Image of Delta Chat on a phone

Using Delta Chat with Chatmail servers for decentralized, open, secure, private messaging

I’ve been using Delta Chat for a while, and I even made my own server for it (see: How to make your own Delta Chat Email Server and compete with WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram), but after I did that, other members of the Delta Chat developer community made new server software called “Chatmail” which is even better for use with Delta Chat. The Chatmail server software is still open-source of course (you can download it here:  GitHub – …

Continue reading
Image of Delta Chat on a phone

How to make your own Delta Chat Email Server and compete with WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram

UPDATE: Since this article was published, a new server package has been built that’s even better for use with Delta Chat. The new server is called Chatmail and its open-source repository is here. Also see: Using Delta Chat with Chatmail servers for decentralized, open, secure, private messaging.  The below instructions are still valid if you want to make a server that supports both encrypted Delta Chat communications as well as regular federated email. If you’ve …

Continue reading