uTox

Lightweight Tox client

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Lightweight Tox client

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irungentoo/toxcore · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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Observed mentions: 2014-08-01 22:25:54 UTC to 2015-05-25 04:27:34 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Aug 2014	2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Sep 2014	2014-09-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Oct 2014	2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 2014	2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Dec 2014	2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jan 2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 2015	2015-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Mar 2015	2015-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Apr 2015	2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
May 2015	2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

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synchronise·May 25, 2015

Would it be possible to do this (https://github.com/notsecure/uTox/issues/203) in Ricochet though? They seem to be using more standard libraries than Tox.

In Ricochet: An encrypted, anonymous IM client built on Tor hidden services

benwaffle·Feb 12, 2015

core 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...

In Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

irungentoo·Aug 1, 2014Submission

Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

Tox is now usable and has reached alpha (in other words, it is mostly working, but lacking some features, bugs might be apparent). uTox is a lightweight (minimal dependencies) Tox client for Windows, Linux and (experimentally) Android. It supports text chat, file transfers, audio and video calling, desktop sharing (both as video and as screenshots). It also supports text-only group chats (with audio/video being worked on). For more info about Tox and uTox, see the project links below. Windows updater/downloader: https://jenkins.libtoxcore.so/job/utox_update_win32/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/u… Linux nightlies: 64-bit: https://jenkins.libtoxcore.so/job/uTox_linux_amd64/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/ut… 32-bit: https://jenkins.libtoxcore.so/job/uTox_linux_i686/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/uto…

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ux_i686.tar.xz If you use an operating system other than windows or linux (OSX or android) or want to try other Tox clients, see this page: https://wiki.tox.im/Binaries Project links: Official Tox website: https://tox.im uTox Github: https://github.com/notsecure/uTox toxcore Github: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore Other links: qTox Github: https://github.com/tux3/qTox Antox Github: https://github.com/Astonex/Antox Note about adding friends in Tox: in the settings area of uTox you can find your Tox ID, and you give that out to your friends so that they can add you. To solve the inconvenience of sharing long IDs, Tox also supports "DNS names", for example "groupbot@toxme.se". You can register your own @toxme.se name on toxme.se Tox is alpha software, bugs are expected. Feel free to post any questions or feedback or visit us on IRC: #tox on freenode.

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