Security & privacy tools / Jami
Jami
Jami facilitates share, freely and privately.
Where it stands
3.9 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.6 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.6 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Jami yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Jami?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Jami is free software with no restrictions on file size, speed, bandwidth, features, number of accounts, or storage. The page…”
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Secure messaging
Measured signals
4.6 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Jami's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 518 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.6 / 5 · 14 commenters79% of the 14 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Jami; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Been using Wire for team communication for while instead of things like Slack and Skype, really like it, but I wanted to try Jami instead as I got interested in the project. It works beautifully for me on iOS when using…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“I tried Jami recently and it just doesn't work, I think it has problems with punching through NAT and routing. I would love to see a messenger/audio call/video call app built on the zerotier SDK, I never had connection…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Jami I avoid anything from Facebook like the plague and never try to push people towards using any of my odd messengers. I actually avoid discussing this as it will have me labelled a missionary and just naturally fall…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Jami is a GNU project backed by the Free Software Foundation and distributed under a GPLv3 license But yeah, it is very weird then that they don't seem to make it easy to get the source. Bad design of the website”
Read in the thread
Threads: Jami: GNU end-to-end encrypted alternative to Zoom and Jitsi (2020, 75 comments) · Jami – FOSS, Distributed Instant Messenger (2019, 58 comments) · Together: New version of Jami (alternative to Zoom and Jitsi) (2020, 46 comments) · Jami: Share, Message, Call freely and privately (2022, 40 comments)
- Free tier
- Jami is free software with no restrictions on file size, speed, bandwidth, features, number of accounts, or storage. The page says: “Free. As in free beer AND as in freedom. . . . Unlimited. Without restriction on file size, speed, bandwidth, features, number of accounts, storage or anything else.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- No personal information is required to create an account. The page says: “Multiple devices can be linked to a Jami account, and no personal information is required to create an account.”
- Watermark
- Jami is ad-free. The page says: “Ad Free. There will never be advertising on Jami.”
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Secure messagingNot tested yet
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