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Night Drop vs Ricochet Refresh: catalog facts
Night Drop	Ricochet Refresh
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source, supported by a not-for-profit.
Android	Windows, macOS, Linux
No phone number, email or account; identity is a local keypair End-to-end encrypted messages sent peer to peer over Tor	No central server and minimal metadata Hides IP address and location from contacts
One-to-one chats only, no groups New project with a small user base	Both contacts must be online at the same time Desktop only, no mobile apps
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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