{"id":32845,"date":"2020-10-16T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32845"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:25:23","slug":"coyim-chat-client-focus-safety-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/10\/coyim-chat-client-focus-safety-security\/","title":{"rendered":"CoyIM &#8211; A GTK+ Chat Client Focus on Safety and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32846\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coyim-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for an XMPP Jabber client for Linux? CoyIM is a free open-source GTK+ client that focus on safety and security.<\/p>\n<p>CoyIM is written in Go programming language with GTK+ framework. It works on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. The chat client has built-in support for <b>Tor<\/b>, <b>OTR<\/b> and <b>TLS<\/b>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>The Tor support allows users to become anonymous while chatting, OTR makes end-to-end encryption of communication possible, and TLS adds another layer of encryption for the communication with chat servers.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/coyim\/coyim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoyIM<\/a> features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support of the latest OTR.<\/li>\n<li>Detection of Tor (if installed) and connection through it.<\/li>\n<li>Use of Tor Onion Service for a known server.<\/li>\n<li>Use separate Tor circuits for each account.<\/li>\n<li>Insert random delays before connecting each account.<\/li>\n<li>SRV lookup for the server over Tor if available.<\/li>\n<li>Import from Pidgin, Adium, Gajim or xmpp-client.<\/li>\n<li>Save all your configuration in an encrypted file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/main_window.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coyim-window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coyim-window.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/coyim-window-450x314.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install CoyIM:<\/h4>\n<p>For Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04, you can simply install the chat app from the universe repositories by running command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install coyim<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/apt-coyim-600x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"156\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-32849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/apt-coyim-600x156.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/apt-coyim-450x117.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/apt-coyim.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the latest release, as well as Windows \/ Mac OS packages, go to the official download page:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/coy.im\/download\/' class='arconix-button-flat arconix-button-large arconix-button-tan' target=\"_blank\" >Download CoyIM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Linux package is a single executable file. Simply add executable permission via file&#8217;s <code>Properties > Permissions<\/code> dialog and then run it to launch the software.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for an XMPP Jabber client for Linux? CoyIM is a free open-source GTK+ client that focus on safety and security. CoyIM is written in Go programming language with GTK+ framework. It works on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS. The chat client has built-in support for Tor, OTR and TLS. 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