Overview

coyim - a safe and secure chat client CoyIM is a new chat client that is safe and secure by default: no settings to change, no plugins to install, no configuration to change. The project has 610 GitHub stars and is licensed under NOASSERTION.

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

Using CoyIM is very simple: you just need to download the executable file from the project’s home page and then run it.

If you are using Arch Linux, you can install CoyIM via the AUR.

When you first launch CoyIM, a wizard will appear. If you already have a Jabber client installed and configured for OTR encryption in your computer, you can use this wizard to import your account settings as well as your OTR keys, and your contacts’ fingerprints. By importing them, you won’t have to do anythi

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

apt, brew.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

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