LXMF client for Android, Linux and macOS allowing you to communicate with people or LXMF-compatible systems over Reticulum networks using LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi, I2P, or anything else Reticulum supports.

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README.md

Sideband

Sideband is an LXMF client for Android, Linux and macOS. It allows you to communicate with other people or LXMF-compatible systems over Reticulum networks using LoRa, Packet Radio, WiFi, I2P, or anything else Reticulum supports.

Sideband is completely free, end-to-end encrypted, permission-less, anonymous and infrastructure-less. Sideband uses the peer-to-peer and distributed messaging system LXMF. There is no sign-up, no service providers, no "end-user license agreements", no data theft and no surveillance. You own the system.

This also means that Sideband operates differently than what you might be used to. It does not need a connection to a server on the Internet to function, and you do not have an account anywhere. Please read the Guide section included in the program, to get an understanding of how Sideband differs from other messaging systems.

The program currently includes basic functionality for secure and independent communication, and many useful features are planned for implementation. Sideband is currently released as a beta version. Please help make all the functionality a reality by supporting the development with donations.

Sideband works well with the terminal-based LXMF client Nomad Network, which allows you to easily host Propagation Nodes for your LXMF network, and more.

If you want to help develop this program, get in touch.

Installation

For your Android devices, download an APK on the latest release page. If you prefer to install via F-Droid, you can add the IzzyOnDroid Repository to your F-Droid client, which includes Sideband.

A DMG file containing a macOS app bundle is also available on the latest release page.

Aditionally, you can install Sideband with pip on Linux and macOS:

# Install Sideband and dependencies on Linux
pip install sbapp

# Install Sideband and dependencies on macOS
pip install "sbapp[macos]"

# Run it
sideband

Support Sideband Development

You can help support the continued development of open, free and private communications systems by donating via one of the following channels:

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Ethereum

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Bitcoin
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Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/markqvist

Development Roadmap

Adding a Nomad Net page browser
Implementing the Local Broadcasts feature
Adding a debug log option and viewer
Adding a Linux .desktop file
Message sorting mechanism
Fix I2P status not being displayed correctly when the I2P router disappears unexpectedly
Adding LXMF sneakernet and paper message functionality

License

Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Permission is hereby granted to use Sideband in binary form, for any and all purposes, and to freely distribute binary copies of the program, so long as no payment or compensation is charged or received for such distribution or use.

Device screenshots generated with deviceframes. Thanks!