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Faraday

Secure messenger for Matrix based on Element.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

Faraday is a messaging mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing: end-to-end encryption and multiple accounts.

Services and protocols mentioned: Matrix.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Secure messenger for Matrix based on Element” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “The Matrix protocol is a decentralized way of exchanging messages with end-to-end encryption, allowing you to share your message history on multiple devices and much more, possible thanks to our client” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Multiaccount for different user servers” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Faraday is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service and it depends on one specific server to work.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service
  • Flagged by F-Droid: depends on the publisher’s online service

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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