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#Cryptocat

Cryptocat is a browser-based XMPP client that provides multi-user (and private) instant messaging inside chatrooms. It uses the OTR protocol for encrypted two-party chat and the (upcoming) mpOTR protocol for encrypted multi-party chat.

Run make chrome to build a Google Chrome-loadable .zip extension.

Run make firefox to build a Mozilla Firefox-loadable .xpi extension.

Apple's model makes an automated build process difficult.

• Threat Model
• Design and Functionality Overview
• Architecture and Lifecycle

Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Nadim Kobeissi [email protected]

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

The full license text is included in LICENSE.txt.

• The Safari code directory src/cryptocat.safariextension/ doubles as a "testing" directory where code changes are made before being pushed to Chrome and Firefox (using update.sh). As such, the directory is also loadable in Google Chrome under developer mode.
• Test builds are available in release/.

• XMPP [DONE] | Discussion, Library
• OTR [DONE] | Discussion, Library
• mpOTR | Discussion, Spec in progress

We have a million issues worth discussing here!

• Lead Developer: Nadim Kobeissi
• Development Contributors: Jacob Appelbaum, Joseph Bonneau, Arlo Breault, Arturo Filasto, Fabio Pietrosanti
• Multimedia Contributors: A.J. Korkidakis, P.J. Onori, Rich Vreeland

With a warm thanks to the hard-working contributors who wish to remain anonymous.