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Updated for #deltachat_desktop readme coming soon.
Shows links to the 3 editions:
- deltachat electron (current releases)
- #deltatauri
- #deltachat_web
We made a blogpost about the #deltachat_web version.
Delta Chat (@[email protected])
#deltachat Desktop can now run on #Firefox and Safari, entirely avoiding #Electron and Chromium! It's an intended side-effect of the "porting Desktop to #Tauri" effort led by @[email protected] which aims to provide a non-Electron packaged version of the Desktop. Here is a video and deep dive into what's working on regular browsers now, and what's missing for a full Web version: https://delta.chat/en/2025-05-22-browser-edition
I made the #deltachat_web version run as add-on on #HomeAssistant. It was easy, just took me around 2 days.
So this is one way to host the browser edition in your local network. 
Though I must tell you that I don't plan to maintain this, I just made it because it looked like a fun side quest to #deltatauri. That being said it is totally usable.
Thanks @homeassistant for making add-on development so easy.
#deltachat_desktop finally has Automated E2E testing again! 👨🔬 🧪 🚀
Thanks to the desktop team and #deltachat_web for making this possible.
Also thanks to #playwright for making such a nice testing solution.
Code and Pull Request now public: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/pull/4222
For those interested in trying it out, instructions are in the readme:
https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/tree/simon/browser-edition-rebased/packages/target-browser
Features:
☑️ Basic functionality
📎 Sending attachments
🔔 Notifications
1️⃣ Badge counter (number in tab title)
🦊🧭🏐 Works in Firefox, Safari and Chrome
🔐 HTTPS with self signed certificate
🔑 Password Protection
⬇️ Download Attachments or open in Browser (useful for pdf)
ℹ️ Local Help is also implemented
🌐 Language based on Browser
Dreamed of for many years, and now it became reality:
Delta Chat UI running in a web browser. 🤩
(read thread for more info)
For now this "#deltachat_web" project is merely meant as proof that the deltachat desktop frontend/UI has no dependency on electron anymore.
With a few nice side-benefits:
It allows us developers to use other browsers dev tools to improve #accessibility for example and to bring back automated ui #testing.
Last but not least this serves as a stepping stone to make a #tauri version of #deltachat_desktop
Stay tuned for the #nlnet funded #delta_tauri project.