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We would love to have you join the development! You can help us with:
- [share the color theme](./docs/THEMES.md) you use in Android app!
- writing a tutorial or recipes about hosting servers, chat bot automations, etc.
- contributing to SimpleX Chat knowledge-base.
- developing features - please connect to us via chat so we can help you get started.
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Recent updates:
[May 23, 2023. SimpleX Chat: v5.1 released with message reactions and self-destruct passcode](./blog/20230523-simplex-chat-v5-1-message-reactions-self-destruct-passcode.md).
[Apr 22, 2023. SimpleX Chat: vision and funding, v5.0 released with videos and files up to 1gb](./blog/20230422-simplex-chat-vision-funding-v5-videos-files-passcode.md).
[Mar 28, 2023. v4.6 released - with Android 8+ and ARMv7a support, hidden profiles, community moderation, improved audio/video calls and reduced battery usage](./blog/20230328-simplex-chat-v4-6-hidden-profiles.md).
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- ✅ Sending and receiving large files via [XFTP protocol](./blog/20230301-simplex-file-transfer-protocol.md).
- ✅ Video messages.
- ✅ App access passcode.
- 🏗 Improved Android app UI design.
- 🏗 SMP queue redundancy and rotation (manual is supported).
- 🏗 Reduced battery and traffic usage in large groups.
- Improved Android app UI design.
- ✅ Optional alternative access password.
- ✅ Message reactions
- ✅ Message editing history
- ✅ Reduced battery and traffic usage in large groups.
- 🏗 Desktop client.
- 🏗 Message delivery confirmation (with sender opt-in or opt-out per contact, TBC).
- SMP queue redundancy and rotation (manual is supported).
- Include optional message into connection request sent via contact address.
- Ephemeral/disappearing/OTR conversations with the existing contacts.
- Optional alternative access password.
- Local app files encryption.
- Improved navigation and search in the conversation (expand and scroll to quoted message, scroll to search results, etc.).
- Message delivery confirmation (with sender opt-in or opt-out per contact, TBC).
- Privately share your location.
- Large groups, communities and public channels.
- Feeds/broadcasts.
- Ephemeral/disappearing/OTR conversations with the existing contacts.
- Privately share your location.
- Web widgets for custom interactivity in the chats.
- Programmable chat automations / rules (automatic replies/forward/deletion/sending, reminders, etc.).
- Supporting the same profile on multiple devices.
- Desktop client.
- Privacy-preserving identity server for optional DNS-based contact/group addresses to simplify connection and discovery, but not used to deliver messages:
- keep all your contacts and groups even if you lose the domain.
- the server doesn't have information about your contacts and groups.
- Hosting server for large groups, communities and public channels.
- Message delivery relay for senders (to conceal IP address from the recipients' servers and to reduce the traffic).
- High capacity multi-node SMP relays.