Dino

Modern XMPP chat client Source

Description

Dino is a modern open-source chat client for the desktop. It focuses on providing a clean and reliable Jabber/XMPP experience while having your privacy in mind.

It supports end-to-end encryption with OMEMO and OpenPGP and allows configuring privacy-related features such as read receipts and typing notifications.

Dino fetches history from the server and synchronizes messages with other devices.

Source

Notice

GTK4/libadwaita since release 0.4, 0.5 works well on mobile, except for the built-in emoji picker. Previously, in 0.4.* the main window adapted perfectly, but account and conversation settings did not (can be fixed on Phosh with scale-to-fit dino on), which could make starting conversations difficult. For earlier releases, the feature/handy branch had good mobile compatibility.

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Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - 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 2017-03-02.

The last known commit happened on 2025-04-11.
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 is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

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Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/im.dino.Dino.flatpakref

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flathub/im.dino.Dino/master/im.dino.Dino.yml

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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By Service: XMPP

By Category: chat

By FreeDesktop-(Additional-)Category: Chat GTK InstantMessaging Network

Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita

Programming languages: Vala

Build system: cmake

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dino/dino/master/main/data/im.dino.Dino.appdata.xml.in