FosstardCalling
Table of Contents
Signal
Whatsapp cloan
Pros
- open source
- easy to use
- cross platform
Cons
- somewhat centralized
- depends on smart phone ownership
XMPP
ICQ/AOL cloan
Pros
- lightweight
- decentralized
- easy to use
Cons
- can't voice/video call on windows
- no group calls
Jami
Pros
- P2P
- E2EE
- GNU/FSF endorsement
- cross-platform
Cons
- can be slow
- janky
- no one uses it
Mumble
Teamspeak cloan
Pros
- Lightweight
- Crossplatform
- Good for group calls
Cons
- No encryption
- No video calls
- Not great for 1on1 (?)
Jitsi
Zoom cloan
Pros
- Cross platform
- Voice/video group calls
- Supports E2EE
Cons
Matrix
Discord cloan
Pros
- Good multiuser chats
- Decentralized
- End to end encryption
- Supports calls
Cons
- Most users use central server
- Metadata logging
- Server is a cunt
- Most clients are ass
Tox
Pros
- P2P
- Has calling (?)
- Made by 4chan (?)
Cons
Gikopoi
Pros
- Anonymous
- Fun
- Easy to use
- Right here
Cons
- Requires JavaScript
- Needs WebRTC
- Nontrivial to stream on windows
- Goes through Google's STUN server
- No 3rd-party client support as of yet
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