LUlucgommans·May 26, 2022Submission
23 points · Open discussionthreema-ch
threema-android
Kotlin2020–2022
threema-ch / threema-android
threema-android
Threema App for Android.
6Distinct people
6Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Threema App for Android.
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
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HN mentions by month6 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2020-12-21 09:12:54 UTC to 2022-05-26 17:18:13 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Dec 2020 | 2020-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Jan 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2021 | 2021-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2021 | 2021-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2021 | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2021 | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2021 | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2021 | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2021 | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2021 | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2021 | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2022 | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2022 | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesWhile this (Threema) is Open Source, I feel it does not align with the spirit of FOSS.
See the commits here for example:
https://github.com/threema-ch/threema-android/commits/main
It's one commit per version. Contributions go to a private email instead of a public mailing list. All development happens in private and pushed to the public in a version bump with no changelog.
So yeah it has an AGPL License (which is good) and meets the minimum of FOSS requirements, but it gives of the feeling that they're following the letter, but not the spirit of FOSS.
I would definitely not use it or push any friend to use it.
In Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and WhatsAppThe dockerfile is included in the scripts directory. It's mostly just Ubuntu + Android SDK/NDK.
https://github.com/threema-ch/threema-android/blob/main/scri...
In Threema apps are Open SourceFrom README.md ( https://github.com/threema-ch/threema-android ):
> This source code repository will be updated for every public non-beta release. There will be one commit per released version. [...] For the time being, we do not accept contributions via GitHub. [...] To report bugs and request new features, please contact the Threema support team through threema.ch/support.
Commits are useless (one commit per release), issue tracker on GitHub is disabled, contributions not public, no public discussions. I like Threema and appreciate them open sourcing their apps, but this is not what I call open source development. I really hope they will reconsider this. Both Threema and the community could benefit from this, but dumping the source code here and then isn't going to cut it when the competition is meanwhile doing real open source developm
Read the rest
ent. But at least we have reproducible builds now, this is still a great step forward.
Threema App is now Open Source
5 points · Open discussion