Flare
Chat with your friends on Signal Source
Description
Flare is an unofficial app for Signal. It is still in development and doesn't include all the features that the official Signal apps do. More information can be found on its feature roadmap.
Please note that using this application will probably worsen your security compared to using official Signal applications. Use with care when handling sensitive data. Look at the projects README for more information about security.
Notice
Native Signal Desktop alternative, needs signal-cli or an Android/iOS app as primary signal client. See this toot for signal-cli paring instructions.
Rating
Mobile Fit: 5Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!
Project status: released
This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.
The project repository was created on 2022-06-30.
The last known commit happened on 2025-03-27.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2025-05-09
Features
Connectivity: This app works better with a continous internet connection, but does not require it. This app requires internet on first-run, e.g., to download content necessary for operation.
✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.
Packaging
Is this app packaged for my distribution?
green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.
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Get it on Flathub!
Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/de.schmidhuberj.Flare.flatpakref
Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flathub/de.schmidhuberj.Flare/master/de.schmidhuberj.Flare.json
If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:
Install* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.
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Licensing and technical details
License: AGPL-3.0-only Metadata: FSFAP
Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita
Backend: presage
Programming languages: Rust
Build system: meson
AppStream Metadata URL: https://gitlab.com/schmiddi-on-mobile/flare/-/raw/master/data/de.schmidhuberj.Flare.metainfo.xml.in.in