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Circlus messenger?

Right - ran a search and got no results, so am asking directly

This thing any good? Anyone run it?

circlus.org

Use case: want to give my kid a SEVERELY locked down Moto E (2nd gen) as a Youtube music player device and a “message Daddy” app - strictly wifi / in house only.

The first thing is simple enough. The second thing is…interesting.

I had my local AI do some research and it spat out the above. I don’t think it’s quite right but It looks interesting. Any one use it / can comment? Failing that, can anyone recommend a simple WLAN messaging app that will run on Android 6 / lineageOS? I’m sure I can dig one up but if someone has one running, I’m all ears.

PS: I’m not looking at using a VPS for this…but the above did catch my attention as fairly normie friendly. Might be worth self hosting something like that…

circlus.orgCirclus — Your Private MessengerCirclus is a private messenger for trusted circles, with self-hosted servers, end-to-end encrypted chats, calls, and transparent server ownership.

Replying to @⁨SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone⁩

Aw crap, I may have awakened something in me…like hosting another bloody service the kids will use once and then just quit. No amount of my over-engineering can solve user apathy…so this time I’m investing less effort :)

Interestingly…the local brain found these

github.com/nathanielxd/simple-lan-chat

f-droid.org/…/net.usikkert.kouchat.android/

I still kinda wanna do the XMPP thing now…but I have a nagging suspicion I will be talking to myself or the clanker with it.

A simple app that allows users on the same LAN to chat through basic UDP packets. - nathanielxd/simple-lan-chatGitHubGitHub - nathanielxd/simple-lan-chat: A simple app that allows users on the same LAN to chat through basic UDP packets.A simple app that allows users on the same LAN to chat through basic UDP packets. - nathanielxd/simple-lan-chat
Edited ⁨⁨Aug⁩ ⁨15⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨04:49⁩⁩en