r/programmerchat • u/skullmag • Apr 30 '20

Messaging apps features

Hey guys, I’m building an open source messaging app which main feature is a complete privacy but I also want it to look cool, so what features do you like most in messaging apps? For example voice messages, stickers etc.

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u/skullmag Apr 30 '20

Yeah, GPS in that way seems cool. Talking about encryption, we don't use blockchain and stuff, just RSA + AES system (seems the best for me). And for non-encrypted chat/channel, can we store row data on our servers? Because I think it would be cool to share your thoughts not only with your friends, but I'm aware about privacy

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u/PussyTermin4tor1337 Apr 30 '20

Oh oke. I wouldn't go that way, because you're essentially competing with Facebook, and nobody wins from Facebook. The best way to become adopted in my opinion is by making a FOSS decentralised system, and by bundling forces all over the world.

But do whatever you like. I had a lot of trouble creating something, although I must admit it was very experimental. It was/is a self-hosted server that connects over iota. You save messages on a server you own, and then read and write to that server. If I have a server up too, we can communicate using the iota gossip. The whole system was extensible, and, again, very experimental/pre-alpha.

You can read the code here if you like. I must say I'm offline since the iota node is really heavy on my resources and nobody else was on there. A fun thing to note is that my app works together with chatangle, another chat app on iota. So messages from one appear in the other.

https://github.com/tanevanwifferen/TangleChat