# Session

> Decentralised messenger — no phone number, no email, onion-routed.

**Canonical URL:** https://www.xmr.club/tools/session-messenger
**Category:** tools / Messaging
**Grade (xmr.club rubric):** B
**KYC posture:** anonymous_signup
**Features:** open_source, non_custodial, audited
**Highlights:** FREE, NO-PHONE
**Fees:** Free · GPLv3
**Website:** https://getsession.org
**Last verified:** 2026-05-12
**Uptime probe:** up (HTTP 200, 799ms) · checked 2026-05-13T23:04:43.181Z

## Editorial review

Fork of Signal's protocol minus the centralised server + identity layer. Account is just a generated key. Onion-routes through their own service-node network. Lower latency than Tor Messenger; weaker than Signal on metadata but stronger on identity.

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