Why Isn't There a fork of Signal?

[max_]

Signal requires phone numbers for sign-up.

Why isn't there a fork of signal without phone number sign up?

That requires only a username for texting?

[dc396]

Well, there's https://getsession.org

[max_ → dc396]

Thanks! I don't know about this

[laserstrahl]

I only know molly [1] which is a encrypted signal fork but requires phone number

[1] https://droidify.eu.org/app/?id=im.molly.app