cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26007254

ArcaneChat is a FLOSS private and secure messenger focused on privacy and friendly user experience.

💬 Reliable instant messaging with multi-profile and multi-device support.

⚡️ Sign-up easily and anonymously, no phone number or any private data required.

🎮 Interactive mini-apps in chats for gaming, shopping lists, productivity and collaboration.

🔒 End-to-end encrypted chats safe against network and server attacks.

ArcaneChat is a Delta Chat client and it is compatible with other Delta Chat clients.

Source code: https://github.com/ArcaneChat/

  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    22 hours ago

    This sounds cool but I don’t understand the use case. When would you use this? For what? With whom?

    The Github pages of these projects seem excited about the features but I didn’t see the purpose.

    What’s the elevator pitch?

    • adbenitez@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      11·
      21 hours ago

      The purpose is already said in the title: private chats for the family

      How you don’t understand the use case of chatting with the family?

      As many other chat apps out there, if you meant the “why this one and not X?” Well there are other acceptable options out there, the advantage of this one compared to WhatsApp, Telegram and co. Is that it doesn’t depend on phone numbers or any private data, getting started with the app is painless and smooth, no SMS verification no captcha solving or complex registration, just set your name and start chatting. It is decentralized and anonymous, while having a nice polished UI easy to use on the level of WhatsApp and Telegram, unlike most other alternatives out there

      One special feature is the ability to use in-chat mini-apps that are completely “p2p e2ee” between chat members without depending on any server hosting it and working offline first, among such apps: collaborative editor pads, checklists/to-do lists, shopping lists, split bills with friends, chess and other mini-games etc

      • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        8 hours ago

        Private chat - how’s that different from using Signal or such? I am actually selfhosting a Mattermost server.

        For family, I don’t need anonymous, or zero knowledge, or short lived, or all those buzzwords you had.

        Again, I fail to see the use case.

        • adbenitez@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          11·
          5 hours ago

          I already explained in my previous message how it is different from Signal, time to read buddy, bye