cxx
libsignal
cxx | libsignal | |
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97 | 24 | |
5,505 | 2,917 | |
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9.3 | 9.8 | |
9 days ago | 3 days ago | |
Rust | Rust | |
Apache License 2.0 | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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cxx
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Rust is having a positive effect in C/C++
There are cxx and autocxx, what else do you propose to do?
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Interoperability: Swift’s Super Power
I would like to see a comparison of how this compares to Rust. In terms of interoperability it has Cxx (https://cxx.rs) to offer safe bindings to C++ but also has great support for Android, Linux and many other systems. You don't even need to hack together Windows bindings (as explained in the blog post) because Microsoft offers official bindings (https://crates.io/crates/windows). I'm not sure if I'd call it a superpower if any potential interoperability has to be written to be used (compared to it already being available). Or rather, in comparison to what is interoperability a Swift superpower? Certainly not C++ or C which can be used in a far wider set of targets.
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Rust Cryptography Should Be Written in Rust
We selected Qt as a cross-platform solution. The C++/Rust interface is the clunkiest and ugliest part of the application, and rather complex because some state is shared between several windows in the GUI and several threads in the backend, and any component might modify that state at any time, and updates have to be transmitted to the other components without introducing inconsistencies. Using cxx [1] helped a little, though.
The project began in 2020, and I'm not sure what I'd choose as a GUI framework today – definitely not Qt Widgets, though.
[1] https://cxx.rs/
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Link a C static library to rust cargo project
If the build process for the C library isn't too involved I recommend using cxx bridge (https://cxx.rs/) and letting cargo handle the build and linking. cxx basically allows you to describe the bidirectional interface (although it sounds like you only need 1 direction, which is fine too) in Rust code and it provides a "good enough" API for compiling C code inside the build.rs file.
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ffizz: Build a Beautiful C API in Rust
The tooling for the first kind -- calling Rust from another language -- is a bit less developed, and tends to rely on code generation that doesn't necessarily produce a natural C API. cbindgen, uniffi, cxx, and Diplomat all take this course.
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Best practices in creating a Rust API for a C++ library? Seeking advice from those who've done it before.
I would like to utilize OMPL's functionality in Rust code, so I want to call into OMPL C++ code somehow in Rust. I've seen two (non-mutually-exclusive) options so far: - rust-cpp, which allows you to write C++ code in Rust within the cpp!() macro. - cxx, which allows you to define both sides of the FFI boundary manually (as opposed to bindgen's automatic generation).
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (20/2023)!
I'm not sure how to do this in cxx; issues like https://github.com/dtolnay/cxx/issues/447 suggest that this isn't settled yet?
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Hello r/Rust! We are Meta Engineers who created the Open Source Buck2 Build System! Ask us anything! [Mod approved]
I use non-vendored dependencies for the Buck build in https://github.com/dtolnay/cxx.
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Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in Rust
There's also the cpp and cxx crates for doing C++/Rust interop, but they probably aren't appropriate to use in all cases. The C ABI is definitely the safest way to go unless you're really trying to marry Rust and C++ code bases, not just writing library bindings.
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How can I use rust libraries in C++
There's also cxx (can't vouch for it personally but it claims to make things a lot easier) https://github.com/dtolnay/cxx
libsignal
- Police used Cellebrite to break into my phone, how do I prevent this in the future?
- EU haluaa kieltää vahvan salauksen - vaatii takaportteja viestisovelluksiin
- Signal has begun it's transition towards post-quantum key exchanges
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libsignal-go built for go1.20+
I am in the process of building a Go implementation of the libsignal-protocol, which powers the Signal app.
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End-to-end encrypted messages need more than libsignal
How is twitter intending to use libsignal? I doubt it would be via the primary AGPL license[1], forcing them to publish the source code of their server source code. Does signal sell private licenses?
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal/blob/main/LICENSE
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Twitter Will Adopt Signal Protocol for Encrypted DMs
The Signal Protocol is licensed under AGPLv3 (see here).
Signal protocol is AGPL3 https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal
- Twitter to Encrypt Direct Messages Using Signal Protocol, Shows Code
- Elon Musk says he wants 'Twitter 2.0' to have video chat, voice calls, and encrypted DMs — and has enlisted the help of Signal's founder
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Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubuntu Snap
This is the license for libsignal: https://github.com/signalapp/libsignal/blob/main/LICENSE
The only reference to trademark is:
> Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:
What are some alternatives?
cbindgen - A project for generating C bindings from Rust code
signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.
rust-bindgen - Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries.
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
autocxx - Tool for safe ergonomic Rust/C++ interop driven from existing C++ headers
Signal-Desktop - A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
uniffi-rs - a multi-language bindings generator for rust
status-mobile - a free (libre) open source, mobile OS for Ethereum
rust-cpp - Embed C++ directly inside your rust code!
openpgpjs - OpenPGP implementation for JavaScript
ritual - Use C++ libraries from Rust
nimbus-eth2 - Nim implementation of the Ethereum Beacon Chain