Sunbird Messenger (down with closed gardens!)

4 years ago by dodo to c/libre_culture

Unify all your messaging apps including iMessage without needing any Apple device! iMessage, SMS/MMS, WhatsApp, FB messenger & more. Join the waitlist!

Hey everyone, I’ve got a software suggestion for all you hatters of closed gardens. It's basically an all-in-one messenger. It will aggregate multiple messengers on android (whatsapp, facebook messenger, sms, rcs, discord, signal) including imessage! NO MORE GREEN BUBBLES!!! Best part (other than imessage), they're going to keep it free for as long as they can. (at least that’s the vibe I’m getting from the discord server). This app looks so freaking cool! Currently they’ve just got it open to some alpha testers but they will start releasing it to beta list soon. Let me just say, the alpha’s screenshots of imessage are looking very nice. You can use this link to sign up for the beta https://sunbirdapp.com/?r=jVmdy

Update: Ok everyone, as far as my legitometer is a curate, they've got a ten. I got into the alpha testing and have been successfully sending imessages to people for a couple days now. This is incredibly impressive and I am so looking forward to its completion.

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poVoq 0 points 4 years ago

XMPP with Slidge or Matrix with Mautix bridges can do more now already and are both fully FOSS.

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dodo 0 points 4 years ago

Dang, that looks like a really cool combo! Only draw back, no imessage, which is unfortunately what most people use. But still looks pretty dang cool.

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poVoq 1 point 4 years ago

Mautrix has an imessage bridge: https://github.com/mautrix/imessage

But Apple being Apple, you need to run software on a Mac to link it. Luckily, hardly anyone around here uses iMessage, so Apple can go f*ck itself.

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