Ricochet 1.1.4

Ricochet is a peer-to-peer, anonymous and secure instant messaging system utilizing Tor. It allows chatting with anyone without exposing an identity or IP address. It does not reveal any meta data, contacts, as it does not rely on central servers.

Tags c++ chat instant-messaging tor encryption cross-platform qt5
License BSDL
State initial

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Recent Releases

1.1.405 Nov 2016 06:45 minor feature: Windows - (pgp) . Mac OS X - (pgp). . Linux 32-bit - (pgp). . Linux 64-bit - (pgp). . Source - (pgp). . Block all network requests to guard against potential deanonymization. Reject contact requests with nicknames containing suspicious characters. Sanitize nicknames before use in UI labels. a common crash when restarting an outbound connection attempt. a which caused connection attempts to contacts to stall until restarted. Added translations for Hebrew, Slovenian, and Chinese. Updated translations. Updated to Qt 5.5.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1r, and Tor 0.2.7.6. OS X builds now use AddressSanitizer for hardening.
1.1.310 Oct 2016 13:25 minor feature: Windows - (pgp) . Mac OS X - (pgp). . Linux 32-bit - (pgp). . Linux 64-bit - (pgp). . Source - (pgp). . Block all network requests to guard against potential deanonymization. Reject contact requests with nicknames containing suspicious characters. Sanitize nicknames before use in UI labels. a common crash when restarting an outbound connection attempt. a which caused connection attempts to contacts to stall until restarted. Added translations for Hebrew, Slovenian, and Chinese. Updated translations. Updated to Qt 5.5.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1r, and Tor 0.2.7.6. OS X builds now use AddressSanitizer for hardening.
1.1.216 Feb 2016 05:25 minor feature: Windows - (pgp) . Mac OS X - (pgp). . Linux 32-bit - (pgp). . Linux 64-bit - (pgp). . Source - (pgp). . Block all network requests to guard against potential deanonymization. Reject contact requests with nicknames containing suspicious characters. Sanitize nicknames before use in UI labels. a common crash when restarting an outbound connection attempt. a which caused connection attempts to contacts to stall until restarted. Added translations for Hebrew, Slovenian, and Chinese. Updated translations. Updated to Qt 5.5.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1r, and Tor 0.2.7.6. OS X builds now use AddressSanitizer for hardening.
1.1.109 Sep 2015 09:25 minor feature: Windows. Mac OS X. Linux 32-bit. Linux 64-bit. Implement a new protocol, intended to improve safety and extensibility. Brand new application icon, contributed by Lawrence Eastland. Add Bulgarian, Czech, German, Finnish, Tagalog, French, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukranian translations. Show a timestamp in chat when more than an hour has passed since the last message. Patch from Jan Noertemann and Robin Burchell. Improve contact preferences UI design and behavior. Refresh contact list UI design. Make sure chat windows are always opened fully on screen. Patch from Jan Noertemann. windows not always flashing for new messages on Windows. Patch from Jan Noertemann. network setup getting stuck when tor fails to launch. Correctly display newlines in chat messages. Remove the unnecessary hidden service self-test at startup. Windows builds now use MinGW for better automation and compatibility. Update to Qt 5.4.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1m, and Tor 0.2.6.7.
1.1.012 Apr 2015 01:45 major feature: Implement a new protocol, intended to improve safety and extensibility. Brand new application icon, contributed by Lawrence Eastland. Add Bulgarian, Czech, German, Finnish, Tagalog, French, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukranian translations. Show a timestamp in chat when more than an hour has passed since the last message. Patch from Jan Noertemann and Robin Burchell. Improve contact preferences UI design and behavior. Refresh contact list UI design. Make sure chat windows are always opened fully on screen. Patch from Jan Noertemann. Fix windows not always flashing for new messages on Windows. Patch from Jan Noertemann. Fix network setup getting stuck when tor fails to launch. Correctly display newlines in chat messages. Remove the unnecessary hidden service self-test at startup. Windows builds now use MinGW for better automation and compatibility. Update to Qt 5.4.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1m, and Tor 0.2.6.7.
1.0.420 Nov 2014 03:15 minor feature: Fixed a bug which caused the chat window to move erratically in some cases when receiving messages or scrolling (#76) Fixed "Configuration is already in use" errors appearing on startup after unexpected system reboots (#73) Improved documentation on building from source (#56, #57) Fixed Tor errors after moving Ricochet configuration between folders or computers (#?59) Improved text input focus in "single window" mode . Updated Spanish translation from strel Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation from swperman Updated Danish translation from @mkroman Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.1i
1.0.305 Aug 2014 22:04 minor bugfix: Updated tor to 0.2.4.23. Migrated configuration to a more useful and robust system. OS X bundles are now signed to remove Gatekeeper warnings. Added optional 'single window' mode. Added options to skip the "Open Browser" security nagging dialog. The contact list shows the number of unread messages. Added Danish translation by Mikkel Kroman. Added Portuguese (Brazil) translation by swperman.