Show HN: A modern XMPP client in Tcl/Tk

Category: other

Tags: xmpp, chat-client, tcl-tk

Score: 5.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

Tacky is a pre-alpha XMPP chat client built with Tcl/Tk, focusing on a portable backend architecture that offloads business logic from the GUI, supporting modern features like OMEMO and MAM with lazy loading. Its interesting approach includes a thin bridge for transparent multi-thread/process/language operation and self-contained static builds under 20MB, reviving a niche desktop protocol with a legacy stack.

Target audience: backend devs, desktop devs

Repository: https://github.com/pounceandmiss/tacky · Tcl · GPL-3.0 · 1 stars

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