#deltachat

#DeltaChat evolved according to needs of people under repression and continues to do so. The more ignorant and exchangeable we make #chatmail relays, the less their operators have to worry. Having metadata-less, fast and cheap instant messaging relays, that can also operate when 99% of the Internet vanishes in a region, is a key goal. Some way to go still but, already now, is there any other real-world solution that provides better service in internet-repressed regions in 2025?

Ich frage mich, ob es hilfreich wäre, auf meinem Blog eine #DeltaChat Adresse als Kontaktmöglichkeit anzugeben. Durch verschiedene Profile läßt sich das ja einfach auf dem iPhone trennen. Und vielleicht schreibt mir dann mal jemand. Es ist so ruhig in der App. 😢
@delta

We used to look closely at #whatsapp Usability/UX. Not anymore.

Meta is enshittifying WA to become a social media app, charging companies for access to followers, showing ads, and pushing AI slop down the throat of billions of people.

#deltachat remains all about pleasing private messaging UX. Resilient, secure and decentralized. Its trivial to get started as a family, group or little org. Its trivial to migrate between android, iphone, desktop, Ubuntu touch.

#Privacy and #RightToExit

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I’m looking for a team chat solution that allows me to *really* mute/block users, like here on Mastodon or with an `/ignore` on IRC.

Zulip and Discord don’t really mute/block messages, they only conceal their content and let you know they’re here. This doesn’t help much imho.

Is this kind of `/ignore` feature available in #Matrix or #DeltaChat?
Otherwise, are there Zulip/Discord clients that support it?

We'd like to remind everyone that a self-hosted #chatmail relay is best shared in some wider than family circles. In crisis situations everbody does better when helping others.

A typical 1gb RAM chatmail relay VPS for 5-10 eur per month supports 50k+ daily users.

chatmail VPSes are stateless. You can wipe all disk state, reinstall and chatting will resume. Conversely, #deltachat does not keep or depend on any server state .Operators under pressure do not need to feel bad to hand over data.

#meta #ai #whatsapp #deltaChat

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Mmm- just how good is @delta #deltachat ? Like let's talk accessibility wise-

Some people in #Iran successfully use delta with national email providers when outside Internet is cut.

#deltachat designs are #OfflineFirst using delay tolerant protocols. Messages are queued when a path is blocked. email servers are made for this and run at planetary scale.
Messages crossing the border may arrive three days later but they arrive.

Peoples can stay in private touch across time and space, to the extent possible in current breakdown times. Which is what delta is about.

We don't see, or plan, a place for AI in our software stacks. A few notes.

Some attempts to use AI tooling provided nothing of value in the chatmail-core-UI stacks that produce the #deltachat store releases on all platforms.

Some in the community AI-generated a base #webxdc app and fixed bugs afterwards.That kind of worked and was borderline useful.

AI is pretty boring. We have more interesting work to do: evolve private resilient messaging by improving UX, networking, encryption, etc

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat get a surge of users
* #PeerTube crowdfunds more features
* Swiss #Woz covers #FOSS (they even have a repo!)
* #AuroraStore improvements
- 2 removed apps
+ 4 new apps
+ 161 updates

Drop by https://f-droid.org/2025/06/19/twif.html