purple-signald VS Signal-Setup-Guide

Compare purple-signald vs Signal-Setup-Guide and see what are their differences.

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purple-signald Signal-Setup-Guide
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6.6 5.3
3 days ago about 3 years ago
C Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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purple-signald

Posts with mentions or reviews of purple-signald. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-14.

Signal-Setup-Guide

Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Setup-Guide. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-28.
  • Can't generate zkconfig string
    1 project | /r/signal | 30 Mar 2023
    I just try to compile and deploy separate signal server. But when i follow setup guide ( https://github.com/aqnouch/Signal-Setup-Guide ) - on step of zkparams generation i get following: i run command: java -jar service/target/TextSecureServer-8.84.0.jar -zkparams
  • Problems with Signal Messenger App
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Mar 2022
    I don't get this:

    >> The communications of the whole world get dependent on a single service provider, which is Signal Foundation.

    So, even though you can setup the Signal server (https://github.com/aqnouch/Signal-Setup-Guide) on your own infrastructure, in the end it still connects to... Signal own main server (whatever)?

  • Is Signal still good?
    5 projects | /r/privacy | 28 Dec 2021
    A short search offers me this build-instruction. https://github.com/aqnouch/Signal-Setup-Guide/tree/master/signal-android I have no experience but looks like you can do this by yourself.
  • Confronto app di messaggistica dal blog di ProtonMail
    1 project | /r/ItalyInformatica | 15 Feb 2021
  • Megathread Many Are Now Migrating To Signal As A
    1 project | /r/signal | 23 Jan 2021
    Question: Signal servers require Google Firebase for push notifications. Isn’t this a security worry concerning metadata analytics?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing purple-signald and Signal-Setup-Guide you can also consider the following projects:

purple-signal - Pidgin/libpurple plugin for signal using libsignal-service-java (and parts of signal-cli).

siggo - a TUI for signal messenger, written in Go

AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages

Signal-Android - Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picker. Option to treat view-once media as normal media. Option to ignore remote deletion. Choose between FCM or websocket notification delivery.

slack-libpurple - Slack module for libpurple

signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.

lurch - XEP-0384: OMEMO Encryption for libpurple.

watomatic - Auto reply app helping you move away from less private messengers like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Synapse - Synapse: Matrix homeserver written in Python/Twisted.

SSRP - The Simple Signal Replication Protocol is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed and collaborative information systems.

peek - Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface

session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger