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Features

• Single and group chats
• Send images and files
• Voice messages
• Offline chat history
• Push Notifications
• Account settings
• Display user avatars
• Themes, chat wallpapers and dark mode
• Device management
• Edit chat settings and permissions
• Kick, ban and unban users
• Display and edit chat topics
• Change chat & user avatars
• Archived chats
• Discover public chats on the user's homeserver
• Registration
• Disable account
• Change password
• End-To-End-Encryption

How to build

1. Install flutter

2. Clone the repo:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.com/ChristianPauly/fluffychat-flutter
cd fluffychat-flutter

3. Choose your target platform below and enable support for it.

4. Debug with: flutter run

Android

• Install CMake from the SDK Manager

• Install ninja:

sudo apt install ninja-build

• Outcomment the Google Services plugin at the end of the file android/app/build.gradle:

// apply plugin: "com.google.gms.google-services"

• Build with: flutter build apk

iOS / iPadOS

• With xcode you can't build a release version without our cert. :-/ Use flutter run --profile to have a working version on your iOS device.

Web

• Enable web support in Flutter: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/web

• Build with: flutter build web --release

Desktop (Linux, Windows, macOS)

• Enable Desktop support in Flutter: https://flutter.dev/desktop

• Build with one of these:

flutter build linux --release
flutter build windows --release
flutter build macos --release

How to add translations for your language

You can use Weblate to translate the app to your language:

https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/fluffychat/

1. Replace the non-translated string in the codebase:

Text("Hello world"),

with a method call:

Text(L10n.of(context).helloWorld),

and add the following import if missing:

import 'package:flutter_gen/gen_l10n/l10n.dart';

2. Add the string to /lib/l10n/l10n_en.arb:

(The following example need to be sorounded by the usual json {} and after the @@locale key)

Example A:

"helloWorld": "Hello World!",
"@helloWorld": {
  "description": "The conventional newborn programmer greeting"
}

Example B:

"hello": "Hello {userName}",
"@hello": {
  "description": "A message with a single parameter",
  "placeholders": {
    "userName": {
      "type": “String”,
      “example”: “Bob”
    }
  }
}

3. For testing just run a regular build without extras

Special thanks to

• Fabiyamada is a graphics designer from Brasil and has made the fluffychat logo and the banner. Big thanks for her great designs.

• Advocatux has made the Spanish translation with great love and care. He always stands by my side and supports my work with great commitment.

• Thanks to MTRNord and Sorunome for developing.

• Thanks to Mark for all his support and the chat background.

• Also thanks to all translators and testers! With your help, fluffychat is now available in more than 12 languages.