Beebeep
Jeff
BeeBEEP 5.6.0
- Now the Avatar icon border in the chat right panel will be yellow if the messages have not yet been
displayed in the user's chat.
- If option "Always open chat on new message" is enabled and "Raise previously opened
chat on new message" is disabled, the window is now opened minimized to show icon
blinking on taskbar.
- Added "AllowEditNickname" option in beebeep.rc
- Fixed a bug on saving option "Recognize user by"
- Added "DisableCreateMessage" option in beebeep.rc
- Added "ActiveWindowOpacityLevel" and "InactiveWindowOpacityLevel" option for chat window
- Added "BackgroundColor", "DefaultTextColor" and "SystemTextColor" option for chat window
- Added "EnableDefaultChatNotifications" option
- Added "Regenerate HASH code" button in Edit Profile window (to easily avoid "same HASH errors")
- Added notification a few days before user's birthday event (birthday is now saved with user data)
- Added flag "Important!!" to chat message in "create message" window (raise the receiver chat window on top)
- Added "DisableMenuSettings" option in beebeep.rc
- Added "UseMessageTimestampWithAP" option (timestamp can be showed with am/pm suffix)
- Added "BroadcastToOfflineUsers" option
- Added "IP Multicast TTL" option
- Added "Use the dark theme" option (beta)
- Added "RaiseOnNewFileTransfer" option
- (Disabled Desktop Sharing feature for testing)
BeeBEEP 5.4.2
- Removed option "On close minimize on tray" for MacOSX
- Added more debug messages on user recognition
- Added "Autoresponder" when user send messages in group where he is not member
- Fixed bug: duplicate first message on chat window
BeeBEEP 5.0.0
- [SECURITY UPDATE] Encryption level 3 using key generated by SHA3-256 algorithm
- Desktop Sharing (beta)
- Send screenshot from chat
- Simplified GUI of "Configure network..." option
- Hive protocol can be used to contact user who remains offline
- Added delay on first connection option
- Option to send offline messages also in chat with all user
- ShareBox is improved with remote folder creation
- Image transferred can be also opened with a double click in preview
- Option to show usernames in chat with colors or not
- "User has read message" is now available as tootip on the user list of the chat (on mouse hover)
- Updated to Qt 5.9.6
BeeBEEP 4.0.0
- Changed all the main user interface
- All the main options are now grouped in the Settings menu
- Added status description option in user list
- Added status tooltip on the user's avatar/icon
- Added a check and an alert on same nickname/account of the connecting users
- Added "DisablePrivateChats" option on beebeep.rc file
- Added "DisableFileSharing" option on beebeep.rc file
- Chats are now always opened in separate window (single or multi)
- Fixed bug on leave a group chat
- Removed game plugin interface
- Added Workgroups interface in Settings/Users menu
- Users can be also recognized by their hash
- Change local user option added in Settings/OnConnection menu
- Message are now sent with UTC timestamp and converted to local time when received
- Fixed save of the dictionary selected
- Hunspell library updated to version 1.6.1
- Added option to select custom icons and emoticons
- Automatic disconnection on system in sleep mode and connection on system wake up (only for windows and macosx)
BeeBEEP 3.0.8
- Chat messages are now saved on disconnection
- Fixed a bug in option "HideMainToolbar"
- Broadcast processes are now simplified and optimized (some options are now obsolete, see BEEHELP.txt)
- The file transferred via chat are now showed only in the right chat window
- Preserve last modification timestamp of the transferred files
- The message "User is writing" is now shown in the right chat window if it is visible
- "Signature" option added in beebeep.rc file
- "Open folder" link (shown after a file transferred) also highlight the selected file in the folder (only for windows and macosx)
- "UseOnlyTextEmoticons" option added in beebeep.rc file
- Fixed a bug on smart selection of the data folder (now if the application folder is not writeable, BeeBEEP save its data to UserAppData folder)
- Users can be sorted in ascending or descending order, by name, by status, by unread messages and by priority (default)
- A "new message notification" is shown also when a new file is received from a user
- Fixed a bug in emoticon parsing
- Hive protocol optimized
- Fixed a bug in opening url with diacritic characters in path
- Preset Messages
- Added option to read a "beegroups.ini" file (beta)
- Added option to set layout in RTL mode (beta)
BeeBEEP 3.0.6
- Added "UseHostnameForDefaultUsername" option. It can be enabled in beebeep.rc
- Updated nickname update also the name of the chat window
- Fixed a bug that broke the link when there is an exclamation symbol in it
- Fixed a bug in showing chat window when tray message is clicked
- Users can not be removed from group by the other members but they can leave the group if they want to (due serverless)
- Windows UNC path are parsed and now it can be clickable
- "Open selected text as url" option added in chat chat window (right click on selected text)
- "Overwrite existing files" and "Ask me" option added
- Fixed a bug in icon of default chat when a new message is arrived
- Fixed a bug in alert beep when a new message is arrived
- Fixed a bug on stay on top (windows)
- Added "HideMainToolbar", "HideChatToolbar", "HideUsersPanel" and "HideOtherPanels" options. They can be enabled in beebeep.rc
- Added "UseEasyConnection" option to beebeep.rc
- Added "DisableFileTransfer" option in beebeep.rc
- Added "DisableSendMessage" option in beebeep.rc
- Added global shortcut for "Show all chat windows" (default CTRL+ALT+B)
- Fixed a bug in linkify parser (in some case is added to link)
BeeBEEP 3.0.0
- Fixed issue with "This app is preventing shutdown" in Windows
- Removing a group action will delete also the chat with the group members
- Zero Configuration Networking option added
- Floating chats
- Esc key minimize the active window
BeeBEEP 1.0.2
- Show homepage with activities at startup (can be disabled by option)
- Display chat members in chat window and as selected users in user panel
- Added "Max simultaneous downloads" option in beebeep.ini configuration file
- Enabled multiple files and folder download from file sharing window
- Added a text filter to quickly search user in list
BeeBEEP offers a complete chat solution for small businesses or projects, allowing you to send messages and share files within your network without relying on the cloud or complicated office infrastructure.
Keeping office communication both simple and secure can be a challenge. No matter whether it's email, modern short messages and voice messages, or sharing your desktop, too many communication paths travel through the cloud and across the Internet on paths that are not transparent. The classic email in particular is a dinosaur. Encrypted messages involve undesirable overhead for most users, and even strategically important information often crosses the web without protection.
But independence from major vendors and doing without commercial services often requires a great deal of time and work. Among other things, it usually includes configuring, administering, and maintaining servers and software.
That's where small organizations and workgroups may appreciate the simplicity of the open source BeeBEEP program [1]. It makes it easier to share messages, files, and even your desktop while keeping this information within your network.
The current version, BeeBEEP 5.8.2, is available for download from the project homepage [2]. The software is available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. The developer also maintains variants for the Raspberry Pi and OS/2.
For Linux, the software is available as a deb package (for Ubuntu 18.04 or newer) and via Snapcraft [3]. You can install the deb package on Ubuntu with a double-click (see also the "Ubuntu 20.04" box). Information on how to import the Snap variant can be found on the Snapcraft project page. Users of Arch Linux can also find the program in the Arch User Repository.
Our test on Ubuntu 20.04 showed that the deb package does not fulfill the dependency on the libxcb-screensaver0 library. Accordingly, an error message appears when calling beebeep in a terminal window. The same thing happens with the statically built variant, which you can access in the form of a tarball. Make sure you manually add the library during the install as follows:
BeeBEEP does not require an Internet connection. All messages and files to be transferred remain completely on your network [4]. The system secures the communication with a 256-bit AES key, so the data on the local network remains protected.
If there is a connection to the Internet, the software checks at startup to see whether a newer version is available. In addition, the developer uses Google Analytics to anonymize the user data. If necessary, you can disable the update check in the settings. However, there is no such switch for analysis of the data by Google.
You can start a chat by double-clicking on the icon of the desired partner. This opens a dialog in which you type your message (Figure 2). The tabs at the bottom of the window let you select emoticons, format the text with colors and fonts, and transfer individual files or entire folders.
If you launch BeeBEEP in a Wayland session in Gnome, you will only see a black image when you grab a screenshot. In this case, you have no choice but to log out of the desktop and select a classic X11 session in the login manager.
Your contact does not need to be currently online. In the list, the status is shown by the color of the icon in front of the name and the color of the name itself. A gray icon means that the contact's client is not currently active. However, you can still write a message to this user. As soon as the user starts their client, they will automatically receive the messages sent while they were offline.
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