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Threema is a paid cross-platform encrypted instant messaging app developed by Threema GmbH in Switzerland and launched in 2012. Users can make voice and video calls, send photos, files, and voice notes, share locations, and join groups. The service offers end-to-end encryption. Unlike many other popular secure messaging apps, Threema does not require phone numbers or email addresses for registration, only a one-time purchase that can be paid via an app store or anonymously with Bitcoin or cash.

Key facts

Software.logo
Threema app logo SVG.svg
Software.logo caption
App icon
Software.logo size
192px
Software.developer
Threema GmbH
Software.ver layout
stacked
Software.programming language
Objective-C (iOS), Java (Android), C, .NET (Windows Phone)
Software.language
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Rumantsch Grischun
Software.genre
Encrypted instant messaging & voice calling
Software.license
Android client: AGPL-3.0-onlyiOS client: AGPL-3.0-onlyWeb client: AGPL-3.0-or-laterProtocol: MIT Server: Proprietary
Software.operating_system
iOS, Android, Windows Phone

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Features
  • Software
  • Clients
  • Architecture
  • History
  • Related products
  • Threema Work
  • Threema Gateway
  • Threema Broadcast
  • Threema Education
  • Threema OnPrem
  • Privacy
  • Reception
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Threema is a paid cross-platform encrypted instant messaging app developed by Threema GmbH in Switzerland and launched in 2012. Users can make voice and video calls, send photos, files, and voice notes, share locations, and join groups. The service offers end-to-end encryption. Unlike many other popular secure messaging apps, Threema does not require phone numbers or email addresses for registration, only a one-time purchase that can be paid via an app store or anonymously with Bitcoin or cash.

Threema is available on Android and iOS, and has clients for HarmonyOS, Linux, macOS Windows and can be accessed via web browser, but requires a mobile app to function.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Threema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.