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How Kursal compares

Same goal as the best private messengers — without the servers, accounts, or trust in a company.

	Kursal	Signal	WhatsApp	Discord	Matrix	SMS
End-to-end encrypted	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	no
Open source	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no
No central servers	yes	no	no	no	partial	no
No phone or email needed	yes	no	no	no	partial	no
No metadata harvested	yes	partial	no	no	partial	no
Not owned by Big Tech	yes	yes	no	no	yes	no
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Run your own relay	yes	no	no	no	yes	no
Post-quantum encryption	yes	yes	no	no	no	no
Works while you're offline	partial	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Group chats	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial
Voice & video calls	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial

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