Tox relies on encrypted peer-to-peer networking to chat with others, eliminating the need for messages to travel through a central server. The program is designed for safe messaging, video or audio calls on the Internet for free.
Before Tox I used Pidgin + OTR Encryption (both. Tox Messenger is a free and open source replacement for Skype. Screenshot of the qTox messenger, which uses the Tox protocol, a message has been sent by 'Joeri' while the receiving party is offline, the client shows the user that the message is still in transit, when in reality the qTox client is waiting for the receiver of the message to come back online. Me and my family dumped Skype for Qtox and its working wonders. It has most of the same features as Skype (Chat, Webcam, Voice etc.), but focuses on privacy and security.
Since uTox is still in an early alpha phase we won’t comment too much on the software other than to say that not all the features worked, but the text chat appeared pretty solid. qTox - The most feature-rich Tox client P2P instant messaging, audio and video calls. Currently we dont accept donations as a project, but you are. Tox is not a company or any other legal organization. YMMV, but the instructions are for 16.04 and later.
Installing qTox: The procedure below is what I did to successfully compile and install qTox on Ubuntu MATE 17.04. I followed the installation instructions on GitHub. Tox is developed by volunteer developers who spend their free time on it, believing in the idea of the project. If you insist on using qTox, you can have a go at compiling it. All Tox code is open source and all development occurs in the open. Nevertheless, when we took uTox for a spin we found it very easy to use and understand with features such as text chat, the ability to share images and files, make phone calls, and video chats. Tox is a FOSS (Free and Open Source) project. The developers behind Tox warn that you should expect these early desktop apps to be buggy or lacking operable features.Īn early build of uTox running on Windows 8.1. The recommended version for Windows users is called uTox, which you can download as a weekly or nightly build. Instead, thanks to Tox’s open source nature, there are multiple Tox apps available. There isn’t an official Tox client right now-although there will be in the future.