The qTox Project

The qTox Project is an open-source collective that develops qTox, a privacy-centric instant-messaging client built on the decentralized Tox protocol. Designed for users who prioritize confidentiality, qTox provides encrypted text chat, high-definition voice and video calling, group conversations, desktop screen-sharing, and drag-and-drop file transfers without relying on central servers or requiring phone numbers. The software is frequently employed by journalists, remote teams, and privacy advocates who need resilient, metadata-light communication that circumvents traditional surveillance chokepoints. Cross-platform builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux ensure consistent operation across workstations, laptops, and portable devices, while features such as offline message queuing, inline image previews, and UDP/TCP fallback make it suitable for both high-bandwidth offices and bandwidth-constrained field environments. Community plug-ins extend functionality with spell-check, chat logging, and proxy support, allowing the client to adapt to corporate firewalls or censorship regimes. Because the Tox protocol assigns each user a cryptographic public-key ID rather than an e-mail or phone number, address books remain portable and pseudonymous. The qTox Project’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources like winget, always installing the newest release and enabling batch deployment of multiple applications.