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Ricin

Ricin is a Tox client that focus on user experience.

Repository: https://github.com/RicinApp/Ricin
Web Site: Ricin
Maintainers: SkyzohKey
Language: Vala
UI Toolkit GTK+3
Operating Systems: Windows (currently staled), Linux, BSD, OSX

History

Reddit Post about Ricin Commit History

Features

  • 1v1 messages Yes
  • Audio No
  • Audio filtering No
  • Audio notifications No
  • Avatars Yes
  • Changing nospam Yes
  • Chat logs No
  • Contact aliases No
  • Contact blocking Yes
  • Desktop sharing No
  • DNS Discovery No
  • Emoticons Yes
  • Faux offline messaging No
  • File transfer Yes
  • File resuming Yes
  • Group audio No
  • Group chats No
  • Inline images Yes
  • Message splitting No
  • Multilingual Yes
  • Multiprofile Yes
  • Profile import/export No
  • Proxy support Yes
  • Read receipts Yes
  • Save file encryption No
  • Spell check Yes
  • Typing notification Yes
  • tox: URI Yes
  • Video No

Installation

Currently Ricin only have been tested on Linux, but it should works on OSX, BSD and Windows. The Ricin compilation process is described on the Ricin wiki install page.

Linux

ArchLinux users can install Ricin via AUR: ricin-git / ricin. 

# Package that fetch the source from git, build and install.
$ yaourt -S ricin-git

# Package that use the latest release (stable), build and install.
$ yatourt -S ricin

MilisLinux users can install Ricin via MPS: 

$ mps -kur ricin

Others linux distribution users may compile Ricin from sources, that's a really simple process. Please refer to the Ricin wiki install page.

Usage

A conversation over Ricin

For more information on how to use Ricin the Ricin user manual is available on the Ricin wiki.

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