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  • dendrite

    Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go!

  • tdlib-purple

    libpurple Telegram plugin using tdlib

    • Yep. And not only bots - 3rd-party clients are much better tolerated compared to wa/signal.

    Telegram has a clean, compact 3rd-party client that just works: https://github.com/ars3niy/tdlib-purple/

    Signal has arcane, bloated (multiple dependencies, requires Java), and brittle client library https://github.com/hoehermann/purple-signal (there are other semi-abandoned projects)

    WA 3rd-party clients are flat-out dead: https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple (and bunch more, all dead, or half-dead) Plus, WA would ban people they suspect to use 3rd-party clients.

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  • purple-signal

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

    • Yep. And not only bots - 3rd-party clients are much better tolerated compared to wa/signal.

    Telegram has a clean, compact 3rd-party client that just works: https://github.com/ars3niy/tdlib-purple/

    Signal has arcane, bloated (multiple dependencies, requires Java), and brittle client library https://github.com/hoehermann/purple-signal (there are other semi-abandoned projects)

    WA 3rd-party clients are flat-out dead: https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple (and bunch more, all dead, or half-dead) Plus, WA would ban people they suspect to use 3rd-party clients.

  • whatsapp-purple

    WhatsApp protocol implementation for libpurple (pidgin)

    • Yep. And not only bots - 3rd-party clients are much better tolerated compared to wa/signal.

    Telegram has a clean, compact 3rd-party client that just works: https://github.com/ars3niy/tdlib-purple/

    Signal has arcane, bloated (multiple dependencies, requires Java), and brittle client library https://github.com/hoehermann/purple-signal (there are other semi-abandoned projects)

    WA 3rd-party clients are flat-out dead: https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple (and bunch more, all dead, or half-dead) Plus, WA would ban people they suspect to use 3rd-party clients.

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