I2PChat (formerly I2P Qt Messenger)
Donations
For I2PChat based on Flutter (including Android target) and maybe more platforms in the future:
- BTC: 36GLhgAo8JwdxH1ATjHJ7bLK37mUbKaRHw
- GOST: GX41zZcqKy81CzyDCmnpRtpCKpR1fwEDet https://gostco.in/
Screenshots
Features
- Direct peer-to-peer communications without server requirements
- File transfer between contacts
- Control online visibility on a per-contact basis
- Optional, customizable b32.i2p web page to display profile
- Emoticon support
Current news
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July, 2020
- Set ECIES and ED25519 as default sigtype/encryption
- Add support for optional web page to display user profile at .b32 address
- Remove insecure DSA_SHA1 from Signature Types
- Add ECIES (Ratchet) encryption type to new profiles (UI option coming soon!)
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June, 2020:
- Fixed crash of close chat window
- Fixed crash of url link in chat
- Added $HOME/.i2pchat/ directory support for using from /usr/bin
- Pre inited optarg
- Core changes
- Ci pre-inited. Works for windows now
- Created .deb package for ubuntu/debian x86_64
- Created Windows build for 32 bit, which will works on 64 bits
- Design changes
- Fix offline message crash
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June, 2020: dr|z3d starts work on renovating the user interface
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5 Jan, 2017: Original repo at http://git.repo.i2p/w/I2P-Messenger-QT.git was fully merged here
Build instructions
- Install prerequisites:
sudo apt-get install qt5-qmake qt5-default build-essential libqt5multimedia5 qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5svg5-dev
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To prepare for compilation, run qmake:
- Release:
qmake I2PChat.pro "CONFIG += release" - Debug:
qmake I2PChat.pro "CONFIG += debug"
- Release:
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To compile:
make -j NUMBER_OF_PROCESSOR_CORESe.gmake -j8- or
maketo compile single-threaded
Downloads (pre-built binaries)
- Latest Windows (Win32/64) build from: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/wipedlifepotato/i2pchat/build/artifacts
Running
On Linux, make creates I2PChat executable in the current folder. Run it with ./I2PChat.
- You will need to enable the SAM application bridge in your router: for Java I2P via Client Configuration or for i2pd via i2pd.conf's [SAM] section.
- As of version 0.2.31, the DSA_SHA1 Signature type is no longer available. The recommended (and default) Signature Type is now: EdDSA_SHA512_Ed25519
- Select 'Online' from the dropdown menu on the main window. When you first go online, your unique address (Destination) will be created when connecting to SAM
- Your settings and contacts will be stored in
~/.i2pchat/on Linux-based systems, or%APPDATA%\Roaming\I2PChat\on Windows
License
Licensed under GPLv2.
Credits
Thanks
- To the German anonymous guy who is the author of original code for I2PQtMessenger AKA i2pchat,
- to eche|on and kytv for the work on it and preserving the source code for it at various places,
- to anonymous contributors who took part in the project and commented,
- to
dr|z3dfor community organisz::::*zsation skills and work and commits of graphics and commits of code made by more or less anonymous programmers, and - to wipedlifepotato for the failures healings/bugfixes healthy patches that wipedlifepotato submitted to
dr|z3d(anddr|z3dcommitted them to the codebases and forks of i2pchat, for the community benefit). - Special Thanks are also to forgotten unknown contributors and
- to others who took part in the i2pchat project!
Enjoy!
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