Tox VS TextBelt

Compare Tox vs TextBelt and see what are their differences.

Tox

The future of online communications. (by irungentoo)
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Tox TextBelt
56 14
8,728 2,898
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0.0 1.8
about 21 hours ago 7 months ago
C JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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Tox

Posts with mentions or reviews of Tox. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-11.

TextBelt

Posts with mentions or reviews of TextBelt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-21.
  • Ways to code notifications into your Python scripts?
    2 projects | /r/algotrading | 21 Dec 2022
    I use paid service textbelt.com (also www.twilio.com is there), they have standard plugin for many languages.
  • Elixir and SMS tutorial
    2 projects | dev.to | 5 Dec 2022
    # Path: lib/sms_demo/sms_handler.ex defmodule SmsDemo.SmsHandler do use GenServer def send_message(to_phone, message) do GenServer.cast(SmsDemo.SmsHandler, {:send, {to_phone, message}}) end def receive_message(from_phone, message) do GenServer.cast(SmsDemo.SmsHandler, {:receive, {from_phone, message}}) end def start_link(_) do GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, [], name: __MODULE__) end def init([]) do {:ok, %{}} end def handle_cast({:send, {phone, message}}, state) do textbelt_url = "https://textbelt.com/text" textbelt_key = Application.get_env(:sms_demo, :textbelt_key) replyWebhookUrl = Application.get_env(:sms_demo, :webhook_url) params = %{ phone: phone, message: message, key: textbelt_key, replyWebhookUrl: replyWebhookUrl } HTTPoison.post(textbelt_url, Poison.encode!(params), [{"Content-type", "application/json"}]) {:noreply, state} end def handle_cast({:receive, {phone, message}}, state) do # TODO: Do something with the message {:noreply, state} end end
  • Free SMS API
    2 projects | /r/devops | 26 Jul 2022
    You can look into this: https://github.com/typpo/textbelt
  • Home Assistant iOS app adds local push notification support
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jul 2021
    I settled on https://textbelt.com/ since it was cheap, a curl one-liner to use and didn't require me to install something new on my phone.

    % long-running-job.sh ; sms "the job is done"

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Tox and TextBelt you can also consider the following projects:

ricochet - Anonymous peer-to-peer instant messaging

session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger

Matrix Console Web

jami-cli - Jami client for terminal

Jitsi Meet - Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application.

Element - A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

Mumble - Mumble is an open-source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software.

qTox - qTox is a chat, voice, video, and file transfer IM client using the encrypted peer-to-peer Tox protocol.

ZeroNet - ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

GNUnet - GNUnet is an alternative network stack for building secure, decentralized and privacy-preserving distributed applications. Our goal is to replace the old insecure Internet protocol stack. Starting from an application for secure publication of files, it has grown to include all kinds of basic protocol components and applications towards the creation of a GNU internet. https://git.gnunet.org/

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