Open Collective

polyproto + Polyphony

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A queer and indie software commons bringing radically cool, AI-less, free, open source software, communications technology and -standards to a computer near you.

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News from polyproto + Polyphony

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Welcome back, opencollective!

Hi there! There hasn't been an update here in a while, so here's some notes: - A lot of the older updates aren't quite relevant anymore; Things have changed a lot! - Most updates to the project will now be posted to...
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Published on November 2, 2026 by Alexia

Guilds and DMs!

Today, a new set of features has been added to the Chorus library. You can now finally - Create invites to a guild/channel - Join a guild through an invite - Create DMs and Group DMs - Modify Group DM members by adding/removing people to/fr...
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Published on July 17, 2023 by 🏳️‍⚧️ Flori Ava Star

State of the code: An update

Hi everyone! Some time has passed since the last update, and I figured I'd sum up all that's happened, so that everyone is up to speed about what's going on! :) I, for one, have taken a few (3-4) days off to spend with friends and do other...
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Published on June 26, 2023 by 🏳️‍⚧️ Flori Ava Star

About

Proprietary chat services suck. The Polyphony project aims to change that by developing polyproto, a federated identity and trusted message exchange protocol, as well chat software and -standards built on top of it. 

With polyproto, users get a portable identity that works across servers. Your identity is cryptographically verified through your home server, meaning foreign servers you might chat on cannot impersonate you. If your home server shuts down or becomes untrustworthy, you can migrate to a new one without losing all your posts, messages, connections or other data. polyproto is designed to handle real-world problems first and foremost.

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