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nheko

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The motivation behind the project is to provide a native desktop app for Matrix that feels more like a mainstream chat app (Element, Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
5 / 5 Avg rating (2)
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight
  3.  Support for Themes

Features

  1.  End-to-End Encryption
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  Decentralized
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  VoiP Calls
  7.  Support for @mentions
  8.  Matrix Protocol
  9.  Encrypted Chat
  10.  Video Calling
  11.  Voice Chat
  12.  QT Based

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    K0RR added nheko as alternative to matrix-commander-rs
    3 months ago
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    K0RR added nheko as alternative to Matrix Commander
    3 months ago
  • K0RR added nheko as alternative to Jami Commander
    3 months ago
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    yetanotherqubick added nheko as alternative to Quadrix, qTox, Tox and TeamSpeak
    6 months ago
  • yetanotherqubick reviewed nheko  
    6 months ago

    I like nheko for its simplicity and the fact that it doesn't use Electron

  • yetanotherqubick updated nheko
    6 months ago
  • yetanotherqubick liked nheko
    6 months ago
  • POX updated nheko
    8 months ago
  • Ituaf liked nheko
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nheko information

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5
  • Alternatives

    25 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Spanish
    • German
    • French
    • Dutch
    • Estonian
    • Esperanto
    • Chinese
    • Indonesian

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GitHub repository

  •  2,013 Stars
  •  211 Forks
  •  415 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jan 30, 2025 
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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about nheko, and it has gotten 4 likes

nheko was added to AlternativeTo by TerrifiedTyphlosion on Oct 16, 2020 and this page was last updated Aug 13, 2024.

Comments and Reviews

   
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yetanotherqubick
  
Top positive commentAug 10, 2024

I like nheko for its simplicity and the fact that it doesn't use Electron

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Oscar Sanderson
  
Positive commentJul 20, 2021

Nheko is one of the most user friendly but minimal and clean matrix clients I have ever used. I use it as my main matrix client day to day and have had very little issues

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What is nheko?

Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.

Most of the features you would expect from a chat application are missing right now but we are getting close to a more feature complete client. Specifically there is support for:

E2E encryption. VoIP calls (voice & video, support varies by platform). User registration. Creating, joining & leaving rooms. Sending & receiving invites. Sending & receiving files and emoji (inline widgets for images, audio and file messages). Custom stickers and emoji. Replies with text, images and other media (and actually render them as inline widgets). Typing notifications. Username auto-completion. Message & mention notifications. Redacting messages. Read receipts. Presence and status messages (if enabled on the server side). Basic communities support. Room switcher. Light, Dark & System themes. Creating separate profiles (command line only). D-Bus API to allow integration with third-party plugins (does not support Windows or macOS).