qTox
Peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and calls over Tox
qTox is a Qt-based client for the Tox protocol, a fully distributed, encrypted, peer-to-peer communication network. It supports text chat, file transfer, voice, and video without any central servers.
Key features
- Fully peer-to-peer, no servers
- End-to-end encryption
- Voice and video calls
- File transfer
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Active community (5k GitHub stars)
- Written in C++
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
Trade-offs
- No offline messaging
- Project development has slowed
qTox replaces
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