The new Whisperfish 0.6 is getting functional. Whisperfish should be in a usable state for many users; make sure to have the latest version! Also, check our Wiki and feel free to contribute to it! Currently, mimimum supported SailfishOS version is 3.3. We intend to keep compatibility with 3.4 for as long as humanly possible.
If you had a pre-existing, working 0.5 installation with default settings, migration should be a breeze. Notably not working:
Additionally, the Sailfish 4.0 series introduced a few issues, and possibly new features; notably:
If the app behaves strangely or slow (I have a strong dislike for slow software) to you, please get in touch on Matrix #whisperfish:rubdos.be or on Freenode #whisperfish, file an issue, or send an email to whisperfish [at] rubdos [dot] be, or post on the SailfishOS Forum topic. If it works well already, alse let me know! That's good for morale.
Follow the progress of the rework in the 0.6 milestone on Gitlab. If you are interested in contributing, contact me on Gitlab. If you want to discuss development, join the discussion on Matrix #whisperfish:rubdos.be.
There are nightly builds (in form of RPM) available on Gitlab. Nighlies eat batteries for breakfast, break up with your girlfriend, and use magic to turn phones into bricks. If you want to use them, please come and chat on Matrix or IRC. Whenever there is a version that makes sense, and has a low probability of tearing apart the very fabric of the universe, it'll be here on Open Repos!
Thanks for the support, feel free to buy me a coffee! Liberapay allows for donations via PayPal or credit card. While I do appreciate the donations, please consider matching your donation towards Signal themselves. They need it more than I do, now more than ever! Also consider donating to Weblate, because they provide their translation hosting service to us and many other SailfishOS applications at no cost!
The original Whisperfish 0.5.0, by Andrew, was released under GPLv3+. Since we are using the upstream code of Signal themselves, partly licensed under AGPLv3+, the whole of Whisperfish 0.6.0 falls under AGPLv3+.
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Many big plans!
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Fixes startup on upgraded contact database.
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rossholmes
Mon, 2021/04/19 - 14:33
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Hi there, I got stuck during the registration process as when I get to Captcha part the page stays white blank - there is a little circle for few seconds and after it says Cannot load Captcha, check internet connection. Is there a workaround?
rubdos
Mon, 2021/04/19 - 15:30
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Workaround is documented here: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/4-0-1-45-regression-in-rendering-of-recap...
This is a bug in SailfishOS 4.0, and will be fixed in SailfishOS 4.1.
rossholmes
Mon, 2021/04/19 - 15:44
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Thank you so much! Love your work
rubdos
Mon, 2021/04/19 - 15:47
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Glad I can help! Next release should be soon™ :-)
TMavica
Mon, 2021/04/19 - 09:17
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aarch64
rubdos
Mon, 2021/04/19 - 12:07
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It's there, it's always been there.
TMavica
Wed, 2021/03/31 - 10:08
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I want a 64 bit build
rubdos
Wed, 2021/03/31 - 10:42
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There is an aarch64 build, if that's what you mean. I haven't tested it (no device with aarch64 SailfishOS), but it should work. Or do you mean an x86_64/amd64 build?
yomark
Sat, 2021/03/20 - 11:49
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x2, tnx rubdos!
dalas_revo
Thu, 2021/03/18 - 20:59
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Hi @rubdos, thanks a lot for this app! Unfortunately I have a problem: it won't start, I see the spinning circle and then it closes again. When starting from terminal, I see:
I am on a freshly installed XA2 on SFOS 4.0.1.48.
rubdos
Fri, 2021/03/19 - 01:02
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Owkay, I just tried to do the backport of the relevant patches, but it's a mess to back port. Beta.1 will include a totally new GUI and a big refactor of the backend, so it's non-trivial conflicts a volonté here.
I'll prepare a version alpha.9 that ignores the error instead, such that WF will start again. I'm spending a lot of time getting beta.1 in shape, it'll be awesome!
dalas_revo
Fri, 2021/03/19 - 10:10
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Thanks for your hard work on this issue and on the app!
rubdos
Thu, 2021/03/18 - 21:45
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Thanks for reporting, I'll try to fix that tomorrow in a new alpha.9. I didn't realize that I had not included the contact fixes in alpha.8. That probably means that practically nobody can use Whisperfish on 4.0.1.48, but you're the first to report. Pretty curious.
nerd7473
Wed, 2021/03/10 - 18:46
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Will we get videocalls eventually?
rubdos
Wed, 2021/03/10 - 21:36
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Very very eventually, I hope to implement that indeed :-)
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 23:11
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noax8 ....I cant join
rubdos
Fri, 2021/02/26 - 10:54
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I've sent you an invite, hope that's better now :)
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 15:36
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I cant find the room in matrix using Elements
rubdos
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 21:39
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By the way, if you still want to join, try to type /join #whisperfish:rubdos.be in any chat. Otherwise, let me know your Matrix username and I'll invite you!
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 15:24
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I have just send it in gitlab. I dont if thats tge best way for you,
rubdos
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 15:53
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Yes, let's continue this on Gitlab, that's perfect :-)
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 15:03
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Also if I try to open, holfing the message I cab open or delete. If I push open , the app failed.
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 14:58
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And I can even heard the audios
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 14:57
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Where should I send it to you?
delocoyo
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 12:31
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Hej rubdos. Been in koli 4 I cant read or see pictures that people is sending to me. I receive them, but cant open them.
rubdos
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 13:22
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Did this work before? Do their thumbnails show up? Please show me the contents of `.config/harbour-whisperfish/harbour-whisperfish.conf`, e.g. by running `cat .config/harbour-whisperfish/harbour-whisperfish.conf | grep attachment`. I think I know what bug this is; if I'm right this will be solved in the next release, but I'll walk you through getting it fixed already.
konst
Thu, 2021/02/25 - 10:30
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Hello! The app doesn't start. Freshly installed SFOS on XA2, 4.0.1.48.
When I tap on the icon, it moves in the screen with other running apps, then disappears in ~5 seconds
inte
Thu, 2021/02/18 - 01:54
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Is it just me or are conatcts not syncing any more in 4.0.1.48? And, by the way, the contact name shown previously appears to be the name stored in the nickname field which is not optimal since messenger id is stored in this field by the system when using the built in chat function??
rubdos
Thu, 2021/02/18 - 13:49
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Definitely not just you. It's in the description:
This is fixed in the master branch. Maybe I should branch out *yet another* alpha, now that 4.0 is actually released...
edp17
Fri, 2021/02/12 - 15:49
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Hello,
Thank you for working on native a Signal client.
The previous ones worked fine but the latest version on my Note4 port (SFOS 4.0.1.45) doesn't work. When I hit the Register button, I only get a white screen, then little later it displays a message at the top: "Could not connect to the reCAPTCHA service. Please check your internet connection and reload to get a reCAPTCHA challenge."
The internet (wifi) is on as I just installed the app and there is no way to reload the page. There is some log here: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/XYw92dYNKv/
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