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Post #1580982

2026-04-23 14:28 UTC

As some of you may know, we're building Flatline, a self‑hostable soft fork of the Signal Server. It lets you run a mostly Signal‑compatible server for research and private deployments. We already run a Flatline server in Bahnhof cloud for internal development. #Signal #mollyim #flatline

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  • @mollyim@fosstodon.org 2026-04-23 14:31

    Now we're working on accounts without phone numbers, and the technical draft is public. If you're interested or might ever want to run your own server, have a look. https://github.com/mollyim/flatline-docs/blob/main/drafts/phone-less-registration.md Open to questions or suggestions. #Flatline

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  • @om@witter.cz 2026-04-23 15:02

    @mollyim@fosstodon.org I wonder, what are the differences between #signal and #matrix from users' point of view? Does Signal server store the message history like Matrix does, for example?

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  • @dzwiedziu@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 15:08

    @mollyim@fosstodon.org Will it federate? It would be kind of badass to do it 😏 (Unless it would be a dick move or technically infeasible.)

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  • @reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-04-23 15:23

    @mollyim@fosstodon.org Will this be able to connect with Signal users as well? Are voice/video on the agenda? If this was a simpler to set up/maintain solution than Matrix it could be a good way to do both a private comm server while still having a larger userbase to connect with from a single client.

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  • @echedellelr@masfloss.net 2026-04-23 15:24

    @mollyim@fosstodon.org what do you do with the propietary parts of the original server, like the unreleased modules for spam prevention?

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  • @jellyfriend@plush.city 2026-04-23 15:33

    @mollyim@fosstodon.org Live reaction form my local security nerd group; Polling says we are seeing 50/50 split between "oooOOOooooooo" and "Im not hosting that!!!! (but also oooOOooo)"

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  • @mollyim@fosstodon.org can you change the URL in the molly app? also thanks for your work. You are the reason I can have 2 "Signal"-Apps on one phone

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  • @shroomie@seafoam.space 2026-04-23 18:49

    @mollyim@fosstodon.org “research and private deployments” i’m not super well read when it comes to security stuff or open source stuff, but like. is recreational use not an intended purpose?

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