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Quicksy
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Quicksy app | Free for users | Free |
| Quicksy Directory registration | 4.99 Euro · One-time registration fee; waived for paying customers of the conversations.im hosting service | On request |
As quicksy.im lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Quicksy's own pages
- Address book handling
- Quicksy periodically uploads phone numbers from the Android address book for matching, but says it does not keep a copy of the full address book. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Commercial support
- Commercial support for running the Quicksy Server is available by contacting Daniel Gultsch. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Contact discovery
- Quicksy suggests contacts using phone numbers in the user's address book, matching Quicksy users and Jabber/XMPP users listed in the Quicksy Directory. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Directory fee
- People can list their Jabber ID and phone number in the Quicksy Directory for a one-time registration fee of 4.99 Euro, waived for paying conversations.im hosting customers. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Directory lookup
- A Quicksy user can be discovered by others who add [email protected] to their contact list. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Federation
- Quicksy users can communicate with users on any publicly federating Jabber/XMPP server. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Messages and files
- Offline messages are stored until delivery, message archives are kept by default, and shared files are stored for recipients to retrieve. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Migration
- The interface stays close to Conversations and Monal so users can migrate without relearning the app. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The source code is available on Codeberg for Android and GitHub for iOS. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Quicksy is a Jabber/XMPP messaging app with phone-number sign-up and automatic contact discovery. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Quicksy says backups are encrypted, does not store IP addresses, and advises users to use OMEMO encryption when possible. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Server transparency
- Quicksy describes its Directory server as centralized, says there is no mechanism guaranteeing it runs the published code, and makes the server source available on Codeberg. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
- Stored account data
- Quicksy stores the username, which is the phone number, a password hash, account creation date, and last login. · quicksy.im, 11 Oct 2026
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