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Fediverse

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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

Getting started on Fediverse;

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A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as "an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse."

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[–] 9tr6gyp3 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Desktop app works fine tbh.

Phone numbers required for now. Usernames potentially on the horizon per sms removal update.

Server side code is open source and available at Signal Server Github.

Also available on iOS. Android has an apk download so you dont need Google Play.