Mobile app · Internet & communication

Zerion

Encrypted chats, calls and channels over Tor. No phone number, no email.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Latest version: 3.0.18 (25 October 2026)
Latest activity: 25 October 2026
Source code: github.com/zerionproject/Zerion

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: Tor network support, end-to-end encryption and data encryption.

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

“Encrypted chats, calls and channels over Tor.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“One-to-one, group and mesh messages are end-to-end encrypted with hybrid post-quantum cryptography: today's proven algorithms together with the new NIST quantum-resistant ones.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Group chats up to a few dozen people” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Reactions, pinned posts, and attachments” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Refuse to start when a debugger, root, or hooking framework is detected” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Zerion is a private messenger with an encrypted vault and optional self-custodial Bitcoin and Monero wallets.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Zerion is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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