migrate website to 11ty site generator (#913)

* readme: fix link

* add 11ty files to website folder

* add web.yml

* add simplex web files

* add font matter to some blogs

* remove unnecessary things

* change few settings

* add a web script

* update web.yml

* update image format & add an image

* add font matter to blogs

* update blog.html

* add article layout & give that layout to blogs

* update the location of _includes

* update article layout

* change original blog links

* add styling to blog

* improve the links of blogs

* update web.sh

* add favicon

* update a tag in a blog

* improve stylings of article page

* improve styling of blog page

* update the theme

* update font matter and update links in new blog.

* add style changes

* apply reverse chronology sort on articles

* shift blogs links back to hashes

* add ids to headers & smooth scrolling

* make all blog links relative

* add smooth scrolling & add relative to absolute links converter

* add navigation

* improve mobile nav

* change desktop header style

* convert blogs link text to "Read More"

* change desktop header style

* style mobile nav

* fix landing page styling

* update web workflow

* update web workflow

* nav setting

* add tailwind links

* update web workflow

* remove app demo folder

* remove special characters from the links

* fix the issue of links

* make web.sh executable

* update blog links

* move web.sh to website folder

* code style

* EOLs

* format index.css & contact.css

* add markdown-it configuration

* add outline none on focus

* remove extra Javascript

* make mobile nav display none by default

* add permalinks to markdown files

* update 11ty config

* update web.sh

* update article

* resolve issue of special characters in header ids
introduce slugify

* add target _blank to whitepaper link

* add last post

* EOLs

* try to resolve bullets issue

* use markdown-it-replace-link
to convert relative .md extension to .html extension

* add missing images, simpligy link parsing

* add CNAME file

* add CNAME file, rename config

* fix jumping table issue

Co-authored-by: Evgeny Poberezkin <2769109+epoberezkin@users.noreply.github.com>
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layout: layouts/article.html
title: "SimpleX Chat v3.1 is released"
date: 2022-08-08
permalink: "/blog/20220808-simplex-chat-v3.1-chat-groups.html"
---
# SimpleX Chat v3.1 is released
**Published:** Aug 8, 2022
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## What's new
- [secret chat groups](#secret-chat-groups)!
- [access to messaging servers via Tor](#access-to-messaging-servers-via-tor)
- [access to messaging servers via Tor](#access-messaging-servers-via-tor)
- [advanced network settings](#advanced-network-settings)
- [published chat protocol](#published-chat-protocol)
- [new app icons](#new-app-icons)
- [other changes since v3](#other-changes-since-v3)
- [other changes since v3](#other-changes-since-v3):
- optimized battery and traffic usage - up to 90x reduction!
- two docker configurations for self-hosted SMP servers
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It's been [nearly a year](./20210914-simplex-chat-v0.4-released.md) since the users of SimpleX Chat terminal app started experimenting with the groups, and now it is available to mobile app users as well. Many bugs were fixed, the stability was improved, but there are both the features we need to add and the bugs we need to fix to make groups more useful - we really look forward to your feedback. You can send any suggestions via the app by choosing `Chat with the developers` via app Settings (or using `/simplex` command in the terminal app) this would connect you to SimpleX team via its [fixed chat address](https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FPQUV2eL0t7OStZOoAsPEV2QYWt4-xilbakvGUGOItUo%3D%40smp6.simplex.im%2FK1rslx-m5bpXVIdMZg9NLUZ_8JBm8xTt%23MCowBQYDK2VuAyEALDeVe-sG8mRY22LsXlPgiwTNs9dbiLrNuA7f3ZMAJ2w%3D).
SimpleX network is decentralized, so how do groups work? Unlike Matrix or Signal that host the group profile and the list of group members on their servers, SimpleX servers have no information about the group's existence - only its members do. SimpleX network does not assign any globally unique identifiers to the group, there is only a local database identifier and the list of members stored on members' devices. A user has an independent connection to each member in a group. When a user sends a message to the group, the app sends this message independently to each member. You can read more about how groups work in [SimpleX Chat Protocol](../docs/protocol/simplex-chat.md#sub-protocol-for-chat-groups).
SimpleX network is decentralized, so how do groups work? Unlike Matrix or Signal that host the group profile and the list of group members on their servers, SimpleX servers have no information about the group's existence - only its members do. SimpleX network does not assign any globally unique identifiers to the group, there is only a local database identifier and the list of members stored on members' devices. A user has an independent connection to each member in a group. When a user sends a message to the group, the app sends this message independently to each member. You can read more about how groups work in [SimpleX Chat Protocol](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/protocol/simplex-chat.md#sub-protocol-for-chat-groups).
But how can it scale, you might ask? It simply won't, and the current design for the groups is only suitable for relatively small groups of people who know each other well, definitely not larger than few hundred members this design prioritized privacy and security of the group over its size or performance. For example, to send a message to the group of 100 members a user would need to send a total of ~1.6mb of data (as each message uses a fixed size block of 16kb). And if you were to send a 1mb file then it would also require sending it 100 times (provided each member accepts it).
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This release allows to access SimpleX messaging servers via Tor on all platforms:
- terminal app beta supported it for a couple weeks now: to access SimpleX servers via Tor you need to install Tor proxy and run simplex-chat with `-x` option. See [terminal app docs](../docs/CLI.md#access-messaging-servers-via-tor-beta) for more information.
- terminal app beta supported it for a couple weeks now: to access SimpleX servers via Tor you need to install Tor proxy and run simplex-chat with `-x` option. See [terminal app docs](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/CLI.md#access-messaging-servers-via-tor-beta) for more information.
- Android app supports access via Tor using Orbot SOCKS proxy. Once you install and start Orbot, you need to enable `Network & Servers / Use SOCKS proxy` setting in the app to access SimpleX servers via Tor.
- iOS app can also be used with Orbot iOS app (that is installed as a system-wide VPN provider). The only setting you might need to change is to increase network timeouts in the app - to do that you have to enable `Developer tools`, and then chose `Network & Servers / Advanced network settings / Set timeouts for proxy`.
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The [low level SimpleX protocols](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/) were published long time ago, and updated to reflect the evolution of the protocols, the high level chat protocol was not published before. The reason for that was to allow us to iterate it quickly, without committing to any of the decisions.
This is the [first draft of SimpleX Chat Protocol](../docs/protocol/simplex-chat.md) - let us know any questions or suggestions.
This is the [first draft of SimpleX Chat Protocol](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/protocol/simplex-chat.md) - let us know any questions or suggestions.
### Other changes since v3
### Other changes since v3
Since v3 release we also optimized battery and traffic usage - with up to 90x traffic reduction in some cases and published two docker configurations for self-hosted SMP servers. Read more about it in the previous [beta version announcement](./20220723-simplex-chat-v3.1-tor-groups-efficiency.md).
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[Technical details and limitations](./20220723-simplex-chat-v3.1-tor-groups-efficiency.md#privacy-technical-details-and-limitations).
[How SimpleX is different from Session, Matrix, Signal, etc.](../README.md#frequently-asked-questions).
[How SimpleX is different from Session, Matrix, Signal, etc.](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/README.md#frequently-asked-questions).
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