Difference between revisions of "Gale"
(Created page with "{{Entry |Name=Gale |Short description=Instant messaging software |Full description=Gale is a messaging system resembling Zephyr in UI and social characteristics, but IRC in archi...") |
(Added Python and Ruby link) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|Short description=Instant messaging software | |Short description=Instant messaging software | ||
|Full description=Gale is a messaging system resembling Zephyr in UI and social characteristics, but IRC in architecture, with some features of its own. It supports the use of public-key cryptography for privacy and authentication. It has a spanning-tree topology with failover, little server state, no concept of "op privileges", security through end-to-end encryption, multi-line messages, and command-line-driven clients, and directed categories, which prevents unnecessary distribution of messages. | |Full description=Gale is a messaging system resembling Zephyr in UI and social characteristics, but IRC in architecture, with some features of its own. It supports the use of public-key cryptography for privacy and authentication. It has a spanning-tree topology with failover, little server state, no concept of "op privileges", security through end-to-end encryption, multi-line messages, and command-line-driven clients, and directed categories, which prevents unnecessary distribution of messages. | ||
| + | |||
| + | See Fugu, a graphical client for Gale: http://fugu.gale.org/ | ||
| + | |Homepage URL=https://github.com/grawity/gale | ||
|User level=none | |User level=none | ||
| − | | | + | |Is High Priority Project=No |
|Component programs=gsend | |Component programs=gsend | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
|Computer languages=C | |Computer languages=C | ||
| − | | | + | |Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
|Related projects=Eva,Praya,Spat | |Related projects=Eva,Praya,Spat | ||
|Keywords=chat,live communications,instant messaging,gale | |Keywords=chat,live communications,instant messaging,gale | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
|Version identifier=0.99 | |Version identifier=0.99 | ||
|Version date=2001-06-29 | |Version date=2001-06-29 | ||
| − | |Version status= | + | |Version status=historical |
| − | |Version download= | + | |Version download=https://github.com/grawity/gale/archive/master.zip |
| + | |Version comment=0.99 beta released 2001-06-29 | ||
| + | |Last review by=Bendikker | ||
| + | |Last review date=2018/03/29 | ||
| + | |Submitted by=Bendikker | ||
| + | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
| + | |Is GNU=No | ||
| + | |License verified date=2001-07-10 | ||
| + | }} | ||
| + | {{Project license | ||
| + | |License=GPLv2 | ||
| + | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
|License verified date=2001-07-10 | |License verified date=2001-07-10 | ||
| − | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Person | {{Person | ||
| + | |Real name=Dan Egnor | ||
|Role=Maintainer | |Role=Maintainer | ||
| − | |||
|Email=egnor@ofb.net | |Email=egnor@ofb.net | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Resource | {{Resource | ||
| − | |Resource audience= | + | |Resource audience=Python (Ref) |
| − | + | |Resource URL=https://pypi.org/project/gale | |
| − | |Resource URL= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Resource | {{Resource | ||
| − | |Resource audience= | + | |Resource audience=Ruby (Ref) |
| − | + | |Resource URL=https://rubygems.org/gems/gale | |
| − | |Resource URL= | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Software category | {{Software category | ||
| Line 59: | Line 48: | ||
|Live-communications=chat | |Live-communications=chat | ||
|Use=live-communications | |Use=live-communications | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Software prerequisite | {{Software prerequisite | ||
| Line 81: | Line 65: | ||
|Prerequisite description=ADNS | |Prerequisite description=ADNS | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | {{Featured}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:25, 29 March 2018
Overview
Gale
https://github.com/grawity/gale
Instant messaging software
Gale is a messaging system resembling Zephyr in UI and social characteristics, but IRC in architecture, with some features of its own. It supports the use of public-key cryptography for privacy and authentication. It has a spanning-tree topology with failover, little server state, no concept of "op privileges", security through end-to-end encryption, multi-line messages, and command-line-driven clients, and directed categories, which prevents unnecessary distribution of messages.
See Fugu, a graphical client for Gale: http://fugu.gale.org/
Details
Licensing
License
Verified by
Verified on
Notes
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Dan Egnor | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby (Ref) | https://rubygems.org/gems/gale | |
| Python (Ref) | https://pypi.org/project/gale |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to build | Open SSL |
| Required to build | Boehm conservative garbage collector |
| Required to build | ADNS |
| Required to build | iconv |
About this entry
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the page “GNU Free Documentation License”.
The copyright and license notices on this page only apply to the text on this page. Any software or copyright-licenses or other similar notices described in this text has its own copyright notice and license, which can usually be found in the distribution or license text itself.