Coldwire-server

This is an official implementation of Coldwire protocol in Python.

What is Coldwire messenger ?

Coldwire messenger is an end-to-end encrypted, metadata-resistant, federated messenger. You can check official client here: Coldwire Messenger

Important Notes

This implementation is mainly used for prototyping protocol changes before being implemented in the production-ready Go implementation

Therefore, you must USE WITH CAUTION, this implementation is fine for testing and prototyping locally.

⚠️⚠️This implementation is not meant for production use!⚠️⚠️

Preparation

This implmentation uses Redis, install it before continuing:

sudo apt install redis-server

Setup

Install liboqs-python:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs-python
cd liboqs-python
pip install .
cd

Then clone the repository:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Freedom-Club-Sec/Coldwire-server.git

Install requirements.txt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Generate new JWT Secret:

echo -n "JWT_SECRET=" > .env && openssl rand -base64 64 | tr -d '\n' >> .env

Modify app/config.json:

nano app/config.json

Put your server's domain name (without http/s prefixes) or IP address in YOUR_DOMAIN_OR_IP

Optionally enable or disable federation support by setting federation to either true or false

Run the server:

python3 run.py --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 --workers 4