/Off-the-Record-iOS

ChatSecure is a simple multiprotocol IM client for iOS that supports encrypted "Off-the-Record" messaging using Cypherpunks' libotr

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ChatSecure

ChatSecure is a free and open source instant messaging client for iOS that integrates encrypted OTR ("Off the Record") messaging support from the libotr library. It uses the LibOrange library to handle all of the AIM (OSCAR) functionality and the XMPPFramework to handle Jabber/GTalk (XMPP).

Cost

This project is 100% free because it is important that all people around the world have unrestricted access to privacy tools. However, developing and supporting this project is hard work and costs real money. Please help support the development of this project! We now also accept Bitcoin via Coinbase! :)

bitcoin donation

Localization

transifex localization

If you would like to contribute/improve a translation:

  1. Visit our Transifex project page and make an account if you don't have one already.
  2. Go to the resources subsites AppStore.strings & Localizable.strings to add a new language or improve an existing translation.
  3. Open an issue on Github notifying us of your translation.

Compatibility

Bold indicates it has been tested and works properly.

Native

  • Adium (Mac OS X) - OTR works over both XMPP and Oscar.
  • Jitsi (Cross-platform)

Plug-in

Phone apps

  • ChatSecure Android (formerly known as Gibberbot), a free and open source Android application produced by The Guardian Project, provides OTR protocol compatible over XMPP chat.
  • BEEM - Android XMPP client (compatibility unknown)

Full List

Build Instructions

  • Install mogenerator brew install mogenerator
  • Dowload git clone git@github.com:chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS.git --recursive
  • cd Off-the-Record-iOS/
  • Create /Off the Record/OTRSecrets.h and fill in blank strings for the missing API keys: USERVOICE_KEY, USERVOICE_SECRET, GOOGLE_APP_SECRET, HOCKEY_LIVE_IDENTIFIER, and HOCKEY_BETA_IDENTIFIER.
  • Open Off the Record.xcodeproj in Xcode and build.

License

Software License Agreement (GPLv3+)

Copyright (c) 2012, Chris Ballinger. All rights reserved.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

If you would like to relicense this code to distribute it on the App Store, please contact me at chris@chatsecure.org.

Contributing

Thank you for your interest in contributing to ChatSecure! To avoid potential legal headaches and to allow distribution on Apple's App Store please sign our CLA (Contributors License Agreement). For contributing translations, please check out our Transifex page.

  1. Sign the CLA (odt, pdf) and email it to chris@chatsecure.org.
  2. Fork the project and (preferably) work in a feature branch.
  3. Open a pull request on GitHub.
  4. Thank you!

Third-party Libraries

This software additionally references or incorporates the following sources of intellectual property, the license terms for which are set forth in the sources themselves:

The following dependencies are bundled with the ChatSecure, but are under terms of a separate license:

Acknowledgements

Thank you to everyone who helped this project become a reality! This project is also supported by the fine folks from The Guardian Project and OpenITP.