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)
Signal-Desktop
A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux. (by signalapp)
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| Signal-Android | Signal-Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | 322 | |
| 139 | 13,999 | |
| - | 0.7% | |
| 0.0 | 9.9 | |
| 10 days ago | 11 days ago | |
| Java | TypeScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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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.
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.
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.
Signal-Desktop
Posts with mentions or reviews of Signal-Desktop.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-16.
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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
2: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/1862
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Interview on Signal app?
For more Information on how to proceed kindly connect with the HR on Signal app. Download (Signal ) on your mobile device https://signal.org/download/ and connect now with the HR ON +13093936282
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CVE-2023-4863: Heap buffer overflow in WebP (Chrome)
It does, see [0]. Fun fact: Signal desktop, which uses Electron under the hood, is running without sandbox on Linux [1][2].
[0] https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/39824
[1] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/5195
[2] https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/pull/4381
- No longer showing link previews?
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super choppy video streams
There was a issue opened on GitHub a while back apparently but that was closed due to inactivity. What you might want to do is either open a new issue directly in GitHub (provide as much information as possible and include debug logs) or just send them a support ticket via the support form (and include debug logs).
- Signal Desktop for Windows takes 30+ min to send messages. Phone app still works.
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Signal Android BETA has text formatting now
Desktop will have it https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/commit/9bfbee464bc307a9133ccf43042987343722afe9
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Signal Desktop messaging app having trouble with IPv6
Issues have been ongoing for the past couple weeks. It's not clear if this is the client or backend. Dual stack works again with v6.20.2, but IPv6-only with NAT64 still doesn't. Actively being worked on, and hopefully some good learnings. Issue link thread: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/6439
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IPv6 connectivity again with 6.20.1 Update
Alive again with 6.20.2 on Windows dual stack. Directly downloaded from https://signal.org/download/
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Desktop Client takes minutes to send messages
Fix1, Fix2, Fix3, Fix4
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Signal-Android and Signal-Desktop you can also consider the following projects:
TextSecure - A private messenger for Android.
signal-cli - signal-cli provides an unofficial commandline, JSON-RPC and dbus interface for the Signal messenger.
LibreSignal - LibreSignal • The truly private and Google-Free messenger for Android.
axolotl - A Signal compatible cross plattform client written in Go, Rust and Vuejs
session-desktop - Session Desktop - Onion routing based messenger
nheko - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.
AppImageLauncher - Helper application for Linux distributions serving as a kind of "entry point" for running and integrating AppImages
Shitter - Lightweight Android app for Mastodon
webclient - Angular webclient (with Linux, macOS and Windows desktop clients) for CTemplar's encrypted email service.
libsignal-client-node
telegram-bot-api - Telegram Bot API server
Signal-Android vs TextSecure
Signal-Desktop vs signal-cli
Signal-Android vs LibreSignal
Signal-Desktop vs axolotl
Signal-Android vs axolotl
Signal-Desktop vs session-desktop
Signal-Android vs nheko
Signal-Desktop vs AppImageLauncher
Signal-Android vs Shitter
Signal-Desktop vs webclient
Signal-Android vs libsignal-client-node
Signal-Desktop vs telegram-bot-api