I've been using Neo Launcher for a while, no complaints

I was using Silence but had issues with the encryption settings

Oh wow I hadn't heard of Quik! What other protocols does it integrate? Not much info on their repo.

I use Partisan-SMS (PSMS) it's a fork of QKSMS with optional encryption

where is the humor?

humor where?

This is the only question that really matters when it comes to these alternatives

Why not just let Watchtower do it for you?

Emerald Dialer is FOSS

Bro you've already been told on at least one other programmer humor community to stop shilling your mediocre Long Dark rip-off here. Take this to game dev or indie studio / creator communities

Seems like people took this shitpost very seriously

I use Conduit for myself and a couple friends to chat while gaming. It was a bit finicky to setup with the TURN server, but once it was running it's been great. Even has sliding sync for Element X. Only thing I'm still struggling with is setting up Webhook notifications.