# TUI deltachat program

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944 "2025-07-31T05:48:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![deknos093](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@deknos093](https://forum.delta.chat/u/deknos093)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/1 "2025-07-31T05:48:55Z")

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Hi,  
is there a TUI deltachat program? If possible, i would like to be able to use deltachat in the terminal, not as a bot or sdk but a real text user interface in the terminal, like irssi.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![9er](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/9er/32/2678_2.png) [@9er](https://forum.delta.chat/u/9er)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/2 "2025-07-31T11:36:18Z")

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There is [GitHub - ArcaneChat/arcanechat-tui: [WIP] a lightweight ArcaneChat client for the command line](https://github.com/ArcaneChat/arcanechat-tui)  
But functional is very limited, see the README.  
And [author](https://support.delta.chat/u/adbenitez) is too busy with other thngs.

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**Author:** ![deknos093](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@deknos093](https://forum.delta.chat/u/deknos093)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/3 "2025-07-31T14:25:40Z")

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That’s a pity. ☹

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**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/4 "2025-07-31T15:06:58Z")

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for what you can expect of terminal chat app, it is good enough tho, you can send and receive messages pretty much like any irc client for the command line

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**Author:** ![deknos093](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@deknos093](https://forum.delta.chat/u/deknos093)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/5 "2025-07-31T15:56:18Z")

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But does it have the same security level in terms of transmitted messages as the endorsed deltachat programs?

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**Author:** ![9er](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/9er/32/2678_2.png) [@9er](https://forum.delta.chat/u/9er)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/6 "2025-07-31T17:57:39Z")

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AFAIK it uses same Rust core as other ‘official’ DC apps. Only Python TUI code is unique.

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**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/7 "2025-07-31T19:50:42Z")

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yes, it is literally the exact same delta chat, the different clients are just cosmetic UI around the same security-audited Delta Chat core that contains all the actual encryption and capabilities

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tui-deltachat-program/3944/8 "2026-10-06T15:19:11Z")

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