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Ricochet Refresh
A Blueprint For Free speech initiative to update and improve Ricochet·ricochetrefresh.net
Ricochet Refresh is an open-source peer-to-peer instant messaging application that uses the Tor network to provide anonymous, metadata-resistant communication. It creates a Tor hidden service on each user's machine, which serves as their anonymous identity, and routes chats through Tor circuits with no central servers. It also includes built-in secure file transfer and is a security-improved continuation of the original Ricochet project, upgraded to support Tor Onion Services v3.
What it's for
private and anonymous instant messagingsecure peer-to-peer file transferprotecting freedom of expression online
Features 14
- Anonymous communication (contacts don't know your location or IP address)
- Automatically secure and private messaging
- Compatible with Tor Onion Services v3
- Decentralised architecture with no servers to trust, monitor, or hack
- End-to-end encrypted communications
- GPG-signed software releases
- Local storage of account data on user's own computer
- Metadata resistant messaging (no record of who you talk to or what you say)
- Native built-in secure file transfer
- No account registration required
- Open source codebase available for inspection and development
- Regular (monthly-ish) security update releases
- Uses Tor hidden services for identity and connection
- Vanguards-lite feature to mitigate timing attacks
At a glance
free tieropen source
TypeDesktop app
DeploymentInstalled (local)
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Forwhistleblowers, activists, journalists
CompanyBlueprint for Free Speech
Integrations
Tor