Messenger-GTK 0.7.0 released
We are pleased to announce the release of the Messenger-GTK application.
The application is a convergent GTK messaging application using the GNUnet Messenger service. The goal is to provide private and secure communication between any group of devices. The interface is also designed in a way to scale down to mobile and small screen devices like phones or tablets.
The application provides the following features:
- Creating direct chats and group chats
- Managing your contacts and groups
- Invite contacts to a group
- Sending text messages
- Sending voice recordings
- Sharing files privately
- Deleting messages with any custom delay
- Renaming contacts
- Exchanging contact details physically
- Verifying contact identities
- Switching between different accounts
The application utilizes the previously released library "libgnunetchat" in a convergent graphical user interface. More information about that can be found
here
.
It is also possible to install and try the application as flatpak. The application is already available on
flathub.org
. Otherwise you will find the source code ready to compile below as well.
Download links
The GPG key used to sign is:
3D11063C10F98D14BD24D1470B0998EF86F59B6A
Note that due to mirror synchronization, not all links might be functional
early after the release. For direct access try
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnunet/
Noteworthy changes in 0.7.0
- The version iteration will be inherited by cadet-gtk as logical successor.
- It is possible to create direct chats and group chats via physical or virtual exchange.
- Groups and contacts can be named, left, verified or deleted.
- Existing contacts can be invited to any private or public group.
- Chats allow sending text messages, voice recordings or files.
- Messages can be deleted with a custom delete or automatically.
- Switching between different accounts can be done during runtime.
A detailed list of changes can be found in the
ChangeLog
.
Known Issues
- It is still difficult to get reliable chats between different devices. This might change with the upcoming changes on the GNUnet transport layer though.
- It might happen that the FS service is not connected which might stop any file upload or stall it forever.
- The webcam/camera to scan QR codes might not get picked up properly (for example it doesn't work yet with the Pinephone).
- The application might crash at times. So consider it still being in development.
In addition to this list, you may also want to consult our bug tracker at
bugs.gnunet.org
.
