Delta Chat

merlinux

About this app

Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app that is completely compatible with the existing e-mail infrastructure.

So, with Delta Chat you get the ease of well-known messengers with the reach of e-mail.

Some features at a glance:

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

⚡️ Sign-up easily using secure fast chatmail servers. You don’t need a phone number or any private data.

📧 Alternatively, use your existing classic e-mail address to read your inbox as chats.

🎮 Interactive mini-apps in chats for gaming and collaboration.

🔒 Audited end-to-end encryption safe against network and server attacks.

🆓 Fully Open Source/Free Software, built on Internet Standards.

Ratings and reviews

I love the concept, and everything works smoothly. The messages between my phone and my wife's seem to experience a hefty (in terms of instant messaging anyway) delay. Messages can take anywhere from 5 seconds to nearly a minute. Doesn't seem like something we can use as a daily driver unfortunately. If there's a checklist of steps I can take to reduce that lag, please let me know!

Have been using for about a month now. Works well and have had no issues. When others understand that they will be using their own email and not some messaging app that tracks everything they do, they are more likely to give it a try. Highly recommended. Two things I would like to see in future updates are: A password lock for the app itself and the ability if you use two or more accounts, to have a different background for each account. Hopefully the developers will add these features.

Would be nice to have the option to customize/change colors of receive/sent messages. So far, acquainting myself with the app. Another thing that would be helpful is to be able to short press (versus long press) on either an avatar or chat message within the main screen list and delete chats that way. Also, swipe left/right on a chat message to either call that contact; delete, mark as read (or unread) a message. Hopefully these features or at least a few of them can be implemented??

What's new

* add monochrome/themed launcher icon support
* allow to remove the selected profile in "Switch Profile" dialog
* improve display of selected profile in "Switch Profile" dialog
* improve the hit/tap area to open "Switch Profile" dialog in the main screen's toolbar
* add support for system per-app language and remove in-app language selector
* fix various bugs

These features will roll out over the coming days. Thanks for using Delta Chat!