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[24.02.2026] - GNUnet Messenger API: February 2026

Hello again,

this month has been a bit different. Originally I thought to be done with my previous changes, ready for release but there were still some issues open in other services marked for the next release of GNUnet. So I waited at first for others to solve them until …

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[26.01.2026] - GNUnet Messenger API: January 2026

Hello there,

the new year has started and I continued with my ongoing work back from November. The client-side library libgnunetchat has added a new function to generate a random secret which applications like messenger-gtk or messenger-cli can store using libsecret. Such a secret will be used to encrypt and …

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[20.12.2025] - Development in 2025

Hey everyone,

welcome to the recap of my development from 2025. It has been another year and I put a lot of effort into improving the GNUnet Messenger again. As part of completing my study, I developed a concept for forward secrecy in distributed group contexts. Then I implemented and …

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[30.11.2025] - GNUnet Messenger API: November 2025

Hey again,

this month a few changes in GNUnet rolled out that would rename keys from its identity service to make clear they are blindable asymmetric keys. So I updated libgnunetchat to keep building against it. Additionally it was suggested that services like the messenger service in GNUnet should stop …

#gnunet #gnunet #messenger

[31.10.2025] - GNUnet Messenger API: October 2025

Hi there,

this month I started to port the messenger application from GTK3 and libhandy to GTK4 and libadwaita. So far the progress looks pretty good. I still need to adjust some widgets to avoid usage of some deprecated ones. There is some logic missing to upload files because file …

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