Hello everyone,

I have discovered SimpleX Chat (nothing to do with XChat or HexChat, or the favorite letter of some dumb billionaire), and it appears being a legit good effort at providing good privacy while retaining “mainstream” usability.

And it has been audited (by one company so far, it seems).

The only concern I have is with regards to battery life (given that it has to maintain roughly as many open connections as you have contacts, AFAICT).

Has anyone here used it? Any opinion?

    • o_k@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      2 years ago

      Well the desktop gui is still in beta (literally less than a week old, iirc). So I wouldn’t expect it being on the website until it’s fully functional. (And it’s a GUI desktop client now)

      • anotherlemmyuser@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 years ago

        Update: The frontpage now has a line that says “Get SimpleX desktop app”, above various mobile app stores links. Have to head to downloads page, still on the website itself, for desktop, mobile and terminal options.

    • rush@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      That’s because the desktop client is basically brand new and in early development. (A GUI one, that is)