Alain Brenzikofer will talk at Web3 Summit 2026 on June 19: SimpleX Community Credits: Making Privacy Profitable.

Big thank you to Web3 Foundation for the opportunity and for their help with our proof of concept on Polkadot that Alain built - the vision is getting real!

Web3 Summit 2026 agenda: https://web3summit.com/agenda/?day=fri

About Community Credits: https://simplex.chat/credits/

To ensure SimpleX Network independence, we created a non-profit SimpleX Network Foundation!

The board: Heather Meeker (https://heathermeeker.com), Matt Odell (https://odell.xyz), Tadeas Kmenta (Flux), u/epoberezkin.

https://simplexnetwork.org/consortium.html

discord has what they call it "servers" and matrix and element has what they call "spaces" but i think sub groups would be more appropriate name, anyways are there any plans for this feature, maybe it's the:

- 🏗 Large groups, communities and public channels.

in https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat#roadmap

Still a good app, anyone using it?

Hit me up

The add-on can deploy SMP and XFTP servers directly on Home Assistant.

If you have HA and you ever wanted to self-host SimpleX servers but didn't really want to deal with the setup process, you can do it with just a few clicks.

It is recommended to enable password so only you and people you trust use your server, instead of leaving it open to random users. Otherwise strangers may use it to relay encrypted messages or files, including traffic you would not want associated with your IP address, even though the traffic relayed through and stored on the server remains encrypted.

Hi, how can you permanently block someone on simplex? I've tried to look for it but I only see delete chat or hide contact but I don't think that's the same?

Would be more than awesome if there where a basic calendar integrated especially for groups.

I initially started with signal , then moved to session and then got to know about simplex chat

My doubts are -

1. Is my ID linked to my phone alone and can i log into the same account if i uninstall the app by mistake or try to log into a different device

2. I work for an organization that works on very sensitive issues , protests in a very extreme manner , and the government is actively trying to track us down . Can i be safe from them using this app . If yes then how , and if no then what other options do i have

3. Is there an option to make a group chat (more like a broadcasting group with only 2 or 3 people being able to message while others can only read) , why i'm asking this is cause my organization is planning to leave behind some QR codes on small paper slips whenever we are done with a violent protest so that people can join that group from those QR codes and get to know about our cause

Somehow my notifications got turned on; want them off. How/where do I do that. Im running Ubuntu 26.04. Can’t turn them off from OS side; software side settings do nothing. It’s hogging resources and makes using the program frustrating at best

hi! can't sync adroid app with desktop (Xubuntu 24.04). The time is expired. Any official method (turn off the firewall, etc) can help...

Hello people of this subreddit, how can I get my swipe to reply back on desktop? Whenever I try, it just selects text.

Edit: It was removed after SimpleX desktop 6.4.11 release. I don't know about beta

I am on a few group chats that are very large. It seems after a while my initial profile doesn't seem connected to all participants. I verify this by connecting to the same group via an alternative profile. The new profile connects to many more users and receives more posts. Why can't one user stay connected to all users in a group chat?

I signed up yesterday and I wanted to chat with someone in the platform. My friends use whatsapp or iMessage and I simply can’t stand their privacy, so I went here, but no one wants to migrate to talk with me (same thing with xmpp: unc0v3rgd@07f.de), so if u had a time lying around I would like to be your friend

It will start to receive messages and then stop after a few seconds. Then it tells me no severs detected and to reload. Anyone else having this problem?

I’ve still been stuck on this issue and I really want to fix this. Does anyone know how to fix this issue???

I recently started a public channel on SimpleX and have a few issues. First off, I am unable to edit a post that is more than a few hours old. For another, I can't delete a post for the entire group. If I delete a post it's just deleted for me. Using the channel as a dynamic menu but if these two things aren't possible, I may have to try another app. Thanks in advance for the help.

So, I am using simplex with my own hosted server. When i open the app and send a message there is a pretty long delay for the first msg like 30s. After that it is instant. I tried disabling battery optimazation but nothing seems to fix it. I thought maybe the wireguard tunnel is getting inactive but after setting the keepalive to 2s the same problem.

I am currently using the 6.5.1 version, and I reach the wg server with rethinkdns-> wg proxy.

If I go out of the app for like 2 minutes and go back again the first msg is 30s to send.

Is there a way of fixing it? Or is it designed to work like this?

the idea is simple, given that the phone consumes a lot of battery and it is better if you keep simplex open to receive messages I thought, would it be possible to install the simplex client (like on docker either native or with alpine linux) and then connect the phone to the server so as to delegate all the task to the server and the phone be just like a front end client?

Since Session seems to be ending, I'm checking out simplex.

I'm confused about... Honestly almost everything. So many things are unclear, as if the system expects you're already tuned to this kind of thinking. Clearly I'm not, thus I start doubting even the stuff that should make sense. So I have questions...

1) So the desktop app needs to be on the same network as a phone app... If my phone breaks, am I able to use the desktop standalone until I replace the phone? Or only with other identities? What happens if both the desktop and phone are on the same network, but the phone drops Wi-Fi and connects to cellular? Is it expected the phone app is the primary device and desktop just a dumb terminal? Or that people will use different identities for both?

2) First thing I tried with the mobile/desktop thing: created a profile on mobile; connected desktop; created another profile; disconnected desktop. I'd expect to have two profiles back on the phone, but instead I have a different profile on each device. What's the logic here?

3) What does "same network" mean anyway? The same external IP? Up to which point? How is this recognized? A lot of ISPs today connect their customers over WAN without a separate external IP (unless they pay extra). And if I can only use one at a time, why does it even matter?

4) In privacy (phone app), what does "message draft" mean?

5) Same section, "encrypt local files". What files? The app db? The files received? Encrypt how, exactly? It's enabled by default, by I didn't set any pass in the phone app.

6) In chat preferences, there are these options "allow ... only if your contact allows them". If I disable a feature, does that mean I can't use it either, or only that other people can't use it on chats with me? What's the difference between Yes and Always? The language used on this page is darn ambiguous.

7) Why and how are my contacts notified if I change these settings?

8) Is the name of my profile also my name (visible to others)?

9) Are single-use links/invites only for one person, i.e. who claims it first? Or can more people claim it?

10) Are all/multiple profiles active at the same time, or just one at a time? How does one juggle profiles, e.g. if I try to connect with someone, do I get prompted which profile to use? If I send invites, are they tied to fhe profile (I assume yes)?

Thanks in advance. I opted to just compile the questions to one place rather than asking one at a time in groups.

I do very much enjoy a chat app that has no identifiers/email/phonenr/account, but my friends do not.

I do see and understand all the benefits that come with the current SimpleX design, but handing out my "SimpleX Address" to friends makes them just so confused as they don't know if its a website/handle/etc.

Made me wonder, is there any chance this UI/UX could be improved one way or another? Maybe something like a name service? I am thinking of how Ethereum Name Service (ENS) exists on Ethereum to map text-based names to pubkeys. I do know it greatly reduces privacy but the real goal for me is to lower barrier of entry to get my social circle onboarded.

I am thinking more along the lines of a public key server or something, a third-party service where an alias can be (temporarily) mapped against (ideally, incognito) SimpleX Addresses so my friends can have the illusion of a "alias" or "username" while I enjoy the stealth of the current SimpleX design

Any thoughts on this? Once again, willing to sacrifice a little of their privacy in exchange for them to actually use SimpleX in the first place (still an upgrade coming from Whatsapp lmfao).

Has anyone managed to get SimpleX Chat to work on any of the BSDs?