#FDroid and #QKSMS to the rescue! Quick install, no terms to accept, and a slick and user-friendly interface.

Love #FOSS!

@tuxicoman
Merci pour ce rappel. Depuis que #Signal ne gère plus les SMS, j'étais repassé sur l'appli par défaut. Et je me suis souvenu que #QKSMS était une bonne alternative. Ca me fera un tracker de moins !

@sebsauvage ben c'est l'occasion de te dire merci pour cette découverte #qksms , dans un pouet précédant. Cette appli fait bien mieux le job que l'appli SMS #AOSP et surtout bien plus light et confidentielle que l'appli Messages de Google.

@VvV
Tu veux dire que ton application de base ne permet pas d'envoyer des sms groupés c'est ca ?

Normalement #QKSMS le permet.

@suyin
Gibt's denn eine #OSS app, die das schon unterstützt? #FDroid-Suche findet nichts. #QKSMS kann es noch nicht (siehe https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms/issues/1522).

@csolisr Yes, for example #QKSMS https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/ which is much better than anything Google ever made.

Oh right, should probably report back on that.
So, I tried everything y'all recommended. Out of those, I like #QKSMS the most so far; it's quick to load, the interface is easy to navigate, and overall gets the job done. #SimpleSMS would be my second pick, but adding an "add contant photo" button above every message in a conversations makes scrolling more annoying.
I'm keeping both of them for now, just in case QK turns out to be less accessible when it comes to MMS messages. Haven't tested that yet. But I think it'll serve me just fine.
Thank you everyone for your help!

@Mayana
I use #qksms and think it's great! You can get it on F-Droid. Can't comment on accessibility though.

Cela fait maintenant une quinzaine de jours que j'ai découvert et utilise #QKSMS au quotidien.

Cette #Application #SMS fait presque le café : J'ai pu récupérer l'intégralité de mes anciennes conversations d'une autre application, je n'ai plus le bug chelou que j'avais avec quasiment tous les #MMS et la cerise sur le gâteau, c'est que les features premium sont incluses si l'on passe par #FDroid !

Moi qui utilise encore beaucoup les SMS/MMS je suis juste ravi, et recommande QKSMS 👍

#Ordiphone

@kat Indeed. Also: most SMS I get are from companies (e.g. the post office) and I was happy to see these in #Signal rather than in Google's #SMS app, which keeps harassing me so that I send them more personal data (every single time it's launched).

Now I switched to #QKSMS which seems good. Having to switch to yet another app in order to handle SMS securely doesn't improve anything.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/

2/3

Some personal preferences for #opensource and #privacy-friendly apps, services, etc. (desktop and Android), in case anyone is interested.

- Notes: Nextcloud Notes, #Iotas / Posteo + ImapNotes3
- Tasks: Tasks . org, Nextcloud Tasks + Evolution/Thunderbird
- Sync (contacts, calendars, tasks): @davx5app
- Podcast: #Escapepod (by @y20k), @AntennaPod
- RSS: Nextcloud News + FeedReader or Communique
- Radio: Radiotray-NG, #RadioDroid or #Transistor
- SMS: #QKSMS
- Read later: @wallabag

#QKSMS released a new version (3.10.1) 2 weeks ago, nearly 2 years after the previous. Good timing, considering the end of SMS support by #Signal.
Available on F-Droid.

@foss_android I love #qksms+
This is just an #sms #app but with nice #ui, smooth animations and some functionality like pin/unread/archive sms !!! That's soooo nice!

Il y a eut une mise à jour de #QKSMS hier !

Apparemment, c'est pas mort pour #QKSMS :

https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms/issues/1875#issuecomment-1347010312

Hi ! #Android @fdroidorg users : I love #QKSMS but it looks abandonned. I'm looking for open source, no Google or privacy breaks SMS application. I've tested Simple SMS Messenger, very nice but QKSMS looks better to me - sadly, none handles MMS or videos... Any advice ? Thanks!

#Signal :signal: will stop supporting SMS. Looking for a solid FOSS alternative for that component? 👉 #QKSMS : https://f-droid.org/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/ :fdroid: :android:

@madnuttah cool, I heard of this a few times already... Seems like a viable option.

Any idea how #qksms compares to #simplesmsmessenger?

@maze Hi, I am satisfied with #qksms, you can get it from #fdroid.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.moez.QKSMS/

https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms

@linos @totoroot I like #qksms, too