I've updated the article on encrypted communication tools again. I've added Keet, I've completely updated Status because they have an epic new version that's more decentralized and it's a replacement for Discord rather than Signal. I threw out XX messenger because they stopped developing it. And I added Nostr-based messengers - direct messages, 0xchat and keychat.
https://juraj.bednar.io/en/blog-en/2022/05/03/encrypted-messengers-comparison/
Thank you for mentioning 0xchat. Just to clarify, our DMs are compatible with clients that support NIP-17, such as Amethyst and Coracle
keet is a replacement for discord and signal, missing features from both are imminent
keet does not really work as a replacement for discord yet, I put it in "check in two years" category. Idea is cool, I use it, but I wouldn't recommend it to most people that I use signal with yet.
2years? check every 2 months as they are coding like mad
I have been checking every three or so months. At least user facing changes are not that big.
I don't want to be a downer, I really like the project, but let's be realistic. We usually overestimate what we can do in two months and underestimate what we can do in two years. So I think in two years, I can start recommending it to people for some particular use cases.
many people already use it as their main messenger and i think by the end of the year it will be better than telegram or discord, it already is in some ways like big files and encrypted groups, performance is already better than matrix
they do continue to grow their team
rockdb is about to be deployed and will massively speed keet up
Cool. I have not figured out how to do simple things like just message one person, without creating a "room". They should integrate social account discovery, for example Nostr would be good, don't even need private key, just drop npub a find people you follow.
The experience of SIgnal (and even Telegram) is that if I have someone in contacts, I can message them instantly, I don't have to do anything special. That is a very useful thing to have if you want to have adoption.
I've heard many "by the end of the year" stories from many teams and most of them did not come true. It is easy to dream, much harder to actually do things. And other teams are working at the same time.
I hope that you are right and I am looking forward to every development, but I think bringing people over to something that does not work well is counter-productive. Build first, then bring people to something that works. Unless you are talking to super geeky early adopters (which I consider myself to be, that's why I use Keet)
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