🟢 Vector Privacy GitHub Updates We've improved the Vector GitHub Repo and ReadMe for both your average person and developers by adding some new sections and content. >

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🟢 Introduction - Updated Banner - Release Badges - App Screenshots + Display Graphic - About/Project Description 🟢 Key Points - Updated text to reflect changes as of v0.4.3 - Added Concord Protocol - Updated hyperlinks for various encryptions 🟢 Features (New) - Added 4 key feature categories - Focused primarily on Privacy & Security - Benefits for users and developers 🟢 Screenshots (New) We have updated the Readme file to reflect the latest UI updates as of v0.4.3, adding 3 screenshots to cover User Profile, Chat Menu, and the Vector Community. *All photos are actual screenshots from @YuurinBee 🟢 Install (New) We've introduced a new Install section to grab the latest version of Vector for your operating system and device. Notes added about Vector being compatible with GrapheneOS and UP Phone. Thanks to our GrapheneOS community + UP Phone community! 🟢 Resources (New) We've now added official Vector Privacy links and resources for you to cross-reference before clicking any foreign links. Added: - Website, GitBook, Vector SDK, Vector Hub, & Privacy Policy - Vector Blog, X/Twitter, Vector Community on Vector, and Discord 🟢 Donate (New) Last but not least, we have also added a donate section for those that are interested in supporting Vector's cause and open-source development. Not expected of anyone, but always appreciated 💚 Learn More at

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Support Vector with Donations

🟢 Attributions & License Simple and final changes added to reflect the correct years, creators and owners. LICENSE.md was also updated. --- Thanks for everyone's support! This is the part of the journey where things really become a lot more interesting and fun for everyone... Thank you for joining us in this voyage, with the unrelenting storms of surveillance, for the emergence of Privacy & Freedom Tech 💚

Did you know Vector runs on GrapheneOS? 🟢 Your Keys. Your Metadata.

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Vector - Private Messaging

Vector is a free and open-source private messenger app that allows users full end-to-end encryption and transfers encrypted data via a secure, glob...

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🪪 New & Improved Community Cards Test it yourself:

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The Official Vector Privacy Community

Community Cards are your community's public invite URL that open in the browser and will prompt users to open up Vector to join. Creating, sharing, and joining communities has never been easier... You can also share this same link in app, which will show as an embedded message and allow users to easily join. Last, but not least. If you have made a public community and want to increase visibility and get some new members, be sure to apply on vectorapp.io/hub. There are currently 20 public communities and growing everyday. Want to learn more about the Vector Hub?

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End-to-End Encrypted Communities

🟩 Vector v0.4.2 Demo Share your QR Code from Profile This highly requested feature will be available in the next v0.4.2 release. You can share your own QR code, get the QR code of your contacts, as well as have it included in your custom Profile URL Share Link (Contact Card). Connecting with others has never been easier, anon.

🟩 v0.4.2 Sneak Preview Message Composer getting a new makeover! You will now be able to write your messages with markdown to see a live preview of how they will appear in real time, no more guessing and editing. For those of you who details matter, this update is for you!

Vector Community hits 100+ Members! 🎉 A small milestone for Vector, but a significant one. For anyone who would like to join, you can always view Public Communities on the Vector Hub or you can simply just visit

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Join Vector Community on Vector

The Official Vector Privacy Community

Previously, Vector was forced to go through several group chat wipes due to breaking changes on the past encrypted group chat protocol. Since then, it has been smooth sailing with the Concord Protocol migration. Bleeding-edge tech is never easy and always riddled with headaches... but it is important to us that there is always stability and reliability in the tech stack... not only just the principle behind it, but for the community, for the organizations, for the teams, for the users who rely on this infrastructure. We highly commend all teams, developers, and open-source protocols aiming to preserve privacy, throughout all the challenges. It is never an easy journey, but nothing worthwhile usually is. Thanks again to everyone for believing and building with us in this journey of Freedom Tech 💚 @JSKitty @YuurinBee

🌱 Please be sure to update Vector to the latest version (v0.4.1). Available on GitHub, VectorApp.io, @Zapstore GitHub:

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The new era of communication begins. Concord v2, Bots and Slash Commands, disappearing messages, holographic achievement badges, and a long ...

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Concord v2 Migration... Successful ✅ Vector v0.4.1 is now on Concord v2! (Compliments to the Chef, @JSKitty) The new group chat encryption protocol integrated since v0.4.0 has gone through some significant improvements and changes thanks to some great minds and contributions from around the world. Concord is an open-source protocol designed to make encrypted and private messages scalable, reliable, and consistent. Often with additional security measures for privacy-sake, it can rapidly add friction to the end user experience, making it slow and painful. Concord Fixes That. Concord Protocol has rapidly been gaining both attention and adoption in the Nostr ecosystem. Since its first release, there are more than 6 other clients that have integrated it (that we are aware of). Two notable clients are Armada by Soapbox Team and Amethyst. This means there can now be interoperability across different chat/messenger platforms and apps. ⚠️For all Community Owners/Creators in Vector, you will need to resubmit your Public Community to Vector Hub so that it can update with the latest Concord v2. 1. Create a New Invite Link 2. Resubmit on http://VectorApp.io/Hub 3. Reupload Community Avatar (Temporary) 4. Submit 🔰Join the Official Vector Community (chat.vectorapp.io) Last but not least, we wanted to give a special thanks to all of you who have been testing out Concord since the beginning and been helping to share feedback both to Vector and @Team Soapbox. We couldn't be more grateful, this is exactly how open-source protocols thrive. Always give credit to where it is due and first on that list is @Alex Gleason as well as @Derek Ross and the @Team Soapbox team for seeing the same challenges we faced in Vector with large group chats and communities, but also the potential that Concord possessed. Thanks to your time, efforts, and contributions Concord is evolving into something we all have needed... especially for a reliable, encrypted group chat standard here on Nostr. There is nothing better than running your own clients (settings, preferences, etc.), but communicating daily through the same protocol. Interoperability at its finest... --- 🌱Please be sure to update Vector to the latest version (v0.4.1). Available on GitHub, VectorApp.io, @Zapstore. --- Finally, we will be organizing an official blog article to go into a deeper dive with Concord Protocol with the intent to help the world understand it better. The plan is to have 2 modes, one for the layman and one for developers. Toggle on for your preference, but for those who want to read and learn you can do so and for those who want to get their hands-on experience, skip the tutorial and start playing with it... we have your best interests in mind. 😇

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💣 Ephemeral Message Teaser Commonly referred to as: "Self-Destructing" "Disappearing" "Vanquishing" "Ephemeral" Messages that auto-delete once a set time interval passes (Ex: 10 seconds, 1 minute, 1 day). We've had this feature planned since the beginning, but it just took some time to implement due to the long backlog of other features. We will be releasing the first iteration in v0.4.1 soon™ (can already test on the v0.4.1 Pre-Release on GitHub). Thanks to everyone who suggested this nice privacy feature, you will be able to use it soon. If you have any feedback or suggestions to further improve it, like other time intervals, just let us know! Stay tuned for much more to follow in the v0.4.1 release... @YuurinBee @JSKitty

🟩 Feature Highlight: Multi-Account Profile > Dropdown > Switch or Add Account This one of the most requested features for the last release and we are happy to finally be able to deliver. Switching between accounts made easy since the release of v0.4.0 with a few clicks. We're not sure how many users (on average) use multiple accounts, but we do want to accommodate purely from a privacy standpoint as well as for high-level customization. Many people use different aliases or pseudonyms, but still would like to have a personal account for close friends and family or one just for work/business as well. Use Vector to best fit your needs and customize how you want. Learn More:

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Vector Account, Profile, & Customizations

Recently brought to our attention, a lot people are concerned about testing out newer apps in the "Age of AI" and rightfully concerned about vibe-coded apps... their true levels of privacy, security, and reliability. With that said, we took time to add to our GitBook docs a page on AI Usage & Transparency that covers how we address AI and its relevance in Vector's development. ⚠️ Zero Blind Commits Policy Every single pull request and commit on GitHub is manually reviewed by the founder and senior developer. Not a single commit or contribution, regardless of whether AI was involved in writing it, has ever been pushed without review by the senior developer and other team members. AI is not perfect, and neither are human developers, but peer review is a crucial part of quality control and the foundational reason why open-source technology is often more trustworthy and resilient in practice. We also go deeper into our workflow, where and how AI is utilized with full transparency into our development process. To read the full AI & Transparency Policy, visit here:

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Artificial Intelligence Usage & Transparency

GM, Nostr 🦩 We're happy to share that we've updated all of our GitBook docs to be on par with the latest v0.4.0 release. There were a lot of new pages and sections added, as well as some more images and GIFs of screen recordings. Some people had requested they wanted a section to learn more of "How it Works", so we added that on the landing page that takes you straight to the privacy and tech stack. Take a peek:

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Privacy by Principle

GitBook serves as our real introduction to Vector for newcomers, whether for your average person or developers, though it probably doesn't need to be said, but devs can always go straight to GitHub. 🟢 V E C T O R - M E S S E N G E R Learn more about Vector Messenger, how the app works, as well as all of the features explained:

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🟢 V E C T O R - S D K Last but not least, the new Vector SDK (vector-core) has been updated and docs have been expanded upon:

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The best way to stay up to date with Vector's development is to join the Vector Community on Vector at chat.vectorapp.io. If there are any features left out or things you all would like covered in the docs that aren't there, feel free to request them.