On October 6, 2026 5:00:42 PM CDT, Stefano L <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, >I use OpenBSD as my daily driver and would like to ask whether anyone would >consider porting a Signal client. >Signal is the messenger many people around me use, and right now I have to >keep another system or a phone at hand just for it. A native client on OpenBSD >would remove that need. >I understand Signal Desktop has a heavy dependency chain, so a lighter client >would also be welcome if that is more realistic. >If someone has already looked into this, I would like to know what blocks it. >I am willing to test on amd64 (ThinkPad T490) and report back. >Thank you for your work on OpenBSD. >Best regards,
There are Rust clients for Signal. No idea whether any of them run on OpenBSD, but gurk (a CLI client) runs on Linux, last time I checked (in summer). https://github.com/boxdot/gurk-rs HTH Dima
