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NeoChat
NeoChat is a client for Matrix, the decentralized communication protocol for instant messaging. It is a fork of Spectral, using KDE frameworks, most notably Kirigami, KConfig and KI18n.
Get it
A stable release is available for download for Linux distributions.
Along with the stable release, a Flatpak version is available for the nightly version:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists kdeapps --from https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo
flatpak install kdeapps org.kde.neochat
A nightly build is also available for Android in the KDE nightly F-Droid repo and can also directly be downloaded from the binary factory.
Nightly builds for Windows, MacOS and AppImages can also be downloaded from the binary factory.
Features
- Sending messages
- Sending files from clipboard and filesystem
- Reply to message (right-click on a message to access menu)
- Start a private chat (but not encrypted)
- Show notifications, for the moment there is only a global switch to disable it. We plan to implement the configuration part of the specification soon.
- Autocompletion of usernames in chat
- Emoji picker
- Basic room setting page
- Send and accept invitations
- /rainbow (very important)
- /me
NeoChat is still missing a few features to become a full-featured Matrix client (most notably encryption support and video chat support). We welcome contributions in this direction.
Contact
You can reach the maintainers at #neochat:kde.org, if you are already on Matrix. Development happens in http://invent.kde.org/network/neochat (not in GitHub).
Acknowledgement
This program utilizes libQuotient library and some C++ models from Quaternion.
This program is a fork of Spectral.
License
This program is licensed under GNU General Public License, Version 3.