Cwtch

Today we are releasing Cwtch 1.16!

Cwtch is a privacy-only p2p messenger based on @torproject v3 onion services.

The focus of this release was maintenance, including some important work actively improving dependencies.

As a knock on effect, Cwtch should no longer have issues on systems where memory tagging is enabled.

Plus performance improvements.

Changelog/Download: https://docs.cwtch.im/blog/cwtch-1-16

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Testers wanted: If you are using GrapheneOs (/want to use cwtch on GrapheneOs) we think the most recent nightly: https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/cwtch-ui/releases/tag/v1.16.0 might have fixed a long standing crashing issue preventing Cwtch from running when memory tagging is enabled.

Today we are releasing Cwtch 1.15.5!

Cwtch is a privacy-only p2p messenger based on @torproject v3 onion services.

This release is a small bugfixes update, with an upgraded bundled Tor, and a fix that prevented Cwtch 1.15.0+ from running out-of-the box on some linux systems

We also now have an experimental apt repository for Debian based systems!

Changelog/Download: https://docs.cwtch.im/

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@tomli@mastodon.social if it becomes possible to do so without compromising privacy.

Right now, latency over Tor onion services is mostly insufficient for real time audio or video.

@treebarker@mastodon.social thanks for the report!

Previously cwtch was crashing immediately on start up when memory tagging was enabled (which gos has enabled by default). If it is loading and functional, then that is good news.

@pirboazo@ville.sorcie.re thanks, now tracking here: https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/cwtch-ui/issues/986

@floopy@kolektiva.social there are two main blockers to iOS

1. Apple policies and the general locked-down nature of iOS means that we don't currently think its possible to run an app like Cwtch on iOS without significant workarounds (namely the reliance on a bundled Tor / keeping 1/more onion services alive in the background are both challenges that need to be overcome)

2. We don't have the developer effort right now to even begin to look into that.

@pitmutt@zeal.center

Hi! We are aware that Cwtch 1.15+ has issues starting on some linux distros due to a library conflict. We believe that has now been fixed as of our most recent nightly (https://build.openprivacy.ca/files/flwtch-2025-02-15-01-08-v1.15.4-9-gb6cb/) which will shortly be released as 1.15.5.

I have activated your account. Please let us know if you have any other issues, or if the nightly fix does not work.