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Tinode

Instant messaging platform, an open-source alternative to WhatsApp or Telegram

Alternative to: WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger


About Versions (92)

v0.25.0

2025-12-21

Requires database update when upgrading from 0.24

New Features

  • Show the number of subscribers in group chats and channels; search results sorted by subscriber count.
  • Pin chats to the top of the chat list.
  • Dark/light/system-default UI mode in TinodeWeb.
  • Option to change font size for messages.
  • Option to send message on Enter vs send on CTRL-Enter.
  • Allow to continue messaging while a video/audio call is in progress (same topic only for now).

Other

  • All database adapters covered by tests.
  • Transitioned py_grpc build from deprecated setup.py to pyproject.toml
  • Bug and deprecation fixes including one moderate security bug (c186a0c)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tinode/chat/compare/v0.24.7…v0.25.0