You want your messages unreadable by the operator
Livara is a reasonable choice for one-to-one conversations, and a bad choice if the conversation has to be a group. The line is published, unhedged, on the security page.
COMPARISON / NINE QUESTIONS
Compare theanswers.
Most comparison pages are a competitor grid with one column mysteriously full of ticks. This one asks nine questions and answers them for Livara — including the three where the honest answer is a point against us.
Nine questions worth asking anything
Ask these of any messenger.
The right-hand column describes what dedicated private messengers typically answer, from their own published documentation. It is a summary of a category, not an accusation about a named product.
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Three of these go against us.
Groups are not sealed, metadata is not hidden, and there is no external audit report to point at. A comparison that hid those would not be worth the scroll.
Read the full threat model ↗| The question | Livara Chat | Typical private messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Are one-to-one messages end-to-end encrypted? | Yes — hybrid ML-KEM-768 + P-256, and a send is refused rather than downgraded | Usually yes on dedicated messengers, usually no on social platforms |
| Are group and channel messages end-to-end encrypted? | No. The server can read them, and the site says so on every page | Varies, and the marketing rarely separates it from the one-to-one answer |
| Is the encryption resistant to a future quantum computer? | For direct-message content, yes — ML-KEM-768 is mixed into every message key | Mostly classical ECDH only; post-quantum rollouts are recent and partial |
| Does the server learn your password? | No. SRP proves knowledge without the wire ever carrying the password | Commonly a password hash is sent over TLS and verified server-side |
| Is who-you-talked-to hidden from the operator? | No. Routing, timestamps and membership are stored so devices can sync | No, with rare exceptions that trade away instant multi-device sync |
| Can you verify the app you installed is the app that was published? | Yes — the SHA-256 is published and the Proof Lab hashes your own file offline | Store installs are signed, but a checksum you can check yourself is uncommon |
| Does a correct password alone restore your keys on a new device? | No, deliberately. The encrypted key backup needs your recovery phrase | Often yes, via a cloud backup — convenient, and a much larger blast radius |
| Is there a phone number requirement? | No. An account is a username and a password | Frequently required, which ties the account to a real-world identity |
| Is it free? | Yes, with no advertising and no message-content processing for advertising | Usually free; the funding model is what varies |
Pick against your actual threat
“Most secure” is not a product.
It is a question about who you are hiding from. These three answers point at three different apps, and only one of them is this one.
You need the fact of the conversation hidden
Livara is the wrong tool. Routing, timestamps and membership are stored so your second device can catch up. Look at systems built specifically for metadata resistance, and expect to give up instant multi-device sync in exchange.
You want to verify rather than trust
This is the part Livara is built around. The APK digest is published, the Proof Lab hashes your own file in your own browser, and you can corrupt a ciphertext byte and watch the authentication check refuse it — offline, before installing anything.
Frequently asked
The questions people actually type
What is the most secure messaging app?
There is no single answer, because 'secure' is several different questions. Livara seals one-to-one message bodies and media on your device with hybrid ML-KEM-768 and P-256, refuses to downgrade a send, and never transmits your password. It does not hide who you talked to, and it does not end-to-end encrypt groups or channels. A messenger that is stronger on metadata will usually be weaker on instant multi-device sync. Pick against the threat you actually have.
Does Livara Chat end-to-end encrypt group chats?
No. Group and channel content travels over HTTPS and WSS and is guarded by server-side membership and role checks, but the server can read it. Livara states this on every page rather than letting the one-to-one answer stand in for both.
Is Livara Chat quantum-safe?
For direct-message content, yes. Every new direct message mixes an ML-KEM-768 encapsulation with a P-256 ECDH secret through HKDF-SHA-256, so an attacker recording traffic today must break both to read it later. Group content, call media and metadata do not get this protection.
Do I need a phone number to use Livara Chat?
No. An account is a username and a password, so the account is not tied to a real-world identity by a carrier record.
How do I check that the app I installed is the one Livara published?
Download the Android APK, then open the Proof Lab at /proof and drop the file in. Your browser hashes it locally and compares the SHA-256 with the published digest. Nothing is uploaded, and it works with your network disconnected.
Stop reading, start checking
Every row above is checkable.
The Proof Lab runs on your device and makes no network requests. Take the claims apart before you take the app.