This reminds me of when I used Trillian IM/Pidgin/Meebo back in the day. Everything old is new again!

And Miranda!

Man, Miranda was so fantastic. Miranda and Winamp are the only two programs I miss from my Windows days.

Music Bee is pretty good. Not sure if it's still around though, I mostly listen to music on my phone/youtube nowadays and work doesn't let me download music to my computer.

still using miranda-ng with OTR plugin.

Seems to only be 4 MB because it downloads 100 MB of "embedded browser" when you first run it. I smell an Electron.

It's about 40 MB compressed, and it's only used for authentication. The app will work without it.

I'm really sad it has to be downloaded, but there's no other way to do authentication. Will switch to Servo once it's ready, it's only ~20 MB.

"native"

> doctor_evil_quote_fingers.jpg

Yeah, just go ahead and use some random closed-source IM tool for your secure messaging - seems like a great idea.

How do you plan to maintain it? No ads, full privacy, how will you eat? Why is it not free and open-source?

Agreed. The polish, development schedule, and binary-only distribution all say "commercial software", but the lack of license or obvious commercial strategy say "what's going on here".

Looking at your comment history (on both your accounts), you say you plan to open-source it, but you're not sure under what license, and you also hope to make money off it but you're not sure how - possibly through a "paid option"? I commend your effort, but until the exact nature of the project is settled, I would expect confusion and reluctance on the part of your potential users.

Personally, I would never use a secure messenger I couldn't compile myself.

Some previous threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14778263 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15209790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15081269

Good points, I'll make the strategy more clear now that I also have a more clear picture.

There is going to be a freemium model. I'm working on setting up a company, this should be done by the end of the month.

This sounds great; I'm sure people on HN would be happy to help out if you have any questions.

> all major platforms

No IRC.

Yes IRC! It's just not listed on the home page, I'll fix that.