# Whisperfish

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Whisperfish and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Unofficial Signal client for SailfishOS, written mostly in Rust, that people say works quite well. Its main caveat is that it can break when Signal changes its protocols.

## Why people recommend it

- Native Signal client for SailfishOS (2 comments): "Technically, you can use Whisperfish on SailfishOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49709838)) "for Signal there is a native app, WhisperFish." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45786696))
- Works quite well with Signal (1 comments): "It works quite well - unless Signal decides to change their protocols or kick non-standard clients." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083038))
- Written mostly in Rust (1 comments): "it's mostly written in Rust" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516638))

## What people warn about

- Breaks when Signal changes protocols (1 comments): "It works quite well - unless Signal decides to change their protocols or kick non-standard clients." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083038))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Discord](https://hackerapproved.com/p/discord.md): 400 recommend
- [Telegram](https://hackerapproved.com/p/telegram.md): 229 recommend
- [WeChat](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wechat.md): 14 recommend
- [Telegram Desktop](https://hackerapproved.com/p/telegram-desktop.md): 13 recommend
- [WhatsApp for Windows](https://hackerapproved.com/p/whatsapp-for-windows.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Whisperfish", https://hackerapproved.com/p/whisperfish/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).