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Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger

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68 points DmitryDolgopolo | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 18:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source

Hi HN! Excited to share early access to Amber.

I’ve tried every all-in-one messenger out there (Beeper included) but they always fell short. No real folders, no AI, clunky UI, no CRM features… As a founder who speaks with hundreds of people every quarter, I needed something better. So I decided to rebuild the entire experience from ground up.

Thoughts from one of our users: "The app I've been searching for for a looong time."

Check it out for free today!

Demo: https://www.loom.com/share/8b5bc80b9893436b9190ae41fc3f0f50

Features: - All messages (Whatsapp, Telegram, iMessage) unified in a beautifully crafted interface. - Split inboxes (folders) to effortlessly focus on work, friends, a particular project.. whatever matters the most right now. - Mark read – no read receipts (even on Whatsapp and Telegram), mark done only when you’re done. - Personal CRM: a lightweight private database of knowledge about each person with (optional) AI pulling important facts straight from conversations. (the latter is coming soon) - Command bar + shortcuts. - Send later + reminders.

Everything is securely stored on-device. All messages are end-to-end encrypted and go straight from your device to the network of choice – never touching our servers.

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devilkin ◴[02 Sep 25 19:24 UTC] No.45107823[source]▶
Before I would even consider something like this:

* Where's your privacy policy?

* What/how are you handling the different customer protection laws? What juristictions are you working in? Where's the data hosted?

* Where's the design description?

* What encryption are you actually using? If you rolled your own, then well.. good luck.

* How could you ensure end-to-end encryption over multiple protocols, without either completely reverse engineering said protocols? If your answer here would be that you're using a central server where messages get passed between services (and thus decrypted), it isn't end-to-end.

The site is also very flaky. Sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn't. There are so many questions, and zero answers.

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giancarlostoro ◴[02 Sep 25 19:29 UTC] No.45107901[source]▶
> The site is also very flaky. Sometimes it loads, sometimes it doesn't.

That's probably the HN front page effect to be fair.

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busymom0 ◴[02 Sep 25 21:26 UTC] No.45109276[source]▶
Something is weird about the javascript or CSS on the site. When I first scroll down, many things didn't animate and didn't show. When I scroll up and then scroll back down again, then they animated in.
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1. DmitryDolgopolo ◴[03 Sep 25 00:54 UTC] No.45111075[source]▶
What browser are you using?
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2. busymom0 ◴[03 Sep 25 01:02 UTC] No.45111138[source]▶
I tested on macOS Safari.