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Sebastian Kürten

01/21/2022, 3:51 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that we just released our first beta version of a peer2peer chat application we're building using compose for desktop. More details in the thread 👇
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It's a client for the briar messenger that only had an Android client so far
It involves some native code (tor and obfs4proxy) that's why it's Linux-only at the moment. We have already experimented with Windows and macOS but still need to work a little on that to get it in a releasable state.
it's also got some traction on HN today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30023169
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Big Chungus

01/21/2022, 4:01 PM
I've been daydreaming about building something like this for years now. Lucky find!
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Sebastian Kürten

01/21/2022, 4:04 PM
What's very nice about this project is that we "only" need to implement the UI. We have a very solid core written in Java that's been in production for years that we can build on.
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Big Chungus

01/21/2022, 4:05 PM
Do you have any articles going a bit more in-depth into the architecture and connectivity? I'd be very much interested to know more.
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Sebastian Kürten

01/21/2022, 4:07 PM
I can recommend this overview https://briarproject.org/how-it-works/ , the FAQs https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/FAQ and also the videos at the bottom of the press page https://briarproject.org/press/
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almost forgot to post a screenshot
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Dominaezzz

01/21/2022, 4:59 PM
Oooh, does it work with matrix?
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Sebastian Kürten

01/21/2022, 5:31 PM
no, actually it got its own protocol called bramble that works over tor when used over the internet and also via wifi and bluetooth locally
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Dominaezzz

01/21/2022, 5:45 PM
Oh cool
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David W

01/21/2022, 6:23 PM
immediately thought: there's a lot of mismatched padding and awkward spacing in that screenshot, might be worth having a professional designer do a pass over the UI if that's something you think your userbase will care about
exciting to see a new CfD application!
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Sebastian Kürten

01/22/2022, 11:07 AM
I think you're right @David W Fortunately we'll get a few professional designers to help us with that soon. Managed to get an UX audit grant from OTF for that
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Glen

01/23/2022, 10:55 AM
Finally! Briar for desktop! I actually thought about building this 2 months ago, but since I am not skilled enough, I abandoned it. Thanks very much!
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Sebastian Kürten

01/24/2022, 8:12 AM
Nice, if you want to get involved this is of course all free software and we're always looking for people you want to contribute: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-desktop
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