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Chat App Comparison List

2024-04-25T22:46:03Z

ERROR: Update Derailed to no longer maintained

There are a lot of chat platforms on the internet. This page attempts to document them and details about them. Note that most of the figures are approximates due to the lack of readily accessible information.

This pages details a list of community-oriented chat platforms, though any entry is welcome. There is a '''legend''' at the bottom indicating what each column means.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Registered Users
!Protocol
!Protocol Type
!Lifecycle
!Active
!FOSS
!Voice
!Servers
!E2EE
!Funding
|-
|'''Revolt'''
|130,000
|[https://developers.revolt.chat/api/ Revolt protocol]
|Centralised
| Beta |Beta
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Donations
|-
|[[Discord]]
|350,000,000
|[https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference Discord protocol]
|Centralised
|Mature
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|VC / Monetised
|-
|[[Guilded]]
|300,000
|Bespoke
|Centralised
| Mature |Mature
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|VC
|-
|[[Nertivia]]
|10,818
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Mature|Mature
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
| Mature |P2P
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Donations
|-
|[[Valour]]
|2800
|Bespoke
|Centralised
| Alpha |Alpha
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Donations
|-
|[[Root App]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Pre-launch|Pre-launch
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|VC
|-
|[[Spacebar]]
|
|[https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference Discord protocol]
|Centralised
|Alpha|Alpha
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Donations
|-
|[[Gitter]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Mature|
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Cirlos]]
|138
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Beta|Beta
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Monetised
|-
|[[Lantern]]
|24
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|In Dev|In Development
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Donations
|-
|[[Nerimity]]
|47
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|In Development
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Donations
|-
|[[Adapt]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|In Development
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Derailed]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Discontinued
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Hyalus]]
|600
|Bespoke
|Centralised
| Beta |Beta
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|
|-
|[[Mikoto]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Unknown|In Development
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Kaiheila]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|Unknown|
|{{Ya}}
|
||
|{{Na}}
|
|
|-
|[[Matrix]]
|
|[https://matrix.org/docs/guides/introduction Matrix protocol]
|Federated
|Mature
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Partial}}
|{{Ya}}
|
|-
|[[Cabal]]
|
|Bespoke
|Peer-to-Peer
|Mature|
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
||
|{{Ya}}
|
|
|}
=== Defunct Services / Projects ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Peak Registered Users
!Protocol
!Protocol Type
!FOSS
!Voice
!Servers
!E2EE
!Historical Funding
|-
|[[Ferris Chat]]
|33
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20230403125731/https://docs.ferris.chat/index.html Ferris protocol]
|Centralised
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Memberset]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|Monetised
|-
|[[Hiven]]
|800
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|Monetised
|-
|[[Octii]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Ya}}
|
|-
|[[Dust]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|-
|[[Harmony]]
|
|[https://github.com/harmony-development/protocol Harmony Protocol]
|Federated|Federated
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|
|-
|[[Accord (Mempler)]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Plausch]]
|5
|[https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference Discord protocol]
|Centralised
|{{Na}}
|{{Na}}
|{{Ya}}
|{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Squirrel]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised|
|{{Na}}
||
|||{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Concord]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised|
|{{Na}}
||
|||{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Scintill]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised|
|{{Na}}
||
|||{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Morse REMI]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised|
|{{Na}}
||
|||{{Na}}
|
|-
|[[Ansen]]
|
|Bespoke
|Centralised|
|{{Na}}
||
|||{{Na}}
|
|}
== Legend ==
* '''Protocol Type''': one of:
** Centralised: a single authority is used to run the service.
** Federated: multiple independent servers can join together and communicate between each other - [https://matrix.org/faq/#what-does-federated-mean%3F learn more here].
** Peer-to-peer: there is no central authority and all clients connect directly to each other.
* '''Lifecycle''' indicates either an official statement on progress or a rough estimation and is one of:
** Mature: product has been released and is relatively stable.
** Beta: product is yet to release but has surpassed its Minimal Viable Product stage.
** Alpha: product is still rough around the edges and likely does not have an MVP yet.
** In Development: product is still in early development.
**Shelved: product has been delayed indefinitely.
* '''Active''' indicates whether the project is still in development or that the service is still online.
* '''FOSS''' indicates whether the project is "free and open source software" - [[wikipedia:Free_and_open-source_software|learn more here]].
* '''Voice''' indicates whether the project supports voice calls.
* '''Servers''' indicates whether the project supports creating communities or groups of channels.<ref group=note>Depending on the platform, these may also be referred to as "guilds" or "spaces".</ref>
* '''E2EE''' indicates whether the project supports creating end-to-end encrypted channels.
=== References ===
<references group="note" />

Derailed

2024-04-25T22:43:09Z

ERROR: Clarify that Derailed has been discontinued

{{Infobox Product|website=https://derailed.one|languages=Typescript, Python, Elixir, Rust|repository=https://github.com/derailedapp|frameworks=React & Astro}}

Derailed is a [https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed?tab=readme-ov-file#derailed-is-now-archived discontinued] [[wikipedia:Instant_messaging|instant messaging]] [[wikipedia:Social_media|social platform]] catering as "Your space to talk."<ref>https://derailed.one/</ref> It is [[wikipedia:Open-source_software|open source]], and licensed under the [[wikipedia:GNU_Affero_General_Public_License|AGPL-3.0]] license<ref>https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed/blob/main/LICENSE</ref>.

Derailed lets users communicate via [[wikipedia:Text_messaging|text messaging]], files, and other media inside communities called "Guilds." These Guilds are hosted online via Derailed's Gateway and users connect to them through said Gateway using [[wikipedia:WebSocket|WebSockets]].

Derailed is currently under heavy development, yet planned to launch privately soon.

Derailed uses Python for the main parts of its API<ref>https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed/tree/main/backend</ref>, Elixir for its real-time Gateway<ref>https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed/tree/main/gateway</ref> where it also uses Rust for authorization<ref>https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed/tree/main/gateway/apps/auth/native/auth</ref>. Finally, Derailed uses TypeScript for its Website, App, and Mobile App, where it utilizes React, React Native, and Astro<ref>https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed/search?l=typescript</ref>.

Derailed has had many a controversy over its last year+ of development due to a mix of rapid iteration and rapid name & branding changes. As these have stopped in most cases (last name change was December, 17th, 2022<ref name=":0">https://github.com/H4ckerxx44/vincent-chatapp-name-history</ref>) it still surprises many people that Derailed has had over 40 name changes<ref name=":0" />.

The platform while being over a year old is still unstable and not fully featured<ref>https://github.com/derailedapp/derailed/issues</ref>. It is recommended you do not use it yet until these can be guaranteed.

<gallery widths="240" heights="120">
File:Derailed Landing Page.png|Landing Page
File:Derailed Design Concept.png|Design Concept
File:Derailed State Early 2023.png|Current state (early 2023)
File:Derailed Login.png|Login
File:Derailed Sign Up.png|Sign Up
</gallery>

Retaped

2024-04-11T13:48:18Z

ERROR: Added tagline, updated author info, updated development status, updated source link

"A minimalistic but powerful Revolt client designed to run on low-end devices"

Retaped is an unofficial client created by error404nullnotfound#4042. The name is a reference to the [[Reduct]] client's slogan of 'the original revolt.chat client held together by duct tape and bad code'

==Development==
Retaped started off as a fork of the original version of [https://wiki.rvlt.gg/index.php/Reduct Reduct] with numerous improvements, before being rewritten into an entirely new codebase (although it effectively happened before due to how small the original codebase of Reduct was).
==Source Code==
The Retaped client is completely open source. The code is available on [https://git.sr.ht/~error404nullnotfound/Retaped SourceHut]. The code is licensed under the General Public License v3.