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SimpleX Chat

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Private, encrypted messaging platform with no user identifiers

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SimpleX builds out channels in the v7.0 beta, layering broadcast roles onto its no-identifiers messenger

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◆Current state
SimpleX Chat is mid-way through its v7.0 beta cycle, and the throughline is channels: web previews to read posts before joining, owner-managed relays, promotable subscriber-to-contributor roles, and supporter badges. Interleaved with the feature betas are armv7a build tags that are merge-only and carry no release content.
◆Where it's heading
The privacy-first, no-user-identifiers messenger is adding a broadcast/community layer on top of its 1:1 and group foundations. v7.0 reads as SimpleX's push toward public channels as a first-class surface, with the role system (owners, contributors, subscribers, supporters) and relay management being the scaffolding for larger, semi-public communities while keeping the metadata-minimal model.
◆Prediction
Expect v7.0 to stabilize out of beta with channels fully fleshed out, and the supporter-badge work to hint at a creator/monetization angle for channel owners.

◆Recent moves

  1. 7d ago

    v7.0.0-beta.2

    Adds subscriber roles in the channel member list, a contributor list, and CLI connection to channels. Incremental fleshing-out of the channels system introduced in v7.0-beta.0.

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  2. 7d ago

    armv7a build tag (no release notes)

    An armv7a build tag that only merges master into the Android branch. No release content; an artifact of how the feed crawls build variants.

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  3. 10d ago

    v7.0.0-beta.1

    Allows promoting channel subscribers to contributors, widens channel messages for readability, and blocks obfuscated links where groups prohibit them. Continues building the channels role model and moderation surface.

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  4. 10d ago

    armv7a build tag (no release notes)

    An armv7a build tag that only merges master into the Android branch. No release content.

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  5. 11d ago

    v6.5.6 armv7a build tag (no release notes)

    A v6.5.6 armv7a build tag merging stable into the Android branch. No user-visible change.

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  6. 14d ago

    v7.0.0-beta.0

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    v7.0-beta.0 introduces channels as a real surface: web previews to read posts before joining, owner-controlled relays, removed-member message deletion, supporter badges, and faster large-group loading. This is the release that sets the direction the rest of the v7.0 betas refine.

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