Tachyon is a translation layer between MSNP18 & the Matrix API.
- Redirection to localhost
- User/Password login
- Group Chats
- Memberships and Contacts
- Display names
- Profile pics
- Presence (kinda working, WLM is not really compatible with the Matrix way of handling presence currently)
- 1v1 DM Rooms
- Text messages
- File upload
- Multiple Points of Presence (showing all your logged in sessions)
- E2E encryption (kinda, no client validation)
- Vocal messages
- Photo sharing
- Contact management (Add, remove, etc)
- Handle all the default matrix messages types (m.notice, etc)
- Presence updates when presence disabled on homeserver
- Add & Delete contacts
- Font Styling for text messages
- Custom events for WLM's specific messages (like nudges & winks)
- Try to map Circles to non DM Rooms
- Handle DM rooms with more than two people
- Contacts recent activity
- MSNToday
- MSNObject stores (Emoticon packs, winks, etc)
- Custom Games & Activities
There are three distinct components making Tachyon tick:
- Notification Server - TCP Server listening on port 1863: This server handles the meat of MSNP18.
- Switchboard Server (or Mixer) - TCP Server listening on port 1864: This server handles rooms. One room per TCP connection.
- HTTP Server: This server handles all the SOAP Services used by the client (and various bits and bops)
- The Address Book: Handles the Contact List
- Sharing Service: Handles the membership lists (Who has added you back, Who did you add in your contact list)
- Storage Service: Handles updating and getting your profile
- RST2, Request Security Token: The SOAP Service responsible for authenticating the client
- The Escargot Project
- Luis Mariano Guerra and his project Emesene
- Pang Wu, Ethem Evlice, Scott Werndorfer & The MSNPSharp Team
- All the people that saved documentation and packet capture from the time
- The Matrix Foundation & the team behind the Rust SDK
- The team behind Windows Live Messenger, especially 14.0: thanks for all my childhood memories and friendships that still carried on to this day