Chris Billington wrote:
> The attached updates net/parla DeltaChat client to 0.9.0
> 
> The most relevant change from previous 0.8.2 version apart from minor 
> bugfixes and improvements is enabling WebXDC apps by default, which adds 
> a LIB_DEPENDS on webkitgtk60 and some corresponding WANTLIB additions.
> 
> WebXDC apps [1] are mini secure/sandboxed html/js/css applications for 
> collaboration, information sharing or gaming etc.
> 
> I tested a few: simple ones like calculators/chess/checklists worked 
> fine. More advanced applications such as the Calc mini-spreadsheet which 
> use WebAssembly are out of reach for Webkitgtk60.
> 
> Tested on 8.0-beta amd64 1788462483 - Thu Sep  3 19:08:03 UTC 2026 
> (after the libc bump)
> 
> Tests and comments welcome.
> 
> If interested in secure/private messaging, Delta Chat [2] is worth a 
> look. I have used it for some years on mobile, including with contacts 
> in countries behind aggressive State firewalls.
> 
> The 'Chatmail' server component (effectively a restricted IMAP server) 
> DC uses is based on a Debian 12 core. At the moment public instances are 
> run by the development team with NLNet support.  I don't have the 
> in-depth email knowledge to port that config to OpenBSD, but it is 
> surely possible.
> 
> [1] https://webxdc.org
> [2] https://delta.chat
> 
> Chris
Basic messaging including audio/video attachments further tested on 
multiple machines. Parla functionality is now equivalent to the 
Android/IOS clients.

I did some further testing of WebXDC HTML5/sandboxed webapps. WASM 
applications require enabling in Settings/Advanced. That done, they work 
well.

Reviews/tests from interested parties welcome. It would be nice to have 
this encrypted instant messenger application available in Ports for 8.0. 
Would anyone like to provide OKs/merge it, and its deltachat-rpc-server dep?

Chris

• parla.tgz (1K)
• deltachat-rpc-server.tgz (48K)