QKSMS vs Simple-SMS-Messenger

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QKSMS		Simple-SMS-Messenger
	Project
56	Mentions	21
4,412	Stars	571
-	Growth	1.1%
0.0	Activity	9.1
11 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	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.

QKSMS

Posts with mentions or reviews of QKSMS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-30.

Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Nov 2023

Third-party SMS and MMS messaging apps already exist on Android, such as QKSMS,[1] Simple SMS Messenger,[2] and a large number of proprietary apps. There isn't a shred of evidence that these non-default SMS/MMS apps increase spam to any measurable extent compared to SMS/MMS apps that are preinstalled on phones.
[1] QKSMS: https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms
[2] Simple SMS Messenger: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
replacing stock apps with FOSS alternatives..
5 projects | /r/fossdroid | 30 Oct 2023

Alternatives: Connect You, Koler, QKSMS
Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 28 Jun 2023
What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
11 projects | /r/fossdroid | 24 Jun 2023
Trouble setting conversation title (of group messages)
1 project | /r/QKSMS | 9 May 2023
All my Open Source App Alternatives
3 projects | /r/androidapps | 1 Apr 2023

Try QKSMS it is more visually pleasing.
Signal is dropping SMS support and both QKSMS and Silence are no longer maintained. Is there a good, open source alternative? Preferably that encrypts your texts locally and allows for backups?
4 projects | /r/fossdroid | 18 Mar 2023
QKSMS unable to attach audio file?
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 8 Feb 2023

I have just added a feature request "add support for audio file attachments" at https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms/issues/1921
Access to QKSMS
1 project | /r/QKSMS | 29 Jan 2023
What SMS apps are you using?
1 project | /r/signal | 25 Jan 2023

Simple-SMS-Messenger

Posts with mentions or reviews of Simple-SMS-Messenger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-28.

Google is about to make life more difficult for custom ROM fans
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jun 2023

Check out Simple SMS Messenger[1], been using it since Signal dropped SMS support.
[1]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.smsmes...
[2]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.thanky...
[3]: https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
Recovering from saved sqlite database
1 project | /r/SimpleMobileTools | 12 Jun 2023

I accidentally my whole phone. I do have a Titanium Backup of Simple SMS Messenger, from which I can extract the conversations.db. However, when I launch the app, it replaces the conversations. I do not have an export. I would like a method of merging / importing the old conversations from the database. I'm techy and can write SQL, Python, etc. I've had a quick look at the exporter to see if I can replicate the JSON format of the exported conversations. But I thought I might ask in case anyone here has already solved this or has better advice. Cheers!
Finally ditched almost all proprietary apps and hosted my own home server for media streaming and files/photo sharing. (Still using WhatsApp, Classroom and some food ordering apps though)
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 28 May 2023

For SMS -> https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger
All my Open Source App Alternatives
31 projects | /r/fdroid | 29 Mar 2023

SMS → Simple SMS
Signal Alternative
2 projects | /r/androidapps | 14 Mar 2023
⟳ 1 apps added, 30 updated at f-droid.org
10 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 28 Oct 2022

Simple SMS Messenger (version 5.16.1): SMS messaging and MMS messaging app for Android, send messages fast, nice UI
FOSS SMS app compatible with Material You
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 27 Oct 2022
[Summary] Looking for a FOSS SMS Android app with RCS support r/fdroid
2 projects | /r/SummaryLab | 26 Oct 2022

There is an open-source implementation of an RCS stack that these apps (QKSMS and Simple SMS) might be able to use.
Signal Replacement
6 projects | /r/PrivacyGuides | 15 Oct 2022

I wasn't impressed with Simple SMS, the devs are a bit slow to fix issues such as the one i reported.
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
6 projects | /r/signal | 12 Oct 2022

I take about sms app...QKSMS (https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms) seems dead...But there is an active fork, PartisanSMS (https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS), cons : it's not on f-droid...Simple SMS (https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger/) not a huge fan of Simple apps... but on f-droid.Sad about all of this... It was a pro to migrate some people...

What are some alternatives?

When comparing QKSMS and Simple-SMS-Messenger you can also consider the following projects:

traccar-sms-gateway - Traccar SMS Gateway for Android

matrix-sms-bridge - Matrix bridge, that allows you to bridge matrix rooms to SMS with one telephone number only.

koler - Just a phone app.

Partisan-SMS - Encrypted SMS messenger for Android

android - Android application to receive notifications

android-smsmms - Library for easily sending SMS and MMS for Android devices

mobile-gateway - Mobile Gateway for Nuntium (aka Local Gateway)

grocy-android - ERP beyond your fridge, now on your phone – An awesome companion app for grocy

voipms-sms-client - Popular Android messaging app for VoIP.ms, a Canadian VoIP provider

sms-ie - SMS Import / Export is a simple Android app that imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, and contacts from and to JSON / NDJSON files.