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Bringing E2E privacy to the Web: 4th security audit đ
May 22, 2023 - Delta Chatâs âweb apps shared in a chatâ come with a unique privacy promise but in January it was shown to be compromised. We got into a surprising struggle with Web browser sandboxing issues that took us several months to come out ahead of. Read on...

Good news from security audits, past and present
March 27, 2023 - In case you wonder how safe Delta Chatâs core messaging implementation and server guides are, you may be interested in the summary statement from the recent independent security audit by Cure53: Read on...

New Guide for Setting up Mail Servers for Delta Chat - and Upcoming Workshops!
January 27, 2023 - Every once in a while we get asked what mail server is best suited for Delta Chat. In short - most mail servers will work well, and reliability depends more on their IP reputation and configuration parameters like spam checking, rate limits, and attachment size how well it works with Delta Chat. One feature-complete mail-server we have successfully worked with is Mailcow. Read on...

Decentralization Unchained (Psst ... want a UI/UX dev job?)
December 15, 2022 - What do indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest, friends in Cuba, families in Iran, activists from Russia, a monastery in Cambodia, and many folks in the Fediverse have in common? Read on...

Introducing Automatic E-mail Address Porting (AEAP)
September 14, 2022 - The Delta Chat 1.32 releases introduced e-mail porting mechanisms (AEAP). They enable for e-mail what number porting does for mobile phone communications, i.e. to more easily change between communication providers. Read on...

Sharing web apps in a chat
June 14, 2022 - Delta Chat 1.30 introduces support for webxdc apps: which makes it possible to share HTML5 apps (packaged as .xdc files) inside your chats, so that any participant can run the app by clicking âStartâ in the message. It transforms Delta Chat into an extensible messenging app where third parties can easily program custom interactive chat extensions, called âwebxdc appsâ. Read on...

Which e-mail providers work well with Delta Chat? Quite some :)
January 16, 2022 - In the last couple of months we engaged with comparing around 20 international e-mail providers, based on our earlier research into comparison criteria. These efforts were part of our EPPD project funded by the EU. Read on...

Updates on Accounts, Downloads, Group-Joins, Search and more
November 17, 2021 - Yip, Delta Chat 1.24 is out for Android and iOS: Read on...

New data protection officer appointed and refined privacy policies
November 10, 2021 - The Delta Chat privacy policy situation just got even better! We appointed Prof. Dr. Fabian Schmieder, professor for data protection and media law of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover and coauthor of the standard work Betrieblicher Datenschutz (Operational data protection), who is now our data protection officer. He has been helping us for a long time and is not only a great advisor but also a brilliant pianist!:) Read on...

What Makes a Good E-Mail Provider? Let's find out :)
September 11, 2021 - What provider should I use for Delta Chat? We hear this question often but itâs not so easy to answer. Everyone has different needs and situations. So how to go about this? Read on...

Chat Requests, Multi-Account, Connectivity
August 24, 2021 - Delta Chat 1.22 is out! This post explains the most important changes in this release. Read on...

E-mail compatibility releases
May 05, 2021 - The current releases make interoperability with classic e-mail land even smoother, targeting several long-awaited things. Read on...
Older posts
February 2021 - Delta Chat iOS is catching up!
November 2020 - Swipe to Reply and other Android News
August 2020 - Final report on UX developments 2019/2020
July 2020 - Releases, Disappearing messages and Video chats
June 2020 - Delta Chat 1.10 is rolling out
March 2020 - Shining some light on Delta Chat bots
March 2020 - Pin Chats, Provider Database, Offline Help and more
July 2019 - UX and needfinding report Delta Chat
June 2019 - New stable Delta Chat Android with improved group-profiles, video recording, notifications, ...
March 2019 - Key findings of first Delta Chat UX testing in Kyiv
February 2019 - Play Store, OAuth2 and more from the dev stage
January 2019 - DeltaChat multi-platform releases rolling ...
December 2018 - DeltaChat Ukraine/Needfinding report / 35c3
November 2018 - Delta-XI in Kyiv 2018⊠a lot of beginnings
October 2018 - Decentralization Unchained
October 2018 - OpenPGPSummit 2018: The ecosystem is moving ...
October 2018 - Delta Chat android-dev state
October 2018 - Delta.Chat desktop update
October 2018 - support.delta.chat now working
September 2018 - Big update on Delta.chat developments
June 2018 - Delta Chat 0.18.0, improved reliability and more
May 2018 - Time to relax: Delta Chat and the GDPR
May 2018 - Delta Chat on HACKarnaval in Paris
May 2018 - Delta Chat not vulnerable to EFAIL
February 2018 - Delta Chat 0.15.0 with Voice Messages, Elevate Festival and more
February 2018 - Delta Chat 0.14.0 - Gossip-And-Setup-Message Version
January 2018 - Delta Chat 0.13.0 - Reply-Encrypted-Release
January 2018 - Delta Chat 0.12.0 - a minor release
December 2017 - Details about the #34C3 Delta Chat session
December 2017 - Sessions on #34C3 and other news
November 2017 - Delta Chat 0.10.0, Semantic versions, APK
November 2017 - Delta Chat 0.9.7 (The archived one), iOS and docs
October 2017 - Delta Chat 0.9.6 - a little bugfix release
October 2017 - Delta Chat 0.9.5 - "Get your data out of there"-Release
October 2017 - Delta Chat on Desktop
August 2017 - Follow our news on friendica network
August 2017 - Delta Chat 0.9.4, Group images, Status, Fixes
July 2017 - Read receipts and Social pressure
June 2017 - Delta Chat v0.9.2 feat. Autocrypt Level 1
June 2017 - New Transifex page
June 2017 - Follow us via RSS or Twitter
June 2017 - Delta Chat v0.9.0 introducing PGP
May 2017 - Delta makes chatting better
May 2017 - Yeah! Delta Chat has a blog now!