Open Whisper Systems
https://whispersystems.org/
Signal
Encrypted instant messaging and voice calling application for Android and iOS
Based on Open Whisper System
Client: open source
Server: Partially published under the AGPLv3 license and partially proprietary.
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Signal protocol provides confidentiality, integrity, authentication, participant consistency, destination validation, forward secrecy, backward secrecy (aka future secrecy), causality preservation, message unlinkability, message repudiation, participation repudiation, and asynchronicity.
Telegram:
Cloud based instant messaging service
Also provides optional end-to-end-encrypted messaging
Open source client,
Closed source server
Telegram clients :
Mobile (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Ubuntu Touch)
Desktop systems (Windows, OS X, Linux)
TextSecure