*hop like everyone's watching!*

tbzs' simplex community

simplex is an emerging new chat app, and it's one i've come to love — here you'll find everything you'll ever need to become a next level internet yapper



first off, if you're new to simplex i encourage you to read through the official apps homepage here, it covers all the security and privacy improvements it offers over other chat apps, and how it evades the pitfalls of many other secure messengers. in my mind, simplex is the epitomy of ease of use, security and privacy — i've been using it since 2022~, and i could not be more of a shill for it! i'm a true simplex evangelist!

links to download simplex for your platform of choice can be found right here.
Linux - Flatpak - Windows - Mac - iOS - F-Droid - Google Play

how to help simplex stay strong

simplex is young, and for it to grow into the strong and decentralized network it hopes to be we should all put in a little bit of effort to help it achieve that. the best thing users can do is to add custom simplex servers to their server list, ones not run by simplex themselves. this helps enourmously with diversifying the network and distrubuting trust away from a central source and instead to a global network of people and collectives, increasing the health of network, preventing censorship, as well as increasing user privacy, especially if users opt to use servers with metrics disabled (like mine!), from good hosts (like mine!!) and that the server they're using has enough active users to help them blend into the crowd (h-hopefully like mine!!!). that last part is what i'm hopping (get it? hopping?) to achieve, by creating resources and a small community for everyone, i hope it'll help in increasing the amount of users who choose to add tbz simplex servers to their network list (and other servers too, more than mine exist!) — so if you've read this far, go add it to your network list!!

in the future i'll write more about the technical details of simplex, and why i choose to trust as much as i do, so hit that BOOKMARK button and become part of the bunny gang! merch drop and rebranded soda drink coming SOON.

let's add our custom servers!

in its current form, adding servers is a little clunky, but it's easy enough! below you'll find a screenshot by screenshot guide on how to do it, and you can also check out the official documentation here (i find it confusing personally). make sure you enable "use for new connections" if you want the server to be used at all, otherwise it's just gonna chill and do nothing. and if you want to only use custom servers, you can go through and disable "use for new connections" on all of the official simplex servers.

servers with a minus to their left of their name = not used to establish new connections, but will still be used for connections already established with that server. if you'd like to change the server used for a connection that's already established, simply click on a contact and tap "change recieving network address" like so;



this'll roll a dice and pick a random server to use based on which ones you currently have enabled! do this *after* you've added your custom servers.

if you disable the official servers, make sure to also generate a new contact link after doing this so that people who use your link to add you will make the connection via the custom servers you've added! the pictures here go from left to right, and this is my SMP server that you'll want to add:

smp://jA736UwbVG_LKSQyi9tr8LZOxgqBIQTJgbi7jgAGJhM=@thebunny.zone,bunnysmppnjrd7f4saxjcewlnf3jxyvyjjmtsvdz7cnpxpt5y4mqnoyd.onion

(tip! only want to connect via tbzs' onion and have NO possible way to connect via the clearnet? remove "thebunny.zone," from the url and you've achieved just that!)



don't forget to click save!

sharing your contact / connection links

this here is a little bit extra, but when you create your simplex address you'll notice that it starts with `simplex.chat`, and opening the url in your browser will, well, bring you to simplex.chat! — if you'd like to not use the official url chat thingy, feel free to use mine, just replace `simplex.chat` with `thebunny.zone` in your contact link and you'll have a new, downgra- i-improved and cuter link! you can also replace it with tbzs' onion url instead, it'll work the same! (curious about what tbzs' contact page looks like? check it out here: https://thebunny.zone/contact).
the developers are currently working on having all custom smp servers host their own contact pages so this step will become less important with time — i'm excited to see what they come up with!

finding and sharing groups with the bunny burrow

you may've noticed that there aren't many great ways to find simplex groups currently, there's the official directory bot and the other one we dont talk about — that's literally it. well now there's a third, the bunny burrow! to connect with it and find groups, simply paste its contact link into your app, or visit the link directly in your web browser to find instructions on how to do so~ (via my custom contact page of course!).

click to join!



you're all free to submit your groups, i promise to reach out to you directly if there's any reason i'm hesitant to accept something, and if i somehow miss you or your group please contact me! this site and everything it hosts is for all of us, it's run by me but that's about all the say i want to have in things — rules, guidelines and everything else is up for you all to decide!* within reason. >w<

content illegal in croatia / moldova will never be allowed. thankfully, our laws are pretty okay so this shouldn't be a problem!

if you'd like to contribute but cant think of what group to create, here's a theme — try to create groups that encourage happiness, that offers support to others and helps people who may be going through tough times. so much of the internet is divided, whether it be by politics or differences in thought, but it doesn't have to be that way — just by creating and submitting a group, you're offering a home for other people who have similar personalities and interests as you. your ability to create a positive impact on other people is a true super power, so make the most of it!

about hosting an XFTP server

g-guys, i've been strong up till now.. i've been keeping a terrible secret..... i'm... i-i'm poor..! between everything i host, it costs about 540~ euro a year, and while i can cover this, i can't cover anything more than it. if you all would like to see additional services hosted (starting with an XFTP server), please consider donating! *all* donations stay here for use *only* to improve tbz — you've got a yapper guarentee on that! please see the donation page >here<, once an XFTP server is up, this part of the page will be NUKED!

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