The world's most used messaging app
Signal
Private messaging with gold-standard encryption
About Signal
Signal is a free, nonprofit messaging app offering end-to-end encrypted texts, calls, group chats and disappearing messages. It collects minimal metadata, is open source and is recommended by security experts and journalists for sensitive communication. It suits people who want a dependable tool for this job that stays fast, stays focused and does not demand a long learning process before it becomes useful.
Signal key facts
- Category: Communication & Collaboration
- Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
- Focus areas: messaging, encryption, privacy
- Official site: signal.org
About the Communication & Collaboration category
Chat, video meetings, and messaging apps that keep teams connected. The Communication & Collaboration category on Tools Hub currently lists 329 tools. Alongside Signal, it includes WhatsApp, LINE, WeChat, KakaoTalk.
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