cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26007254

ArcaneChat is a FLOSS private and secure messenger focused on privacy and friendly user experience.

💬 Reliable instant messaging with multi-profile and multi-device support.

⚡️ Sign-up easily and anonymously, no phone number or any private data required.

🎮 Interactive mini-apps in chats for gaming, shopping lists, productivity and collaboration.

🔒 End-to-end encrypted chats safe against network and server attacks.

ArcaneChat is a Delta Chat client and it is compatible with other Delta Chat clients.

Source code: https://github.com/ArcaneChat/

  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    5 hours ago

    This sounds cool but I don’t understand the use case. When would you use this? For what? With whom?

    The Github pages of these projects seem excited about the features but I didn’t see the purpose.

    What’s the elevator pitch?

    • adbenitez@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      The purpose is already said in the title: private chats for the family

      How you don’t understand the use case of chatting with the family?

      As many other chat apps out there, if you meant the “why this one and not X?” Well there are other acceptable options out there, the advantage of this one compared to WhatsApp, Telegram and co. Is that it doesn’t depend on phone numbers or any private data, getting started with the app is painless and smooth, no SMS verification no captcha solving or complex registration, just set your name and start chatting. It is decentralized and anonymous, while having a nice polished UI easy to use on the level of WhatsApp and Telegram, unlike most other alternatives out there

      One special feature is the ability to use in-chat mini-apps that are completely “p2p e2ee” between chat members without depending on any server hosting it and working offline first, among such apps: collaborative editor pads, checklists/to-do lists, shopping lists, split bills with friends, chess and other mini-games etc

    • adbenitez@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      Yes and no, it allows to login without providing any data or using any email account, in that case a random/anonymous account is created in arcanechat.me which is an email internally but optimized for chatting with similar speeds of other chatting platforms

      Also with arcanechat.me server unencrypted messages are not allowed at all so you can be sure you don’t accidentally leak any message, also all messages are removed from the server immediately after downloading them (or after a few days when using multiple devices)

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    I’m gonna give it a try, see how it functions.

    Edit: okay, the app is solid.

    Cool features, looks good, the protocol is supposedly secure. I’d say this is a damn good telegram replacement

    • adbenitez@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      8·
      1 month ago

      btw, Matrix server requirements are much higher, and the client apps are less user-friendly

      For example, arcanechat.me server has more than 1400 users and the server is using around 800MB of RAM, CPU is idle most of the time or really low usage, less than 3GB of disk (including whole Debian operative system etc)

        • adbenitez@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          22·
          1 month ago

          I bet it is using more resources than my +1400 people server 😅 but yeah for 10 people it is probably OK with matrix as long as they don’t join some crazy federated groups etc