I've just pushed Tor integration in Libervia (first step of the NLnet metadata reduction and serverless grant). https://nlnet.nl/project/ServerlessXMPP/ This has been done thanks to the work of @meejah on `txtorcon` and of course of @torproject and the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Libervia CLI Tip 20: There is a REPL in the CLI that you can launch with `li shell`. Inside, you can select a command or sub-command with `cmd`, and fix an argument with `use`: > cmd pubsub pubsub> use service pubsub.example.org Then just enter the sub-command to run it on the given service […]

Libervia CLI Tip 19: To send a message, use `li message send`. Messages can be encrypted using various algorithms supported by Libervia (OMEMO legacy, OMEMO:2, OX) with the `--encrypt` flag (or if a conversation is already encrypted). Use `--rich` to add rich content. There are various other […]

Libervia CLI Tip 18: Sometimes you have an XMPP URI and want to know what it refers to, or build one from data like a pubsub service and node. The `li uri` command lets you easily parse or construct XMPP URIs. It shows them in plain (unescaped) form, so you can see the actual target […]

✅ Train booked ✅ Accommodation booked See you at XMPP Summit 28 and FOSDEM'26! #brussels #fosdem #xmpp #summit #libervia

Libervia CLI Tip 17: Make or receive calls directly from the CLI with `li call` commands. Either the Qt GUI appears, or you can even see video right inside your terminal (!). You can also redirect stdin/stdout (e.g.; with a pipe or a file), or use a custom GStreamer pipeline; allowing fun […]

I've been working a lot on improving one2one audio/video implementation lately, in particular with CLI frontend. Among the goodies, it is now possible to use custom GStreamer pipeline descriptions (for sources and/or sinks) and to redirect stdin or stdout. For fun, you can now send a Blender […]

Libervia CLI Tip 16: You need to modify many pubsub items? `li pubsub transform` is there to help. It uses an executable (e.g., shell or Python script), gives it each item as input, and replaces it with the returned item. Use `DELETE` to retract the item, and `SKIP` to ignore it. Very handy […]

Libervia CLI Tip 15: When publishing a blog or other pubsub based feature, the item ID is often used in the URL when it is rendered for the web (e.g.; Libervia or Movim use something like `https://…/blog/<user>/<item_id>`). It is then important to have a user-friendly item ID (e.g […]

Libervia CLI Tip 14: You can edit a new or existing blog post with `li blog edit`. This opens `$EDITOR`, and with supported editors (e.g., Vim or Emacs), it launches a split view: one pane shows the post body in your chosen syntax (e.g., Markdown), and the other displays the metadata. Use […]

Libervia CLI Tip 13: Somebody is annoying you or you're receiving unwanted messages? You can block a single entity with `li blocking block [email protected]` or a whole domain with `li blocking block example.net`. See who is already blocked with `li blocking list`, and remove an entity from […]

Libervia CLI Tip 12: You want to communicate with people using a third-party network? XMPP has a long history of "gateways", server components which let you communicate with non-XMPP networks (so-called "legacy" networks in XMPP literature). The `li gateway` commands help you discover […]

Libervia CLI Tip 11: Libervia automatically caches pubsub nodes you are subscribed to. You can control it with the `li pubsub cache` commands. The search capabilities are really powerful, with full-text search and many filters. You can find items across profiles, within a time frame, or on […]

I've officially finished the email<=>XMPP gateway grant 🎉. Lot of stuff done. The gateway is working but there are still things to do, notably finishing the e2ee encryption which is complex. I'll most probably blog about it (and the previous A/V one) next week […]

Hey there. My Apache server is getting for many days a massive amount of requests on a particular repository, which kills it (due to maximum workers limit passed). I've deactivated the repository and I'm banning IPs still trying to access it, and in less than an hour I have already ~17000 […]

Libervia CLI Tip 10: You can get various kinds of information using `li info`: - Features and items available for an entity (server, service, client, etc.) with `li info disco` - Version of the software running with `li info version` - Your current full JID and how long you have been connected […]

Libervia CLI tip 9: You can manage your bookmarks with the `li bookmarks` commands. `li bookmarks list` shows the rooms you’ve registered and if they are joined. If you change the `joined` state with `li bookmarks set --join <true|false> [email protected]` All of your clients should join or […]

Libervia CLI tip 8: You can check an entity’s response time with `li ping <some_jid>`. If your server, a service, or any entity feels unresponsive, it’s an easy way to do a quick check. It uses XEP-0199: XMPP Ping, but if the XEP is not implemented, an error should be received anyway, which […]

The problem with #chatcontrol is deep and extremely significant. It would be a paradigm shift that implies state and corporate control of app developers and users, i.e. what you can install on "your" devices. It would empower Google, Apple and Microsoft to increase enclosure even more. Just as […]

Great work from @nicoco and @edhelas to specify "spaces" with XMPP. It's now PubSub based, and open to anything (MUC room, pubsub nodes, URLs). That means that anybody can create spaces with suitable clients, and use PubSub permissions mechanism to make it public or private […]

Libervia CLI tip 7: Need to process items in bulk? The `--output` flag has an inverse: `li input` allows you to use an input document as a source for command arguments. For instance, you can prepare data in a LibreOffice Calc table, export it to CSV, and then use it with `li` to batch-process […]

Libervia CLI tip 6: Most commands have an `-O, --output` option to format the output. By default, the output is pretty formatted for humans, but you can output in JSON, XML, or other formats. With `template` output you can use Jinja templates, either built-in ones (the ones used in the web […]

Another screenshot of the forum feature redesign. Here you can see a topic with the editor below, with the user doing a mention. There are some tags too. There are still improvements to do, but it's really close to be usable. #libervia #xmpp #forum #dev #nlnet #ngi

I've just discovered that <C-a> and <C-x> can be used with Tridactyl to increment/decrement URL in the same way as it can be used on Vim/NeoVim to increment/decrement integers (or other things with plugins, like changing boolean values, day or month names, etc). This is quite useful to check […]

Libervia CLI tip 5: You can retrieve or modify your contacts list (aka “roster” in XMPP terms) with `li roster`. One of the subcommands, `stats`, gives you, as its name implies, statistics on your roster. You’ll notably get the number of contacts per domain, with a percentage representing the […]

I've been working on implementing XEP-0496 (Pubsub Node Relationships) and XEP-0499 (Pubsub Extended Discovery) in Libervia to allow a tree-like hierarchy in pubsub nodes. This is a big deal for many reasons, from better organisation to features which become […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Libervia CLI tip 4: If you see an XMPP powered blog like those made with Libervia or Movim, you can use directly the `https:` URL to retrieve the XMPP blog or one of its posts. For instance, to get my blog at https://www.goffi.org with Libervia CLI, you can do: `li blog get -u […]

Libervia CLI tip 3: You can use Libervia CLI to pipe out any command output to another entity: `some_command | li pipe out [email protected]` The other entity can receive the data like this: `li pipe in [email protected] | some_command_receiving_data` This is experimental use […]

Hey small update on my work on Libervia. I'm back from vacations, and finishing last steps on email <=> XMPP gateway. I'm still having the planning for the new grant to do. I'm planning to have at least an alpha release by September, as Libervia is packed with new features, but no releases in […]

Ohlala ce que je viens de retrouver, c'est collector ! #remeuleuleu #logiciel #libre #geneve #rmll

Un macaron fait maison, à mon nom et avec le logo de Libervia c'est quand même la méga classe. Une jolie attention de ma femme. #libervia #cuisine #macarons

@Goffi Salut ! Pour information. Un pont XMPP - Fédiverse élémentaire donc (bien moins ambitieux que Libervia), fournissant un service de chat entre les deux mondes, les utilisateurs gardant leur application et leur compte habituels. L'architecture est simple : deux comptes robots, un dans […]

🇬🇧 Launch of the XMPP / Fediverse Bridge! You've been waiting for it, here it is: from now on you'll be able to chat directly between Fediverse and XMPP instant messaging! All from your usual account and application, without changing a thing. So how does it work? Very simply, two twin robot […]

🇫🇷 Lancement du Bridge XMPP / Fédiverse ! Vous l'attendiez, le voici : vous pourrez désormais converser directement entre le Fédiverse et la messagerie instantanée XMPP ! Et ce depuis votre compte et votre application habituelle, sans rien changer. Comment ça marche ? Très simple, deux comptes […]

Il y a un passage de 1984 dont on ne parle pas souvent : une prolétaire accroche du linge en chantant une chanson composée par une machine. Ça résonne particulièrement de nos jours. #1984 #orwell #ia

Libervia CLI tip 2: You can run commands from your server or other entity with `li ad-hoc run`. The command is designed with automation in mind, you can automatically submit values with `--submit` and `--field` (can be used many times). This is very handy to e.g.; automate maintenance […]

Grrr, I've just lost the whole alt text I've written for a screenshot I've uploaded (which took me a little while to write) because I've mechanically clicked on the bottom right field to "validate", when in was in a fact an OCR feature, which replaced my whole text, that I could not retrieve […]

Here is a screenshot of the rich editor and extra recipients features that I've just pushed in Libervia web. A "forward" feature has also been added. This is still XMPP messaging, those feature are specified (XEP-0297, XEP-0033, and rich content is currently […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

OK so as people seem interested, here is a first Libervia-CLI tip. `li` is the short alias for `libervia-cli`. If you want to quickly upload a file to share it, you can use: `li file upload -P your_file.ext` `-P` shows a progress bar. You can even encrypt it with the `-e` option in which […]

"And of course we work with standards [for Libervia], with XMPP notably. It's a communications standard which is ... mainly know for instant messaging but it can actually do a lot more. So we use it also for blogging ... for these kinds of things. And I've been working on a gateway [other […]

I realize that people may not be aware that Libervia CLI is available in Debian and derivative, and that it's really powerful. You can do nearly everything with it : share files, publish blog (I use it to write my blog posts with Neovim), send encrypted messages, make audio/video calls, encrypt […]

I'm happy to announce that I’ve received a new NLnet/NGI0 grant to work on XMPP metadata reduction and serverless implementation (RELOAD). This will involve contributions to XMPP specifications and implementation within the Libervia project. The outcomes will include improved privacy, better […]

Is there any acceptable way to get support for Libre Software development nowadays which is not US based? Ideally in EU for my case. I've stopped using Liberapay despite being early adopter due to the use of Paypal and Stripe (not their fault, Liberapay team do a great job, they just had to […]

I've seen Flow ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(2024_film) ) last week-end with family, an animation movie made with Blender, I highly recommend. It's beautiful, poetic, an ode so friendships, accepting differences, and solidarity. #flow #animation #blender #3d

I've just published a protoXEP to expose a lot of information on data policy, as part of my current @nlnet grant. The plan is to have services (XMPP server, gateways, etc) expose to clients how long they keep data, if they encrypt, how they handle authentication, who can access data, what is […]

Does anybody know a FOSS software/plugin to scan photo slides? I'm thinking about something where we can put several slides on a flat scanner, and it would detect automatically the slide and do the cropping. In non FOSS, it seems that VueScan does that, but I would like FOSS. Thanks! #askfedi […]

Hi there. I'm self hosting my SMTP server for years, and I have 10/10 on https://www.mail-tester.com/ Recently, I've got 2 messages rejected by Apple server (on "@me.com" addresses), and today I've got a SPAM abuse signalement (probably automatic) for those 2 emails! I could send to those same […]

The web frontend redesign is underway! Chat functionality is almost ready, and completing it is a critical step towards a Libervia release. I’ll likely be making a video soon to show off the progress. #libervia #xmpp

Des proches (@lenouveauparadigme) sont en train de lancer un nouveau média . « Nous voulons explorer en profondeur les enjeux politiques, économiques, sociétaux et environnementaux qui façonnent notre époque. » illes viennent de lancer une campagne de financement pour leur lancement […]

The coolest part is that it has a LAN working over #iroh real-time channels. Everyone can assign self an IP address and ping each other, telnet etc. with e2e encrypted forward secrecy connection between machines! 🤯🤯🤯🤯