Conversations VS Kontalk

Compare Conversations vs Kontalk and see what are their differences.

Conversations

Conversations is an open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android [Moved to: https://github.com/iNPUTmice/Conversations] (by siacs)
XMPP Java Android Chat Messenger Jabber instant-messaging

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Kontalk

Kontalk official Android client (by kontalk)
Communication systems XMPP XMPP Web Clients Kontalk Im Encrypted Community Android
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Conversations Kontalk
1 3
3,845 567
- 0.2%
9.3 0.0
almost 3 years ago about 1 year ago
Java Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Conversations

Posts with mentions or reviews of Conversations. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-27.

Kontalk

Posts with mentions or reviews of Kontalk. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-10.
  • XMPP: The secure communication protocol that respects privacy
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jan 2022
    Yes, Quicky from the Conversations developer who bragged about copying main features of WhatsApp and Signal.

    Another one is Kontalk, https://www.kontalk.org/.

    Both XMPP clients require a phone number, and both present the phone number as a benefit in comparison with other XMPP clients without this requirement.

  • Has anyone used kontalk before?
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 15 Nov 2021
    It doesn't support OMEMO (the Signal-based end-to-end encryption protocol used by most XMPP apps today) (kontalk/androidclient#132)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Conversations and Kontalk you can also consider the following projects:

blabber.im - blabber.im basiert auf Conversations und ist ein Open Source XMPP/Jabber Messenger für Android 4.1+

Converse.js - Web-based XMPP/Jabber chat client written in JavaScript

ChatSecure-iOS - ChatSecure is a free and open source encrypted chat client for iOS that supports OTR and OMEMO encryption over XMPP.

Candy - JavaScript-based multi-user chat client for XMPP.

yaxim - yaxim - a lean XMPP/Jabber client for Android

JSXC - :speech_balloon: Real-time xmpp chat application with video calls, file transfer and encrypted communication.

cometchat-uikit-android - Ready-to-use Chat UI Components for Android

Kaiwa - [UNMAINTAINED] A modern XMPP Web client

Conversations - Conversations is an open source XMPP/Jabber client for Android

Openfire - An XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License.

Monal - Monal for XMPP (iOS and macOS)

Xabber - Open-source XMPP client for Android

Conversations vs blabber.im Kontalk vs Converse.js Conversations vs ChatSecure-iOS Kontalk vs Candy Conversations vs yaxim Kontalk vs JSXC Conversations vs cometchat-uikit-android Kontalk vs Kaiwa Conversations vs Conversations Kontalk vs Openfire Conversations vs Monal Kontalk vs Xabber