Cursed Delta

A lightweight Delta Chat client for the command line

Description

Cursed Delta is a ncurses Delta Chat client developed in Python with the urwid library.

Notice

Works on mobile screen better when launching with a fontsize:8.

To link as second device import a database export from your android with delta import /link/to/database.db So far only usable if you have also installed a deltachat client on another system to add contacts! Installable with pip install -U deltachat-cursed.

Project links:

Links with more information:

https://github.com/adbenitez/deltachat-cursed/blob/main/docs/user-guide.md

Links to (pages with) screenshots:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adbenitez/deltachat-cursed/refs/heads/main/screenshots/e1.png

Rating

Mobile Fit: CLI

CLI app - meant to be run in a terminal emulator, e.g., on Sxmo. Check Notice for recommended settings.

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 2020-04-16.

The last known commit happened on 2024-10-24.

Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2024-12-02

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-only

Frameworks: ncurses urwid

Backend: libdeltachat

Programming languages: Python

Build system: pyproject.toml