Cryptocat
Sign in to saveCryptocat is a discontinued open-source desktop application intended to allow encrypted online chatting available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. It uses end-to-end encryption to secure all communications to other Cryptocat users. Users are given the option of independently verifying their buddies' device lists and are notified when a buddy's device list is modified and all updates are verified through the built-in update downloader.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- Cryptocat logo new.svg
- Software.logo size
- 128px
- Software.screenshot
- Cryptocat 3.1.24 on Windows 10.png
- Software.caption
- Cryptocat 3.1.24 running on Windows 10.
- Software.author
- Nadim Kobeissi
- Software.developer
- Nadim Kobeissi and contributors
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.programming language
- JavaScript
- Software.operating system
- Cross-platform
- Software.language
- English, Catalan, French
- Software.language count
- 3
- Software.genre
- Secure communication
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Features
- Reception and usage
- Architecture
- Encryption
- Network
- Distribution
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Cryptocat is a discontinued open-source desktop application intended to allow encrypted online chatting available for Windows, OS X, and Linux. It uses end-to-end encryption to secure all communications to other Cryptocat users. Users are given the option of independently verifying their buddies' device lists and are notified when a buddy's device list is modified and all updates are verified through the built-in update downloader.
Cryptocat was created by Nadim Kobeissi and further developed along with a community of open source contributors and is published under the terms of the GPLv3 license, although it has since been discontinued.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cryptocat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.