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Comparison of their designs
| Other cool thing | What is it? | Kind of like... | Decentralized? (P2P?) | Anonymous? (IP hidden?) | Confidential? (100% E2EE?) | Data robustness? | Identity verification? | Requires invitation/server? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komrade | Social network | ❌ No (central server on Tor) | ✔️ Yes (everything routed via Tor) | ✔️ Yes (100% E2EE) | ⭕ Minimal server (deleted ASAP) | ✔️ Yes (central public key repository) | ✔️ No (works like twitter) | |
| Secure Scuttlebutt | Social network | Twitter / Facebook | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ❌ No (P2P reveals IP; friend networks public) | ⭕ Partly (private E2EE, public unencrypted) | ✔️ Distributed across friend networks? | ✔️ Yes? (federated key exchange?) | ❌ Yes (need initial pub) |
| Diaspora | Social network | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ⭕ No (unless via Tor Browser) | ❌ No (unencrypted?) | ✔️ | ? | ❌ Yes (need 'pod' server) | |
| Mastodon | Social network | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ⭕ No (unless via Tor Browser) | ❌ No (unencrypted?) | ✔️ | ? | ❌ Yes (need 'instance' server) | |
| Matrix | Co-working space | Slack | ⭕ Halfway (federated) | ❌ No? | ✔️ Yes? (100% E2EE) | ? | ✔️ Yes (?) | ❌ Yes (invited channels only?) |
| Briar Messenger | Messenger | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ✔️ Yes? (Tor) | ✔️ Yes (100% E2EE) | ❌ None (needs 24/7 listener) | ⭕ Partly (public keys traded IRL) | ❌ Yes (need initial contact?) | |
| Cabal Chat | Private chatrooms | IRC | ✔️ Fully (P2P) | ❌ No (P2P reveals IP) | ⭕ Mostly (shared key, not E2EE) | ✔️ Distributed Hash Table | ❌ No (?) | ✔️ Not really (public chat is open) |
| Signal | Messenger | ❌ No? | ❌ No | ✔️ Yes (E2EE, and audited) | ? | ? | ✔️ |
Comparison of their features
| Other cool thing | DM users (E2EE) | Group chat (E2EE) | Post to world | Post to friends/ties | Symmetric ties (friends) | Asymmetric ties (followers) | Like posts | Repost posts | Edit posts | Delete posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komrade | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Secure Scuttlebutt | ✔️ | ❌? | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ❌ | ❌ |
| Diaspora | ❌? | ❌? | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ||
| Mastodon | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️? | ||
| Matrix | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌? | ❌? | ||
| Briar Messenger | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌? | ❌? | ||
| Cabal Chat | ? | ✔️ | ❌? | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ||
| Signal | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |