Jami
Shares rank 31 of 48 messaging apps by recommenders
Free, decentralized chat and calling app that avoids servers for 1:1 chats; critics call it beta quality with unreliable sync.
Free, decentralized chat and calling app that avoids servers for 1:1 chats; critics call it beta quality with unreliable sync.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Neat decentralized DHT design
“Jami (formerly GNU Ring) is still a beta quality product with some neat DHT concepts”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.” “still beta quality product with some neat DHT concepts”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Beta quality, not ready
“Jami (formerly GNU Ring) is still a beta quality product with some neat DHT concepts”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.” “still beta quality product with some neat DHT concepts”
Comment from 26 Jan 2026 in “France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.” Unreliable message notifications
“Jami was very unreliable about delivering notifications about new messages”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Writing a blatant Telegram clone using Qt, QML and Rust. And C++” “never recieved messages after few hours”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Writing a blatant Telegram clone using Qt, QML and Rust. And C++”
Other messaging apps people recommend
The four most recommended other messaging apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 48 messaging apps, rankedWhat people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“IRC plus GNU Jami are still freedom respecting zones!”
“Jami have mediocre-to-bad UX”
“the problem with decentralized alternatives is that they are even less stable than matrix currently is”
“still beta quality product with some neat DHT concepts”
“Jami (formerly GNU Ring) is still a beta quality product with some neat DHT concepts”
“Jami is read for the big time!”
“jami doesn't store message on a server, at least not in 1:1 connection.”
“never recieved messages after few hours”
“Jami was very unreliable about delivering notifications about new messages”
“Good UI, though not as good as Telegram. Arguably better privacy than Signal”
“The only problem is message syncing is effing abysmal.”
“Both are not something I'd recommend to regular people”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.