libfilteraudio is not a strict requirement, but it is supposed to make filtering audio in Tox clients easier. In a case where it fails to ease filtering, an issue about this should be made.Client is able to send, receive and display text messages to / from friends.
If client doesn't implement Message splitting, message size is limited to 1372 bytes.
Client is able to capture, send, receive and play audio to / from friends, using toxav.
Client is able to filter out noise from captured audio using libfilteraudio1).
User should be able to tun on / off audio filtering.
Client should be able to play sound upon receiving message / call / other. There should be an option to turn those notifications off, or tune them according to user needs.
Support for changing nospam via UI. NoSpam is a small part of a Tox ID that can be changed with an explicit action from the user to prevent friend request spam, if the client supports it.
Client should have support for saving, loading, displaying and removing chat logs (history) of conversations.
Client should allow user to set, display and remove alias for any friend.
Client should allow user to block / unblock contacts.
Blocked friends would be unable to contact user, and user would appear to them as offline even if user is online.
Ability of the client to show the user's desktop in a video call, instead of camera input.
Proxy support can be HTTP or SOCKS5 (or both). For an example of a proxy configuration, see Tox over Tor.
If client supports message splitting, a user sending a message larger than the maximum size means the message will be split into several separate messages and sent as normal.
Faux offline messaging is a partial support for offline messaging. If client supports it, it is possible to message offline contacts, in which case the message will be stored by the client and sent immediately once both contacts are online.
File resuming is the ability of a client to resume broken file transfers. Partial support is support for pause and resuming file transfers.
Ability of the client to display sent and received images.
Support for notifications appearing on the user's desktop or phone screen when receiving a new message, call, or status change.
Ability of the client to keep track of group chats and rejoin them automatically on reconnect / restart. Supported by c-toxcore.
| qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | Desktop | CLI | Mobile | Mobile |
| Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| OSX | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Windows | Yes | No | No | No |
| BSD | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Android | No | Partial3) | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | No | No | No | No |
| SailfishOS | No | Yes | No | No |
| Audio features | qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
| Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio filtering | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Audio notifications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Group audio | Partial4) | Partial5) | Partial6) | No |
| Video features | qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
| Desktop sharing | Yes | No | No | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Messaging | qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
| 1v1 messages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chat logs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Emoticons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Inline images | Semi7) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Message splitting | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Faux offline messaging | Yes | Semi8) | Yes | Yes |
| File transfers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File resuming | Semi9) | Yes | Untested | No |
| Spell check | Yes | No | No | No |
| Screen/Desktop notifications | Semi10) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Typing notifications | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Group chats | qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
| Private/un-moderated conferences | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Public/moderated group chats | Planned | Yes | Yes | No |
| Chat history | Planned11) | Yes | Yes | No |
| File transfers | No | No | No | No |
| Inline images | No | No | No | No |
| Offline messaging | No | No | No | No |
| Profile & Contact Management | qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
| Avatars | Yes | Semi12) | Yes | Yes |
| Changing nospam | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Contact aliases | Yes | Yes | Untested | No |
| Contact blocking | Yes | Yes | Untested | No |
| Multiprofile | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Profile import/export | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Save file encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| tox: URI | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| General | qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
| Multilingual | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Proxy support | Yes | Yes | (Tor only) | Yes |
| qTox | Toxic | TRIfA | aTox |
See unmaintained clients.
libfilteraudio is not a strict requirement, but it is supposed to make filtering audio in Tox clients easier. In a case where it fails to ease filtering, an issue about this should be made.