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Tinode

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Velocity2.5

Open-source instant messaging platform — backend in Go, native iOS/Android clients, federation, and scriptable chatbots.

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Mature open-source chat server on a steady maintenance-and-tuning cadence

open-sourceself-hostedmessagingmaintenancedependency-upgradesreactions
◆Current state
Tinode is shipping small, disciplined releases: a feature drop in v0.25.0 (chat pinning, subscriber counts, dark mode, in-call messaging) followed by bug-fix and dependency-maintenance point releases. Recent work is stability-focused — Postgres v5 and AWS v2 driver upgrades, CORS config, push-dispatch tuning. A v0.26 alpha line shows message reactions in development.
◆Where it's heading
The arc is incremental hardening of a self-hosted messaging stack rather than expansion of its capability surface. Feature work lands in a minor version and is quickly followed by cleanup point releases; the reactions branch surfacing in the 0.26 alphas is the one forward-looking signal in this window.
◆Prediction
The v0.26.0-alpha tags point to message reactions as the next headline feature to reach a stable release. Near term, expect further point releases shaking out regressions from the Postgres and AWS driver upgrades.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    Bug fixes, dependencies updated, dependencies upgraded.

    v0.25.3 is a maintenance release: a gRPC authLevel-handling bug fix plus major driver bumps (Postgres to v5, AWS to v2). Infrastructure hardening with no user-visible change, typical of the fix-after-feature cadence.

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  2. 4mo ago

    Push-dispatch and cluster performance tuning

    v0.25.2 tunes performance in push-notification dispatch and intra-cluster buffers and refactors tn-cli into modules. Real operational gains for larger deployments, in line with the release's stability focus.

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  3. 5mo ago

    Alpha: message reactions branch merged

    A v0.26.0-alpha2 pre-release tag capturing a merge of the devel branch into a reactions feature branch. Not a shipping release, but it flags message reactions as the next direction.

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  4. 6mo ago

    Bug fixes: UserUpdate, release bundle, Docker healthchecks

    v0.25.1 is a bug-fix point release: missing wallpaper files in the bundle, a broken UserUpdate, and Docker healthchecks. Cleanup following the v0.25.0 feature drop.

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  5. 6mo ago

    Pinning chats, subscriber count

    v0.25.0 is the substantive feature release in this window: chat pinning, subscriber counts, dark/light/system UI, adjustable font size, send-on-Enter, and messaging during active calls, with a required DB migration. Solid UX catch-up rather than a change of direction.

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  6. 8mo ago

    CORS wildcards, bug fixes

    v0.24.7 adds CORS wildcard support in the allow config and fixes the server-side unread counter for deleted messages. A real new self-hosting option alongside routine fixes.

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