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Livewire

Livewire

by ProjectMoon

App

Chat with friends and family on Ubuntu Touch

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About Livewire

Livewire is a messaging app for Ubuntu Touch, designed for getting started quickly and ease of use. It's compatible with any provider that uses XMPP, the open standard for instant messaging. Sign up at your provider of choice, or even host your own, and start chatting with family and friends.

Features:
* End-to-end encrypted direct messaging (group chats coming soon).
* Join and talk on public channels on a worldwide network.
* Notifications, if app suspension is prevented with UT Tweak Tool (proper push notifications coming eventually).
* A simple UI, designed for ease of use.

Livewire is alpha-quality software. See the repository for the development roadmap.

Notable missing things:
- In-band registration (creating account from the app).
- Private groups (OMEMO MUCs).
- Handling network switching.
- Audio/video calls (that will come much later).
- Proper public channel search.

Recent Changes

Initial release, part 3...

Permissions

  • Audio
  • Content Exchange
  • Content Exchange Source
  • Microphone
  • Networking
  • Push Notifications
  • User Metrics
  • Video

Community Built

This app has been released under the GNU Affero GPL v3 license. It is developed in the open and you can review the source code.

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Info

  • Published Date

    Jun 17, 2026

  • Updated Date

    Jun 17, 2026

  • Current Version

    0.2.1

  • Total Downloads

    21

  • Latest Version Downloads

    18

  • Supported Architectures

    arm64

  • Translation Languages

    en, it, pl, ru

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Reviews

Weston Howard

Reviewed Jun 18, 2026 for version 0.2.1

While it is still alpha, it is snappy and works for omemo encrypted chats. 👍