Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
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Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#2It's not really command-line since it relies on ncurses. I thought it was something different like where you're literally sitting at the command-line within some short of shell like:
toxuser@toxbox:~$ tox send pg "Hi, YC looks cool!"
Or maybe even crazier like that Zero project thing (I forget what it is called).
That said, good stuff. :)
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#3It's not really command-line since it relies on ncurses. I thought it was something different like where you're literally sitting at the command-line within some short of shell like: toxuser@toxbox:~$ tox send pg "Hi, YC looks cool!" Or maybe even crazier like that Zero project thing (I forget what it is called). That said, good stuff. :)
True, but I figure it's close enough. There is a true CLI client for Tox called Ratox. It's pretty neat. https://wiki.tox.im/Ratox
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#4It's not really command-line since it relies on ncurses. I thought it was something different like where you're literally sitting at the command-line within some short of shell like: toxuser@toxbox:~$ tox send pg "Hi, YC looks cool!" Or maybe even crazier like that Zero project thing (I forget what it is called). That said, good stuff. :)
True, but I figure it's close enough. There is a true CLI client for Tox called Ratox. It's pretty neat. https://wiki.tox.im/Ratox
raTox is a actually really fun to use, but it's less of a client and more of a command line tool in a bash script.
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#5Is Tox secure ? Compared to tinfoil chat
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#6Is anyone actually using this (or something like it)?
If so, I'm curious about the details like context and experience.
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#7Is Tox secure ? Compared to tinfoil chat
Tox is DHT/P2P based which means it does not rely on any type of centralized authority, and all traffic is encrypted using the sodium crypto library (https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium).
Full disclosure: Tox has not yet been professionally audited.
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#8Also relevant, and containing video and audio chat support, is uTox[0] and qTox[1]. Looks like they are currently working on getting group video chat working.
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#9The home page[0] seems to suggest that there are also audio and video capable clients... are they still in development, or is there something functional already?
[0] - https://tox.im/
Re: Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client
#10core C lib: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore
Qt client: https://github.com/tux3/qTox
ncurses client: https://github.com/Tox/toxic
metro/windows client: https://github.com/Reverp/Toxy
plain C client (uses xlib/win32 to draw the UI): https://github.com/notsecure/uTox
racket client: https://github.com/lehitoskin/blight
there's also java bindings: https://github.com/sonOfRa/tox4j
etc...