Installing

Uniform Chat is installed with F-Droid, an app store for free and open-source apps, from the app's own F-Droid repository. F-Droid then also keeps the app up to date. The app needs Android 6 or later, and works without Google's services.

F-Droid

1. Install F-Droid from F-Droid.
2. Select: Settings / Repositories / +. Add https://tagcode.github.io/fdroid/repo, or scan QR code.
3. Search for Uniform Chat in F-Droid and install it.

ntfy

You may optionally also install ntfy to conserve battery life, if your phone runs multiple other apps that support UnifiedPush.

1. Install ntfy from F-Droid.
2. In Uniform Chat, open ⋮ → Settings… → In the background and choose ntfy.

ntfy uses its public server ntfy.sh unless you set another one in ntfy's settings. That server learns when you get messages, but never what they say or who sent them; Notifications tells more.

Without F-Droid

Each release also has the app as uniform-chat-android-<version>.apk, signed with the same key: download it on the phone and open it to install. Updates then don't come by themselves; install each new version the same way.