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We have moved to Codeberg as our primary Git Forge, and the project is alive and well over there! 💜 The GitHub repositories will be archived and potentially deleted in the future.
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Free, open source, federated communications software, compatible with the Discord API and built with
polyproto, Rust and love.
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Proprietary chat services suck. The Polyphony project aims to create easy to use, federated and secure communications software and protocols.
- Re-imagine federation and identity: With polyproto, we are creating a modern, simple and resilient identity federation and trusted message exchange protocol which is ready for real-world happenings such as instances shutting down or being unreachable. We want to make federation feasible for everyone, not just tech-savvy people. polyproto-chat is a new chat protocol built on top of polyproto, which can be implemented and extended upon by anyone.
- Create modern, reliable and easy to use chat software: With client, chorus and symfonia, we are developing an alternative to proprietary chat services. We are compatible with Spacebar Chat, an open-source re-implementation of the Discord API, which means that you can use Polyphony with Spacebar and other services that are compatible with this API. No need to leave behind your friends who are using other services!
- Be open, stay open: Through the MPL-2.0 license, we ensure that our software can be used by anyone, for any(-ish) purpose. The only thing we ask is that improvements and changes to our software stay open source as well. Our software should benefit the general public, not corporations.
We are currently working on the following things:
| Repository | Description |
|---|---|
| polyproto-rs | A modern, simple and secure identity federation and trusted message exchange protocol. Rust implementation. Reference implementation in Rust. |
| symfonia | Our chat server, built on polyproto-chat. |
| sonata | Our robust, spec-compliant reference implementation of a polyproto home server. |
| client | Modern and cross plattform Client for Polyphony. Currently not being worked on, as we focus on developing a solid client library, server and protocol first. |
| chorus | A Rust library for interacting with Spacebar-compatible services, such as Spacebar and Discord |
| design | Open source design files and assets for the project. |
Contributions are always welcome! Please read the code of conduct and the contribution guidelines first. If you have any questions or would like to stay up to date on development progress, feel free to check out the below "Communications" section.
Ironically, Discord is our primary community hub. You can join via the invite link: Discord-invite
All discord channels that have seen usage in the past 6 months have been bridged to IRC. You can join the channels here:
##polyphony.announcements
##polyphony.community-updates
##polyphony.chit-chat
##polyphony.rustaeceans
##polyphony.media
#polyphony.discussion
#polyphony.polyproto-discussion
#polyphony.server-discussion
#polyphony.sonata-discussion
#polyphony.chorus-discussion
(Yes, there is a distinction between # and ##)
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