Search results for tag #deltachat
OK. If I get it right @delta relies on relays and (will) no longer support plain email IMAP boxes. This requires more dedicated software deployed and maintained for these relays. I tend to think this decreases the robustness, vs relying just on existing regular mail servers. Too bad, IMHO. But if UX demands it, I see the developers' perspective :-/
@delta@chaos.social @arcanechat@fosstodon.org, hi guys. Do your android apps connect to some official adresses while registering at custom chatmails?
I have my own chatmail (deltachat.kz). My wife uses it at Russia (official deltachat and arcanechat servers are blocked by russian government, where she is currently). She connects to my server without any issues, but registering works only with VPN. #DeltaChat #ArcaneChat
The last two weeks saw a dev gathering in the black forest from several in #chatmail, #deltachat and #webxdc communiities, also joined by @n0iroh and @rpgp folks. The tech demos and hacking results we presented to each other, were pretty mind blowing and tracing a path to very interesting futures, delivered in working code, not just some grand plan. Let us just say for now that we are getting to the fun parts of an age old http://testrun.org motto :) happy #equinox! May the tides turn!
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Top part of the https://testrun.org web page with the motto "experimenting with the future of email". Below is a dinosaur head with an open mouth about to swallow a zeppelin
Fun fact:
Without any extra apps, just using #DeltaChat, you can read #Gemini capsules on any operating system where Delta Chat runs, using bots:
This is useful because you can then forward the message to groups or other friends without them needing to install any app to read the capsule
Moribundo Insurgente
También en mi cápsula Gemini:
Delta Chat puede ser la respuesta
gemini://capsula.adrianperales.com/gemlog/2026-03-19-deltachat-puede-ser-la-respuesta.gmi
#EnMiGemlog #Gemlog #GeminiHispano #GeminiProtocol #DeltaChat #SoftareLibre #RedesLibres
Thursday is a good day to delta with friends and family.
Switch a loved one to #DeltaChat – the decentralised secure open source messenger from Europe.
#DigitalSovereignty #diday #goeuropean
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Thursday is a good day to delta with friends and family.
Switch to #DeltaChat – the decentralised secure open source messenger from Europe.
@delta
wird #DeltaChat bals Spenden über #Wero annehmen?
Fun funding fact: If we had 10 times more money to develop #deltachat , the #chatmail relay network and the #webxdc secure mini app ecosystem, we would still have ten times less than what signal has (let alone Whatsapp or telegram). But we don't want to increase nudging people for donations, as we have many users who don't even have a legal way to send us money, let alone the means. It is a special kind of reward that delta works where most if not all other messengers fail to work for users.
I know #Signal is very popular, but at least for me, using NVDA, the desktop client is far less screen reader friendly than the mobile clients. The mobile clients work far better for me, but I honestly don't use my phone for much these days outside of being a media player that can make phone calls, so, as of right now, I'd recommend Delta Chat instead https://delta.chat/en/ #DeltaChat
@delta So impressed with #deltachat !! Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Can't wait to see what new things are going to be released !!
Hardest from my side is convincing WA family users to switch......
OH in some chaos circles "#deltachat is the new emacs of operating systems" ...
We are not sure about that 😂 but what we do know is we are soon bringing out releases that we have been working towards for 12 months in multiple already released steps. The funniest thing? Nothing changes on the surface which was precisely what we worked for so long ... more soon, after internal testing and some pending bug fixes land :) and no worries, there will also be interesting visible changes. Stay tuned :)
Com mola això del #deltachat, no?
Missatgeria descentralitzada, i xifrada extrem a extrem.
Algú l'ha provat?
Preguntes freqüents - Delta Chat
https://delta.chat/ca/help#howtoe2ee
#didYouKnow that you can attach multiple images in #deltachat at the same time?
just tap the attach button, then "Gallery" ("Images" on desktop) and select all images from the last family barbecue 💡
depending on the system, you may need to long-tap the first image 💡
Delta Chat necesita algún método para recuperar la cuenta en caso de pérdida del dispositivo. "Sincroníza el perfil con otro equipo" no es una respuesta válida para el 90% de las personas. Si añaden algo así, lo consideraría un exitazo.
@Gacela1980
En mi opinión es mejor
Mensajería:
#simplexchat como alternativa , debido a que no necesitas dar ningún dato.(ni hablemos a nivel seguridad y privacidad).
Después tienes a #DeltaChat ,que no es tan segura como Simplex Chat pero para el día a día esta genial.
Y sino #Signal , no me gusta mucho debido a las caídas que pudiera a llegar a tener, además te pide numero de teléfono , aquí en latam es igual a dar nombre apellido y DNI
Email :
Protonmail
Drive:
Aquí entraría en duda ya que directamente no uso nube , pero he oído cosas buenas de #Infomaniatik
Igual @ElGatoOscuro tiene un apartado donde muestra alternativas a muchas cosas
@Srtagalicia
Larger offspring is going to #China for a school trip, so we caved and set up a cellphone for them. We will have to install some local spyware (#WeChat) because apparently a lot of Western stuff over there is locked and they'll need something to communicate among the students and teachers and they've settled for that. I'm also putting #DeltaChat there because at least for communication with us it'll hopefully work.
did you know? 💡 with the currently rolling 2.43 #deltachat #release, you can switch the profile on forwarding or sharing!
this is possible on all platforms, look out for a corresponding button or menu entry in the forwarding dialog, here on #iOS:
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screenshot showing the "forward" dialof on Delta Chat on iOS
i forgot to renew email subscription provider subscription. 52$/yr and i lost mail. what to do?
simple. i never use the standard email, only email on domains i own. built a forwarding service today, and now emails are flowing into my inbox which #deltachat bot fetches and turns into groups so i can review/reply.
email will never be the same
wow! https://arcanechat.me has more than 11k accounts! yet less than 10 people support the project with monthly donations
if you are a happy ArcaneChat user, please consider becoming a supporter! one-time donations are also very appreciated, no amount is too small!
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO HELP 💜✨
@nickrauchen your poster is misleading, it says "join the fediverse" and then you recommend Signal, a centralized service, that is not federated in any way, please instead recommend something that is federated like #DeltaChat and/or #xmpp
US-EAST-1 and AWS are nice. But decentralised is nicer.
💬 Delta chat is decentralised messaging with ridiculously easy onboarding for your non-techie friends and family. Your 👵 grandma will thank you.
https://delta.chat/en/download
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Hi grandma!
Switch your friends & family to Delta. The decentralised secure messenger from Europe.
delta.chat/download
some insights from #deltachat forum gardening 🌸
- we’re getting about 7 new feature proposals per week, with over 1k ideas shared so far
- we aim to keep things simple and focused, so we often have to say "no!", but:
- we do listen: over the years, we’ve fulfilled about ONE THIRD of your wishes 🧞♂️
your pushes are appreciated ❤️
@michal @arcanechat yes! that comes to #deltachat as well - however, we need to coordinate with more platforms, that makes rollout slower
@t3rr0rz0n3 yo no quiero chivarme pero @spectrumgirl está jugando conmigo en el #deltachat jejejej
boostedThe recordings of our #FOSDEM talks are both released by now :)
Saturday's talk about #autocrypt2:
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TV7GCC-autocrypt_2_post-quantum-cryptography_and_reliable_deletion_forward-secrecy/
Sunday's talk about the #multirelay future:
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/3F9VTU-deltachat-chatmail-relays-multi-transport/
#DeltaChat #Chatmail
Delta Chat is awesome and the in-chat mini-apps open a hell lot of social developments in emergencies, without needing a public blockable/censurable website or app stores that can reject your app
you can easily package a tool that is useful to your community and distribute it, and ship it to all platforms and the craziest part is: your tool gets end-to-end encryption, offline-first and easy synchronization of state out of the box!
#DeltaChat #digitalindependence #sovereignty #webxdc #ICE #usa
🫶 💕
#deltachat @delta
https://delta.chat/en/
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Graphic showing the Delta chat logotype and the caption "I would switch to Delta for you".
I hear a lot about Matrix being a truly decentralized protocol. But if you register with an instance and it goes down, all users under that instance go down with it. It happened a couple of months ago @ matrix.com and everybody knows it.
Differently, Delta Chat allows users to register same account on different relays so if the main goes down, users can just switch relay and keep chatting.
That makes Delta Chat one step ahead. Prove me wrong.
#matrix #deltachat #messagingapp @delta
2026 roadmap prediction for #ArcaneChat (and actually pretty much any other #chatmail client thanks to #DeltaChat's chatmail core architecture!)
what a year!!! 💜✨
A friendly reminder to donate to @delta
https://delta.chat/en/ or get involved as a contributor to see progress with the mentioned issues. #deltachat
🙌 🇪🇺 ✌️
@adbenitez @DonTheMaster @seymour Here's an example of where I think #DeltaChat exceeds #Signal for UX:
When a personal URL (say, one's personal blog) is put into the #DeltaChat "Bio," when it's viewed on another device, it becomes tappable/clickable (in Android/Linux Desktop flatpak)! Awesome.
Does #Signal's very comparable "About" field afford this linky goodness (tappable/clickable)? No. **I strongly prefer that it is tappable/clickable**. These are the UX touches that matter to me. It's a functionality/usability thing - not so much an eye-candy thing.
(Note: #DeltaChat's "Bio" field is found in "File" -> "Settings" -> "Edit Profile" in Linux, or the Kabab menu in the upper right -> "Settings" -> tap the avatar circle in Android).
#DeltaChat is a great decentralised 🇪🇺 messenger alternative to #WhatsApp and #Signal. @delta
The onboarding of a new user is ridiculously easy. Suitable for messaging w friends and family as well as security conscious users.
Just wanted to mention that. 🙂
#DigitalSovereignty #diday #goeuropean
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Delta chat app icon
#DeltaChat instalatu dut. Era orain zer? Non dago jendea? Qr-n bidez baino ezin dut jendearekin harremanetan jarri?
WRT #Discord, there's an effectively unsolvable conundrum we can't really face, folks. We'd all like the high moral standards that are found in the #OpenSource community, when done right: nobody screwing each other over for their PII, and other forms of leverage (walled-garden lock-in). Geeks get this, normies don't. (This gulf is very hard to cross, IMHO, without resorting to actual educational curriculum explaining it in schools.)
But then we have conflicting desires: we *also* want the buttery smoothness to a secure messaging ecosystem - total convenience, total functionality, *complete with a level-playing-field, "Net Neutral" infrastructure to run it on*, with no lobbied government or tech-bro interference skewing the traffic rules (QOS Rules). Good luck with that one, without strong gov't control, and solid grassroots lobbying behind it.
Lets be honest: #Signal is so great *because tens of millions of dollars were charitably spent on it*. Moxie didn't do his genius work *for free*. Where are tens of millions of *more* dollars going to come from, to make a Discord alternative? Would that be nowhere? Look, there's no quick and easy answers to Discord enshittifying. I've looked at #XMPP, #Matrix, #Deltachat, #Discourse, #Flarum, #PHPBB, #Zulip, #Mattermost, etc. and *each has its warts*. You'll dislike each of them, for different reasons. Each paints itself into a different corner. *There were no tens of millions of dollars upfront, at an early design phase, overlooked by qualified Computer Scientists, to prevent this, in each and every case.* #IRC doesn't bear mention in this comparison. None is the perfect replacement or answer. *None had those tens of millions of dollars which Signal had.*
Alas, they don't stand a chance to be the all-singing, all-dancing solutions that the techbros can finance, *along with their predictable, rotten lack of a moral compass to accompany the slickness.* Every non-geek teenager will side with the techbros, owing to 1) convenience, and 2) that's where their friends are, *which mean the world to a teenager*.
So in summary, we are doomed by our own psychological limitations, as a demographic. The psychological predators - the techbros - can't help but prey on the normies, and the normies can't help but turn to the predators, who at least offer convenience, if no other thing. And the geeks who have a moral compass stand in the middle, ignored by-and-large, feeling anxious and powerless, not having any tens of millions of dollars behind their altruism.
@pixelschubsi @autistics thanks for that history. Is anyone good friends with celebrities who might promote, say, #Deltachat? I don't suppose, anyone is friends with Bad Bunny? Taylor Swift? Madonna? Lady Gaga?
@delta What are the specifications for uptime % for a #deltachat
chatmail relay server ?
Don't think I've seen anything on that...
I used to run a server from home, I wonder if that would be an option 🙂
I've discovered #deltachat 🙂 a while ago but only now starting to see the "beauty" in the system.
Would love to create a chat mail relay !
Q: Does it make sense to have a server locally here in New Zealand in my case.
Or would a webserver with a nz domain name be ok even though the server itself might be lin let say Germany....
Suggestions for hosts ?
Se cercate un servizio di messaggistica istantanea interoperabile e rispettosa della privacy, Delta Chat è l’alternativa ideale alle Big Tech americane. Non richiede numero di telefono né email ed offre quasi tutte le funzioni delle app più popolari.
Ho creato un relay pubblico, dedicato agli utenti italiani, con l’obiettivo di promuovere anche in Italia questo nuovo servizio di messaggistica decentralizzato su server ospitato In UE.
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delta chat logo on an italian flag
What are your top 5 favorite encrypted chat programs, **for the UX** (not necessarily end-to-end encrypted), in order of preference? SSL encryption to a centralized server is the minimum sufficient here. This will reveal how wildly all our opinions differ. It will be interesting to see the diversity of preferences. I'll start, as an example:
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1) #Deltachat
2) #Signal
3) #Conversations
4) #Fluffychat
5) #Flarum
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#infosec #Discord #OpenSource
Instal·lar el teu propi servidor per a #DeltaChat és molt fàcil comparat amb la complexitat d'un servidor xmpp com ara ejabberd.
Els servidor chatmail relay (Delta Chat) els muntes executant un script en local que instala i configura absolutament tot en el servidor remot. Afegeixes els registres DNS que el mateix script et demana i ja està.
ejabberd (#xmpp) és més complexe, has de configurar a mà moltes línies de ejabberd.yml, obrir ports i afegir un munt de registres DNS.
@delta right now i try to find a good method to decide whether to go for #deltachat or #jami . the included video chat in Jami is definitely good to have. Anyone already compared those two ?
#DeltaChat breaks the one app, one ID rule of phone-number-based apps by supporting multiple chat profiles. This allows for true private messaging where you can keep a public identity for the Web or Fediverse separate from a private one for family and friends. Managing multiple selves is a new experience for many, but it is key to digital autonomy. We are working to make multi-profile handling even smoother in upcoming releases to ensure switching contexts is seamless. (3/3)
The total privacy of #DeltaChat has a trade-off: there is no global directory. Connecting for private messaging requires a direct QR scan or using an existing channel to exchange invite links. The hurdle is often the readiness of friends, family, or those around you to switch. However, once connected, the app is an enjoyable daily driver. It is about moving to a space where you cannot be found by strangers, but can still enjoy modern, reliable chat with those who matter. ... (2/3)
While platforms like #Matrix or #Signal manage user identities on a server, #DeltaChat and #Chatmail are not platforms in the classic sense. They operate without a central registry, meaning there is no central gatekeeper to grant or deny access. This setup for private messaging naturally complicates invasive age verification. Without a public registry or user discovery, there is no technical hook to verify users. #Chatmail also enforces E2EE by rejecting all unencrypted data. ... (1/3)
@Realist Es gibt broadcast channel, aber nur noch verschlüsselt. Dh dass die Empfangsseite auch Delta Chat oder einen der https://chatmail.at/clients braucht. Das onboarden gelingt in vielen Kreisen recht problemlos mittlerweile, wenn man vergisst, dass das Email system benutzt wird :)
Als "email-listen-verwaltung" für das Versenden von Klartextmails ist #deltachat hingegen nicht mehr gedacht. Da sind dann eher klassive email programme zu empfehlen, die nicht auf Verschlüsselung fokussieren.
@d1 you know where it has never happened to me? in #DeltaChat
@ariadne
#vps #europe #europa #deltachat #consulta
Bueno, pues mi flamante servidor de deltachar en oracle cloud no se puede hablar con ningún otro porque el puerto 25 esta capado y no se puede abrir a menos que lleve un año como cliente de pago.
He mirado la e2.micro gratuita de google cloud pero tiene un límite de 1gb de tráfico al mes y dado que no creo que deltachat se lleve bien con el cdn de cloudflare y planeo tener uns diez o quince amigos y familiares usando esto, todos muy dados a los gif y a las notas de audio, no quiero jugármela.
Así que toca consulta al fediverso a ver si me podéis recomendar una vps buena, bonita y barata y ya puestos en europa.
Necesito acceso completo a la vm y que esta sea una debian o ubuntu 24, ya que deltachat pone fácil el instalarse ahi y difícil en cualquier otro sitio.
No mucha cpu ni RAM dado el limitado número de usuarios pero si agradecería no tener que preocuparme por el tráfico de red.
@taxorubio@neopaquita.ese ha recomendado clouding pero me gustaría antes mirar opciones de gente real usando cosas reales.
¡Gracias a todos los que contestéis!
arcanechat.me server reached 10k users! 🎉🎉🎉
the server is still using just ~1.50GB of RAM and almost 0% of CPU, disk is at 8% used only (including whole operative system files etc)
it is extremely cheap to host thousands of users for #ArcaneChat / #DeltaChat with a #chatmail relay
I also just check the server like once per month just in case to check everything is fine, but it literally causes near ZERO maintenance cost, no problems, it just works you can practically forget the server exists
@eff
NOCH BESSER:
Gleich auf dezentrale Dienste umsteigen, wie #Matrix oder #DeltaChat.
🧐
De fedivers de la #MissatgeriaInstantània només n'hi ha dos: #DeltaChat i #xmpp
Però Delta Chat té millor aplicació, de llarg, tant per #iOS com per #Android i també per l'escriptori dels diferents sistemes operatius.
I és programari lliure, descentralitzat, protocol obert i auditat. I és europeu, no el controla cap milionari ianqui.
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De WhatsApp a Delta Chat
@sunflowerinrain #deltachat is for friends and family, without public discovery, without a central registry of eg. phone numbers or other id - this also means, onboarding is one of the easiest around - only a (nick)name is required!
there are reports of groups that not get enig on signal/threema/matrix/xmpp - and used deltachat at the end for that reason (2/2)
@delta One thing I don't understand: how can you send email when you don't store it for long. This means messages are only stored in the client yes, but it shortly stored by the server until it's collected by the client?
#deltachat
We engage with decentralization protocols a lot (many nerds love to) but make no mistake: in the end, the app needs to work and be easy to use. #deltachat is a cross-platform FOSS offering, with guaranteed security levels, close to user expectations ... major factors in driving adoption!
True, the email system is not necessarily better than #xmpp ... but please compare with http://chatmail.at which is fast, ephemeral and secure, with delta inherently being a peer-to-peer E2EE messenger :)
@Torx @hanscees nb: #deltachat onboarding is one of the easiest around - only a (nick)name is required
there are reports of groups that not get enig on signal/threema/matrix/xmpp - and used deltachat at the end for that reason
@Torx @hanscees #deltachat is for friends and family, without public discovery, without a central registry of eg. phone numbers or other id.
it is recommended to onboard first with a little group of people together.
and start from there, with ppl willing to change. one will not replace whatsapp the first day, maybe not at all. but that way one can shift important private communication, so bigtech becomes less and less important in that area
Any #deltachat people here?
Is it useful I set up a server without ipv4, so ipv6 only? I am not sure endusers can use it ?
Please advise
@accionclima @eldelacajita y a mí. Yo he llegado a la misma conclusión, y aunque a nivel individual tengo claro que para mí las opciones son @delta y @matrix , fui tan pesado con la migración a #Telegram que siento que he perdido toda credibilidad. No me veo capaz de migrar a mi familia de nuevo, que les costó el cambio y lo hicieron por mi
@lamarea si, uso delta.chat para mis cosas mas importantes.
También xmpp pero delta.chat le ha ganado en usabilidad y ahora que empieza a haber mas apps aun mas (arcanechat)
#deltachat #arcanechat #xmpp
It took a while but it's shaping up nicely :) Post-Quantum Cryptography and Reliable Deletion, better known as Forward Secrecy, are going to become available in 2026 in #deltachat. For more details, including the recent #fosdem26 talk recording:
@anon_4601 @dansup #deltachat does not require a phone number nor you have to provide your address nor a SIM card is required.
you can use it even without a phone.
it uses SMTP/IMAP under the hood, with a random address. nothing is persisted on the server, for metadata, see https://delta.chat/en/help#message-metadata
@chris I have no experience with hubzilla, but if there are libraries to use it with python etc. someone could create or port the bridge I did to it or add support for hubzilla to it
my #mastodon #bot actually also works with #friendica accounts, if #hubzilla can be used with mastodon clients chances are high the bot will work with a hubzilla account
I am here once again asking you to switch to #decentralized solutions, the answer is never centralization,
if you are going to leave #WhatsApp switch to #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat, #XMPP, #Matrix, etc.
#Signal #SignalAppp #digitalindependence #digitalautonomy
it could have been much easier to handle with #ArcaneChat & #DeltaChat
Digital Independece Day challenge for you 🫵
Move at least one family or friend to ArcaneChat 💜 by @adbenitez Enjoy! #webxdc #foss #deltachat #arcanechat
@dialektgefahr @holger I also recommend #DeltaChat, there is actually some teachers using it with students in universities and schools