{"id":33208,"date":"2021-01-08T12:48:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T12:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33208"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:18:56","slug":"neochat-kde-matrix-client-linux-desktop-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/neochat-kde-matrix-client-linux-desktop-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"NeoChat &#8211; KDE Matrix Client For Linux Desktop and Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33209\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/neochat-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/neochat-icon.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/neochat-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>KDE announced a new chat application NeoChat, a Matrix client for Desktop and Mobile, in its January 2021 apps update.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Matrix is an instant messaging system similar to Whatsapp or Telegram, but uses an open and decentralized network for secure and privacy-protected communications.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NeoChat is a fork of Spectral, another QML client, and uses the libQuotient library to interact with the Matrix protocol. It features an <b>elegant and responsive user interface<\/b> allows to adapt to any screen size automatically and gracefully. It works on both Desktop and Mobile, and will be installed by default on PinePhone KDE edition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33210\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/neochat-ui.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/neochat-ui.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/neochat-ui-450x292.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apart from sending and responding to messages, NeoChat also features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>upload image, audio, video files<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>room chat and private chat support<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>emoji picker integration.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Drag and drop copying support<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Built-in image editor with crop and rotate images support<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The chat app so far is in version 1.0 and some features are not implemented, including encryption support, video call, editing messages.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Install NeoChat in Ubuntu Linux:<\/h3>\n<p>Besides building from the <a href=\"https:\/\/download.kde.org\/stable\/neochat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source tarball<\/a>, it&#8217;s so far only available as universal Linux flatpak package.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Open terminal and run command to install flatpak daemon if you don&#8217;t have it.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10296\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak-600x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak-600x102.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak-450x77.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apt-flatpak.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> And add the flathub repository which hosts the flatpak packages:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10285\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal-600x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal-600x100.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal-450x75.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/flathub-focal.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> Finally install the instant messaging app via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">flatpak install flathub org.kde.neochat<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33211\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flatpak-neochat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flatpak-neochat.png 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flatpak-neochat-450x270.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall NeoChat:<\/h3>\n<p>To remove the chat app, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">flatpak uninstall org.kde.neochat<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KDE announced a new chat application NeoChat, a Matrix client for Desktop and Mobile, in its January 2021 apps update. 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