Threema Web is a web client for Threema, a privacy-focussed end-to-end encrypted mobile messenger hosted and developed in Switzerland. With Threema Web, you can use Threema on your Desktop without compromising security.
Threema Web establishes a direct connection between Desktop and mobile device using WebRTC. Signaling is end-to-end encrypted with SaltyRTC. If both devices are in the same network, no server is involved when synchronizing messages between the devices, and the digital footprint is reduced to the bare minimum.
For more information, see the Threema Web Whitepaper.
Threema Web is written using TypeScript and AngularJS 1. Dependencies are managed with npm. You currently need Node.js 8 or later to build Threema Web. (Note that Node.js is only a build dependency, the result is plain old client-side JavaScript.)
Install development dependencies:
npm install
Run the dev server:
npm run serve:live
Then open the URL in your browser:
chromium http://localhost:9966
(Note that this setup should not be used in production. To run Threema Web on a server, please follow the instructions at docs/self_hosting.md.)
To run tests:
npm run build
chromium tests/testsuite.html
To run linting checks:
npm run lint
You can also install a pre-push hook to do the linting:
echo -e '#!/bin/sh\nnpm run lint' > .git/hooks/pre-push
chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-push
The configuration of Threema Web can be tweaked in src/config.ts:
General
SELF_HOSTED: Set this totrueif this instance of Threema Web isn't being hosted onweb.threema.ch.PREV_PROTOCOL_LAST_VERSION: When the Threema Web protocol version changes, this can be set to the last version of Threema Web that supported the previous protocol version. If set to something different thannull, a message will be shown to the user if reconnecting fails.
SaltyRTC
SALTYRTC_HOST: Set this to the hostname of the SaltyRTC server that you want to use. If set tonull, the hostname will be constructed based on theSALTYRTC_HOST_PREFIXand theSALTYRTC_HOST_SUFFIXvalues.SALTYRTC_PORT: The port of the SaltyRTC server to be used.SALTYRTC_SERVER_KEY: The public permanent key of the SaltyRTC server. Set this value tonullif your server does not provide a public permanent key, or if you don't want to verify it.
ICE
ICE_SERVERS: Configuration object for the WebRTC STUN and ICE servers.
Push
PUSH_URL: The server URL used to deliver push notifications to the app.
For instructions on how to host your own version of Threema Web, please refer to docs/self_hosting.md.
Contributions to Threema Web are welcome! Please open a pull request with your proposed changes.
Every Threema Web release will be tagged. The git tags are cryptographically signed using the following PGP key:
pub rsa4096 2016-09-06 [SC] [expires: 2026-09-04]
E7AD D991 4E26 0E8B 35DF B506 65FD E935 573A CDA6
uid Threema Signing Key <[email protected]>
If you discover a security issue in the Threema Web, please follow responsible
disclosure and report it directly to [email protected] instead of opening
an issue on Github.
pub rsa4096 2017-02-08 [SC] [expires: 2022-02-07]
677E 0E97 1669 53B3 2620 D95C 71B9 C6BA C55A 9855
uid Threema Security <[email protected]>
You can find both public keys and their proofs on keybase.
Threema Web license:
Threema Web.
Copyright © 2016-2018 Threema GmbH (https://threema.ch/).
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
For third party library licenses, see LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt.