Signal-Android
Patches to Signal for Android removing dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries. In branches whose names include "-FOSS". Uses new "foss" or "gms" flavor dimension: build with "./gradlew assemblePlayFossProdRelease". (by tw-hx)
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| org.signal.Signal | Signal-Android | |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | 43 | |
| 59 | 139 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.3 | 0.0 | |
| 3 days ago | 9 days ago | |
| Shell | Java | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
org.signal.Signal
Posts with mentions or reviews of org.signal.Signal.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-07.
- How can I download Signal on Chromebooks in 2023?
- Love Signal, but am now looking for alternatives. Got some questions before I decide
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After Flatpak update of Signal in Fedora (w/Gnome), Signal tray icon no longer appears despite me editing ~/.config/autostart/[the autostart file]
The issue has been reported https://github.com/flathub/org.signal.Signal/issues/389
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Flatpak Issue - error: Unable to allocate instance id
Your issue seems similar to this one on github.
- Signal on linux (2)
- Help installing Signal on Fedora
- Signal is back 🙌
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Distribution packaging for Linux desktop applications is unsustainable
Now look at Signal on Flathub. It is not by Signal themselves so an attack vector exists. The reason I mention it is because the Signal team got the Signal Snap removed.
- Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubuntu Snap
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This version of Signal Desktop has expired on Linux Mint 20.3
you can try using the flatpak version of signal
Signal-Android
Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Android.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-20.
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Signal - FOSS - Issues / Questions When Sharing Location with OpenStreetMap
Haven't used Signal FOSS, but as it happens Molly bas just implemented OSM support, perhaps when it lands you might have better luck with it. Anyway, is there no issue tracker for that fork? I tried looking in their repo and found it disabled
- Signal messenger not receiving messages on Qin F21 Pro
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Signal doesn't run in background on Qin 21 Pro
Try using the Signal FOSS version from https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
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Signal discontinuing SMS support.
Yeah I followed that whole story. Since then some forks have been created that do not care what Signal Foundation thinks about using their servers. Molly and Signal-FOSS for example, both compatible to regular Signal. Those two forks will not keep SMS support, Molly never had it, and Signal-FOSS will most likely drop it because they think it's too much work to keep it while staying compatible and up to date. I hope there is going to be another fork specifically dedicated to keeping SMS support. We'll see.
- L'Europe se dirige vers une fermeture de Facebook après que l'Irlande a déclaré qu'elle envisage d'empêcher Meta d'envoyer les données des utilisateurs européens vers les États-Unis
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Is Signal %100 open source?
You can get a completely open source version without the Google stuff here: https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
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What is the best fork for Telegram and Signal
Signal FOSS removes proprietary google blobs https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/
- Some user recommends Sinal-FOSS (F-Droid) from TwinHelix? I see only some random Reddit users mentioning it.
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Top rated alternative FOSS apps to access social media with privacy in mind (05/2022)
Signal - Molly , Foss-Signal
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SMS app supporting Google RCS
Maybe they had outdated info from when the server software was not updated for a long time. Or, it's regarding the dependencies on closed-source Google Mobile Services and Firebase libraries, though those can be removed... and have been in this fork.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing org.signal.Signal and Signal-Android you can also consider the following projects:
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk - Gtk implementation of xdg-desktop-portal
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
Signal-Desktop - A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.
nheko - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.
dendrotox - Python interface to Tox distributed communications
Shitter - Lightweight Android app for Mastodon
org.signal.Signal vs xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
Signal-Android vs TextSecure
org.signal.Signal vs axolotl
Signal-Android vs Signal-Desktop
org.signal.Signal vs nix-gui
Signal-Android vs LibreSignal
org.signal.Signal vs nheko
Signal-Android vs axolotl
org.signal.Signal vs LibreSignal
Signal-Android vs nheko
org.signal.Signal vs dendrotox
Signal-Android vs Shitter