Delta Chat vs You Have Mail
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Delta Chat
Delta Chat is a reliable decentralized instant messenger that is easy and fun to use for friends, family, groups and organizations. Delta Chat is developed by a dedicated FOSS contributor community that jointly releases refinements and new features several times a year, across many stores and platforms world-wide. Features at a glance: • Anonymous. Instant onboarding without a phone number, e-mail or other private data. • Flexible. Supports multiple chat profiles and is easy to setup on multiple devices. • Extensible. Add tools like shopping lists, calendars or gaming apps to any chat. • Reliable. Works under bad and adversarial network conditions. • Secure. Audited End-to-End encryption safe against network and server attacks. • Sovereign. Can be run with your own e-mail address or server. • FOSS. Fully Open Source/Free Software, built on Internet Standards.
You Have Mail
Small application to notify you when you receive an email in your email account. This may be useful for cases where you only wish to be notified when your email account has a new message and the default notification mechanism does not work (e.g: Android without Google Play Services) or do not wish to have the web interface/email client open at all times. Supported Backends The application structure has been made backend agnostics, so it should be possible to add different providers in the future. Currently, the following email providers are supported: * Proton Mail
| Feature | Delta Chat | You Have Mail |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | EmailMessagingBrowser | EmailBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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