Yep, there was a broken M1 binary a the one uploaded now is fixed (in 5.3.1)
SimpleX Chat v5.3 is released – with new desktop app and local file encryption!
Also in this release:
- group improvements.
- simplified incognito mode
- better app responsiveness, stability and 40% reduced memory usage.
- new privacy settings: show last messages & save draft.
Added 6 new interface languages thanks to our users - Arabic, Bulgarian, Finnish, Hebrew, Thai and Ukrainian.
Downloads page: https://simplex.chat/downloads/
#privacy #security #messenger
Thanks all - got it!
Hm… where do I find my public key for NIP-05? npub address isn’t it, right?
nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828 offers an excellent UX, it is ready for a wide, also not tech, audience.
Someone know if is it possible to "proxy" the smartphone app on the desktop? Maybe using the cli?
https://simplex.chat/docs/cli.html
Would be really useful.
There is a desktop app beta via GitHub releases but it can only work with a separate profile for now - it’ll be announced soon!
nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828 what's wrong when someone I'm connected to and can communicate with on SimpleX can't join a group I created?
Join via link?
SimpleX Directory Service and v5.3 public beta are released!
You can search for public groups via the experimental SimpleX Directory Service: connect to it via [this address](https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2Fu2dS9sG8nMNURyZwqASV4yROM28Er0luVTx5X1CsMrU%3D%40smp4.simplex.im%2FeXSPwqTkKyDO3px4fLf1wx3MvPdjdLW3%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAaiv6MkMH44L2TcYrt_CsX3ZvM11WgbMEUn0hkIKTOho%253D%26srv%3Do5vmywmrnaxalvz6wi3zicyftgio6psuvyniis6gco6bp6ekl4cqj4id.onion).
Mobile apps public beta v5.3 are released:
- delivery receipts
- new layout in groups
- new UX for incognito mode
- etc.
Desktop app beta is now usable, please try it: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v5.3.0-beta.5
Please answer this short survey about SimpleX Chat!
https://gdlgeuc34xt.typeform.com/to/MNb0qLP9
It will take 5 minutes and will help us improve SimpleX Chat for you!
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Thank you!
Can’t upload here it seems
Any suggestion on the service to host?
SimpleX Chat: The New Frontiers (livestream recording)
- how does it work without user IDs
- desktop app demo (1:15) – you can already download beta version for Mac and Linux from GitHub
- how to set up your relay (3:51)
- how SimpleX Chat is funded (11:25)
- the problems and the future of groups (18:23)
- the demo of SimpleX Directory Service (25:20)
- Q&A (28:51)
We are starting the livestream with the demo of SimpleX Chat desktop app and more in ~1 hour (see the previous post).
You can watch here https://stream.simplex.chat and ask any questions via the group (the QR code to join is on the page).
What’s WINE?
SimpleX Chat: New Frontiers – 7/27 at 17:00 UTC
Join us online on Thursday at 10am PT/1pm ET/6pm UK at https://stream.simplex.chat.
We will:
- demo the new desktop app.
- show how to set up SimpleX servers with dual address (public+onion).
- share the plan for SimpleX group and communities.
- possibly, show one more thing.
#OpenSource #Security #Privacy
SimpleX Chat – #private and #secure #opensource messenger without user IDs of any kind (not even random numbers) – v5.2 with message delivery receipts and more stable message delivery is now released to App Store and Play Store!
https://simplex.chat/blog/20230722-simplex-chat-v5-2-message-delivery-receipts.html
SimpleX Chat: v5.2-beta.2 with delivery receipts, favorite chats, and more is available! Also - join our event on July 27!
You can get the new version from GitHub, TestFlight, Play Store beta and our F-Droid repo - the links are here: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#readme
Full release and the release announcement are coming on Saturday July 22nd.
Also, we will host an online event on July 27 at 17:00 UTC (6pm UK, 10am PT) to talk about:
- what's new in v5.2, why we won't have read receipts and what is coming soon
- how we will solve the problem of groups and communities that are emerging on SimpleX platform
- we will demo how to host a server with dual address (both clearnet and onion) in linux VM, so that users who prefer to only connect to onion addresses can communicate with you via your self-hosted server even if you don't use Tor - it's much simpler than you think.
- we will answer all your questions too.
Online platform to connect to TBC, we'll make sure that it doesn't require any registration. You will be able to ask any questions in SimpleX group, you can already join it now via this link #SimpleX-Event-2023-07-27:
nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828Good to know it can be replaced by simplex :/
Is the code for rendering the qr available for selfhost?
Yes, it’s a static page and it can be hosted on any domain - the app ignores domain part when processing the links. We didn’t split it from the website, but it’s trivial for anyone to split.
We've just revived the demo of CLI from the old website:
https://simplex.chat/docs/cli.html
It's completely useless of course, purely a sentimental value, as this demo existed ~9 months before CLI was built, which was ~9 months before the mobile apps...
It's exactly how CLI looks today – that's feels really weird.
It all has to start somewhere, and journey is longer than it seems in the beginning.
#messenger #privacy #security