useful caveats about the its security.
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Tox: Decentralized and Encrypted Instant Messaging
It links to a bug report discussion where one of the developers states that they don't understand the security properties of tox very well[1].
I find that worrying.
[1] https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/426
What are some alternatives?
When comparing qTox and c-toxcore you can also consider the following projects:
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
berty - Berty is a secure peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access, cellular data or trust in the network
Tox - The future of online communications.
aTox - Reasonable Tox client for Android
jami-cli - Jami client for terminal
bbs - Forum for discussing Internet censorship circumvention
GoodbyeDPI - GoodbyeDPI — Deep Packet Inspection circumvention utility (for Windows)
toxic - A Tox-based instant messaging and video chat client
libuvpp - Minimal Change of libUV for P2P Networking
ptcollab - A collaborative piano-roll music sequencer!
privacytools.io - 🛡🛠 You are being watched. Protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.