A brand new messaging app is coming to the Fediverse, and it's all thanks to the creator of Pixelfed.

A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”

  • Strypey
    3•2 years ago

    @deadsuperhero
    > the reference implementation everyone uses by default is known to be bloated and slow, and poor at scaling

    This doesn’t seem to stop the fediverse growing (*cough* Mastodon *cough*).

    @Terevos

    • Strypey
      2•2 years ago

      @deadsuperhero
      > development of a Go-based backend implementation, Dendrite

      Also Rust-based homeserver implementations like Construct and Conduit. Both of which are usable, although missing a few nice-to-have added features. Eg Conduit is still working on;

      “E2EE emoji comparison over federation (E2EE chat works)… Outgoing read receipts, typing, presence over federation”

      @Terevos @Samsy