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Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like Slack, Discord, and Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over Tor with no server required.
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#OpenSource #P2P #Apps #Chat


Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.

tryquiet.org
#opensource #Apps #chat #p2p
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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission
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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission
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This one has been on my radar for quite some time for introduction for the party I'm in. I feel it's pretty close to prime time.
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Hamish The PolarBear
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Hamish The PolarBear
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I had a look at this but I was very disappointed to see that it relies on github, which is effectively Microsoft. The website says "Quit Big Tech" then reveals it uses it.
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Hamish The PolarBear
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Hamish The PolarBear
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It is not just the repo though - updates are served via github according to the FAQ.
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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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@hamishtpb Still, you can fork it, make a "libre" version, or host it wherever you want. You can nitpick as much as you like and still criticize society while living in it, it's your choice. I've got over 800 GitHub repositories spanning almost 20 years. Open source isn't Big Tech just because the repo happens to be on GitHub. It's still community-driven, transparent, and free to fork anywhere.

I'm just so tired of people saying, "You're doing good things the wrong way". You need somehow to be absolutely perfect in everything you do.

@Hamish The PolarBear
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antti 💆‍♂️🎧🌊
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antti 💆‍♂️🎧🌊
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the "you are doing good things in a wrong way" people are the most tiresome aspect of the entire fediverse

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Sini Tuulia
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Sini Tuulia
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@antti Incremental betterment is better than none! It doesn't have to all get done all at once and be perfect the first time for it to count as being better than whatever unmitigated absolute fuckery was being done before!
@antti 💆‍♂️🎧🌊
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Ben Curthoys
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Ben Curthoys
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@hamishtpb The more good that you are doing, the higher the status you have, the more mana they can leach from you by finding something - anything - to criticise.
@Hamish The PolarBear
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KiwiTB
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KiwiTB
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looks interesting. If it can add voice/video/desktop sharing with dedicated desktop clients then it could be a winner. With discord now pushing for profit it could be a decent replacement once this has had time to cook.
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KrisBuytaert
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KrisBuytaert
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waiting till it supports DM's before I give it a try with one of my teams ..
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ruisan
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ruisan
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do you know if there is an api to publish messages in your communities?
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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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@ruisan I actually know very little about this app. I just starred it on GitHub and wanted to share it.
@ruisan
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Joshua McNeill
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Joshua McNeill
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Wait, what's wrong with Element? Wasn't it literally created for the same reason?
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Joris (DWizzy)
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Joris (DWizzy)
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@joshisanonymous
Element is federated like Mastodon, not fully decentralised. If that's important depends on your threat model
@rolle
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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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@Joris @joshisanonymous I use Matrix. It seems Quiet takes a different approach since it's serverless and peer-to-peer. Matrix can be a hassle to set up. I have my own server, and it's definitely a love-hate relationship.
@Joris (DWizzy) @Joshua McNeill
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Joris (DWizzy)
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Joris (DWizzy)
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The website definitely looks more slick than tox.chat/ but I have trouble seeing what the advantage over that existing decentralised system is. #tox

A New Kind of Instant Messaging

Whether it's corporations or governments, there's just too much digital spying going on today. Tox is an easy to use application that connects you with friends and family without anyone else listening in.
Project Tox
#tox
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Mika Savolainen
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Mika Savolainen
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Interesting. This feels like "Team version of Briar". There are some similar chat apps like Cwtch and SimpleX, but this one seems fully focused on teams.

This seems like great alternative for Telegram, because I think that is currently used for this kind of communication.

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masukomi
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masukomi
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related is Cabal

it's open source, encrypted, & fully distributed using the DAT protocol. I don't *think* it does inline images though. At least it didn't the last time I used it. Other than that it was great.

cabal.chat/

cabal

p2p chat
cabal.chat
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