I’m the developer, so take this as self-promotion; one post, and I’ll answer questions here.

What it does: messages, pictures, files and voice notes, plus voice and video calls, always one to one. There is no sign-up. You meet someone, scan their QR code (or open the link they send you), and that’s the contact. There is no directory, so nobody can look you up.

Where things live: the conversation is stored on the two phones and nowhere else. When both phones are reachable, a message goes directly from one to the other, end-to-end encrypted. When the other phone is off, a mailbox on our server keeps the encrypted blob until it is collected, seven days at most; you can switch the mailbox off in Settings if you prefer messages to wait on your own phone.

Inside a chat there is an Apps tab: a document scanner, a shared list, a whiteboard you can draw on during a call, a translator that runs on the phone, and a few two-player games such as chess.

Known limits, so nobody is surprised: with a direct connection the other phone can see your public IP, and the wake-up push goes through Google (it carries no content). It only works if the other person also has it. iPhone is coming soon.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flickertalk.app Source (AGPL-3.0): https://github.com/FlickerTalk

I’d like to hear what was confusing the first time you opened it, and which tool or game you’d want next.

  • Thorry@feddit.org
    18·
    8 days ago

    Can we get an AI disclosure on your code? You’ve come a long way in a short time, but nobody wants another AI slop project that’s dead and forgotten within two weeks. And I’m getting some real sloppy vibes.

    • pikl@lemmy.world
      6·
      7 days ago

      People totally code with comments explaining exactly what illegible code does at every function, variable and class… In properly punctuated text with paragraph formatting and everything.

      • Thorry@feddit.org
        3·
        7 days ago

        Sure, we have a word count in our coding guidelines, you need 3000 words per function and 8000 for a class. More is better obviously, but no less. And during code review you aren’t just judged on the information within the comments, prose and grammar is also taken into account. If the reviewer doesn’t at least experience some emotions, pull request DENIED!

  • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    15·
    7 days ago

    If this is slop, you should disclose that fact, especially for something dealing with messages and encryption.

    Your post seems like it could be from an LLM written draft modified slightly before posting.

  • Lumidaub@feddit.org
    3·
    7 days ago

    Inside a chat there is an Apps tab: a document scanner, a shared list, a whiteboard you can draw on during a call, a translator that runs on the phone, and a few two-player games such as chess.

    Why…?? Shouldn’t you focus on the core functionality first before adding frivolous nonsense?