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CLUSTER CHAT-DECENTRALIZED-ENCRYPTED · 6 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2021-01-28

Decentralized encrypted messenger apps

This cluster consists of chat and messenger applications built on open or decentralized protocols, emphasizing end-to-end encryption and simple, friendly interfaces. The dated entries, all from before the collection index began, show a sparse timeline with single entries in early 2021, one in mid-2022, and two consecutive entries in mid-2026, so the pattern is irregular with long gaps. On traction, all listed products show zero stars, meaning no member stands out as an activity leader.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2021: 1FEB 2021: 1JUN 2021: 1JUN 2022: 1JUL 2026: 1OCT 2026: 1
JAN 2021OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 4 hand-coded · 2 unlabelled

Operator · 1 hobby · 5 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 6 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01pigeon-ios0★12 days—hobbyExperimental encrypted messenger that routes messages between nearby phones over Bluetooth and LoRa, with an optional internet relay for delivery.
  2. 02fluffychat-bin0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceMessenger app that lets people exchange encrypted messages over a decentralized chat protocol through a simple, friendly interface.
  3. 03Flare0★1 moliveopen sourceMobile chat app that lets users message contacts over an existing encrypted messaging network, offering a subset of the official client's features.
  4. 04fluffychat-localflutter0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceMessenger app that lets people exchange encrypted messages over a decentralized chat protocol through a simple, friendly interface.
  5. 05fluffychat-web-bin0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceWeb-based messenger that lets people exchange encrypted messages over a decentralized chat protocol through a friendly interface.
  6. 06fluffychat-web0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceWeb-based messenger that lets people exchange encrypted messages over a decentralized chat protocol through a friendly interface.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.