The state of open source SMS messagers - eviltoast

With simple messager selling out & qksms no longer being actively worked on. What’s our options for open source sms messagers?

Should I dedicate time to learning flutter and building my own or does anyone know any cool foss projects working on this issue?

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My condolences. But seriously though, what if you want to have a group chat, or send a file?

    • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Plenty of group chats that mix iMessage and sms, just through iMessage, or just sms group chats.

      Most new Canadians I interact with have WhatsApp, however, as I understand that’s quite popular abroad.

      • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        SMS doesn’t have group chats does it? Unless your client is just sending the same message to everyone and grouping together the responses?

        • scoobford@lemmy.oneEnglish
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          11 months ago

          I don’t know about the underlying technology, but every client I’ve used for the past couple decades supported groups.

          However, they absolutely sucked. There was no way to leave. Unless someone made a new group without you and everyone used that, you’d keep getting messages.