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Clients
A client is a standalone project that implements a frontend (graphical or otherwise) to the p2p, encryption, and data sending facilities of the Tox core libraries.
List of all clients
Here is a list of clients available for testing and developing. Click an image to zoom in.
| Name | Description | Screenshot | Operating System Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| qTox | A Qt graphical user interface for Tox, written by tux3. |  | Windows / OS X / GNU/Linux / BSD |
| µTox | Lightweight Tox client for the desktop. |  | Windows / OS X / GNU/Linux / BSD / Android |
| Antox | A client for Android. |  | Android (2.3+) |
| Antidote | A client for iOS. |  | iOS (7.0+) |
| gTox | GTK3-style Tox client written by KoKuToru. |  | GNU/Linux |
| Isotoxin | Multiprotocol client for Windows. |  | Windows |
| Toxic | Ncurses-based CLI. Maintained by Jfreegman. |  | GNU/Linux / BSD / OS X |
| Toxy | Metro-style Tox client for Windows, maintained by Impyy. |  | Windows |
| XwinTox | Radically modular and portable Tox client. |  | Solaris / BSD / GNU/Linux |
Features
| 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 | Partial1) | 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 | Partial2) | Partial3) | Partial4) | 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 | Semi5) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Message splitting | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Faux offline messaging | Yes | Semi6) | Yes | Yes |
| File transfers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File resuming | Semi7) | Yes | Untested | No |
| Spell check | Yes | No | No | No |
| Screen/Desktop notifications | Semi8) | 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 | Planned9) | 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 | Semi10) | 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 also
1)
No audio/video
5)
Preview for saved images only
6)
Messages are not stored, and thus they won't be sent across client restarts
7)
Transfers can be paused and resumed, but broken transfers will not be resumed
8)
Supported but not included in builds
10)
You are only able to set your own avatar, avatars of friends aren't displayed
