The Molly fork of Signal now has a variant that supports UnifiedPush, but it requires a helper called Mollysocket to be installed on a server somewhere. I can’t get my head around the (we’ll call them ‘lean’) docs, and I’ve never encountered such a helper for other UP apps. They just ask what to attach to, and they attach.
Has anyone fought through this?
UP requires server-side support. Signal has ignored the request to implement it numerous times. So users need to host a proxy that uses Signal’s websocket notification protocol to connect with Signal and distributes received notifications over UP. This moves the battery-draining websocket from mobile devices to some net-powered server.
Never heard of Molly before. Will look into that when I find some time. Thanks for the hint ;)
you probably already found this, but for others who might be curious:
Oh, so that’s why there’s no hint of UP in the UP version of Molly
in the settings if you change notification method from websocket to unified push, the UP settings come up, including a server address (which is what they intend to be used) or some air gap mode that i can’t find documented
i have this running now. i’m building instructions once i understand everything and it’s repeatable.
