Molly

What is Molly?

Molly is an independent messaging app for Android that is forked from the popular Signal platform. It offers a secure and feature-rich communication solution, providing users with enhanced privacy and control over their local message database. Molly connects seamlessly to the Signal server, enabling users to chat with their existing Signal contacts without disruption. The app is regularly updated, incorporating the latest features and bug fixes from the Signal codebase, ensuring a continuously improving user experience. While Molly utilizes some proprietary Google code to support certain functionalities, the community-driven Molly-FOSS project aims to create a fully free and open-source version of the app, further emphasizing its commitment to user privacy and transparency

Highlights

• Ability to set a passphrase to secure the local message database
• Seamless integration with the Signal messaging platform
• Regular updates that incorporate the latest features and bug fixes from Signal
• Utilization of some proprietary Google code to support specific functionalities
• Community-driven Molly-FOSS project working towards a fully free and open-source version