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BeeBEEP project activities
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Last updated: Sep 10th, 2026 - 13:46
https://sourceforge.net/p/beebeep/activity/feed
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 09 September 2026 - 18:37Hi, Thank you for reaching out! Don't worry if you are not very experienced with computers—we will get this sorted out step by step.
Since all other computers are working and you used the installer, the issue on this specific computer is usually caused by one of three common reasons: Windows...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 09 September 2026 - 18:02Users not showing -
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Anonymous - Sunday, 06 September 2026 - 08:05Greetings, friend! Have you tried opening it as administrator, and with a higher priority than normal? And just in case, exclude it from your antivirus and add it to the list of programs/folders with privileged access.
Something similar happened to me with a program that wasn't working properly; on...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 01 September 2026 - 09:38Thank you for reporting this issue and for providing details about your environment (Ubuntu 26.04 / BeeBEEP v5.8.2).
The "A program is still running.
UNKNOWN not responding" dialog occurs because Ubuntu's GNOME Session Manager expects an immediate response to its desktop shutdown query...[ Read more ] -
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James Morgan - Thursday, 27 August 2026 - 18:52BeeBEEP does not shut down automatically -
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 24 August 2026 - 16:48Hello! You can try this package compiled with ARM support (I guees you have M1 or better processor).
https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebeep/files/MacOSX/TEST/beebeep-5.9.1-2-arm64.dmg/download -
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Anonymous - Monday, 24 August 2026 - 14:07Software will not work with upcoming Mac OS update -
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Marco Mastroddi - Sunday, 16 August 2026 - 07:42Fixed the available network entries to skip virtual lan. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 15 August 2026 - 08:43Network monitor beta release -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 14 August 2026 - 07:46Hello! I'm currently porting BeeBEEP to Qt6.
Once that's complete, a 64-bit version for Windows will definitely be available (64-bit is already supported on Linux and macOS).
In the meantime, as soon as I resolve all compatibility issues, I'll release a test version built with Qt 5.15.
I don't have...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 14 August 2026 - 07:40To help resolve this issue, please check your message saving settings: Open BeeBEEP and go to the Main Menu.
Go to Settings > Chat > Save messages.
Check the configured options in that menu.
By default, BeeBEEP keeps a maximum of about 9,000 lines of chat messages.
If the limit is reached, older...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 13 August 2026 - 11:39x64 version -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 13 August 2026 - 05:08对方与我的聊天记录不同步 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 11 August 2026 - 12:14Copyright updated -
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 10 August 2026 - 14:56Code cleanup. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 10 August 2026 - 14:47Updated GA4 anonymized statistics. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 06 August 2026 - 21:02Yes, I'm already working on it.
If I need help I will ask you...
thank you very much! -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 06 August 2026 - 21:02Thanks for the thorough and helpful response! Is there any chance BeeBEEP could be moving to a more current version of Qt (e.g., Qt 6) in the future? Could I possibly contribute to that effort in some way? -
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Marco Mastroddi - Sunday, 02 August 2026 - 10:44First of all, Thanks for looking into the code! It always helps me.
It seems there might be a slight confusion between QObject::startTimer() and QTimer::start().
In both places, mp_timer is actually an instance of QTimer (not QObject::startTimer), which has different method signatures and behaviors:...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Sunday, 02 August 2026 - 10:14Based on the source code for version 5.8.6, I see what I believe would be two startTimer method calls: TickManager.cpp:61: mp_timer->start(); GuiMessageEdit.cpp:363: mp_timer->start( Settings::instance().writingTimeout() ); The method signature for QObject::startTimer (Qt 5.15) is int...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 28 July 2026 - 13:19Regarding Issue 1 (Sleep/Resume): The disconnection after returning from sleep occurs both on Wi-Fi-connected laptops and on Ethernet connections.
It seems to be related to the user locking the screen with Win+L when stepping away from the computer.
From a power-saving settings perspective, nothing...[ Read more ] -
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BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger) - Saturday, 25 July 2026 - 10:28 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 25 July 2026 - 10:27 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 25 July 2026 - 09:59I have completed the first APPIMAGE package.
You can test it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebeep/files/Linux/APPIMAGE/ -
[ BeeBEEP official version released ]
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 25 July 2026 - 09:44You can only turn the "Chat with all users" channel into a read-only broadcast channel by using the beebeep.rc configuration file.
To do this, add the following line to the beebeep.rc file on the regular users' PCs: EnableChatWithAllUsers=false How it works: Regular users with...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 25 July 2026 - 09:35Thank you very much for taking the time to analyze the source code and provide such a detailed report.
Reports like yours are extremely helpful! Regarding Issue 1 (Reconnection after Sleep/Resume): Your diagnosis in GuiMain was a great starting point.
Looking closer into the code execution flow, on...[ Read more ] -
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Anonymous - Friday, 24 July 2026 - 10:40Bug report: Two reliability issues in stable Windows release (5.8.6) — group messaging and sleep/resume reconnect -
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Anonymous - Saturday, 18 July 2026 - 17:32Would also be cool if there was a flatpak for BeeBeep.
Unfortunately there's only a Snap and a Flatpak would pretty much cover all other distributions. -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 16 July 2026 - 15:24Read-only messages to groups -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 15 July 2026 - 23:21After continued testing, I have determined that kernel: atomic remove_fb failed with -22 is NOT caused by this issue; however, the information above provided from the QObject Class documentation does seem to indicate this would be a worthy issue to resolve! -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 14 July 2026 - 15:17Awesome! Love the app and appreciate the quick response. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Monday, 13 July 2026 - 09:15Added the option "ShowMessageDatestamp" for the chat messages -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 11 July 2026 - 09:55That is a great point, and it's actually a fantastic idea! To be honest, I just started working on an AppImage solution right after reading your post.
You hit the nail on the head: since the main goal of BeeBEEP is to work completely offline in a local network, requiring an internet connection just...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 11 July 2026 - 09:35Hello! I will add it to the TODO list.
Thank you very much! Tip: if you close BeeBEEP every day, the next day you will find with time only the messages of that day and with date all the past ones. -
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Anonymous - Friday, 10 July 2026 - 00:18AppImage support -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 08 July 2026 - 15:17Add option to show date for every message -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 04 July 2026 - 12:23 -
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 04 July 2026 - 11:46There is a testing version cor apple M series...
https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebeep/files/MacOSX/TEST/beebeep-5.9.1-2-arm64.dmg/download -
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Anonymous - Saturday, 04 July 2026 - 08:38MacOSx compatibility on Apple Silicon based hardware -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 16 June 2026 - 12:16Ported to Windows with Qt 5.15 and MSVC 2019 -
[ BeeBEEP beta test version released ]
BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger) - Sunday, 14 June 2026 - 10:49Please help me test BeeBEEP beta.
Try the new features.
Open a ticket if you need information or find bugs.
Thank you very much.Read the installation instructions ...
Open new ticket ...
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Marco Mastroddi - Sunday, 14 June 2026 - 10:47The scripts now works with Debian 12 and 13 and it is fully compliant with debian requirements. -
[ BeeBEEP beta test version released ]
BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger) - Saturday, 13 June 2026 - 12:34Please help me test BeeBEEP beta.
Try the new features.
Open a ticket if you need information or find bugs.
Thank you very much.Read the installation instructions ...
Open new ticket ...
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Marco Mastroddi - Saturday, 13 June 2026 - 11:30Added script to make debian 13 package (lintian ok) -
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Anonymous - Friday, 12 June 2026 - 18:38Please try the 5.9.1 for arm64 version...
https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebeep/files/MacOSX/TEST/ - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #1160
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 12 June 2026 - 10:24Here is the English version, formatted and ready to be pasted directly into your support ticket: The reason you cannot connect is that BeeBEEP relies on network broadcasting to discover other users.
By default, routers block broadcast traffic between different subnets (e.g., from 192.168.0.x to...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 12 June 2026 - 10:21Le fait que vous apparaissiez souvent "hors ligne" dans BeeBEEP est généralement lié à une déconnexion temporaire du réseau ou à un blocage des paquets de communication.
BeeBEEP étant un logiciel sans serveur (peer-to-peer), il dépend entièrement de la stabilité de votre réseau local.
Voici les...[ Read more ] -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 12 June 2026 - 09:51Updated script to deploy and notarize apple arm64 bundle -
[ BeeBEEP beta test version released ]
BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger) - Friday, 12 June 2026 - 09:49Please help me test BeeBEEP beta.
Try the new features.
Open a ticket if you need information or find bugs.
Thank you very much.Read the installation instructions ...
Open new ticket ...
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Panos (Panagiotis Papazoglou) - Friday, 12 June 2026 - 09:42Hallo.
It is from the cog before the search user field on the bottom...
Sorting mode...
> By user name :) -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 11 June 2026 - 18:53Not yet :-) -
[ BeeBEEP beta test version released ]
BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger) - Thursday, 11 June 2026 - 18:52Please help me test BeeBEEP beta.
Try the new features.
Open a ticket if you need information or find bugs.
Thank you very much.Read the installation instructions ...
Open new ticket ...
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 11 June 2026 - 18:52You can test the ARM version here (please download the 5.9.1 file): https://sourceforge.net/projects/beebeep/files/MacOSX/TEST/ -
[ BeeBEEP beta test version released ]
BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger) - Thursday, 11 June 2026 - 18:52Please help me test BeeBEEP beta.
Try the new features.
Open a ticket if you need information or find bugs.
Thank you very much.Read the installation instructions ...
Open new ticket ...
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 10 June 2026 - 11:34alphabetical order -
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Anonymous - Tuesday, 09 June 2026 - 17:40Mode hors ligne -
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Abelardo A.M. - Friday, 29 May 2026 - 08:40Gracias por su comentario, tiempo y dedicación.
Saludos. -
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Anonymous - Wednesday, 27 May 2026 - 08:34subnet connect error - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #1159
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 26 May 2026 - 19:42 - Marco Mastroddi modified a comment on ticket #1159
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 26 May 2026 - 19:39Thank you very much for your detailed, rigorous, and well-structured analysis.
It is a pleasure to read such a clear technical explanation regarding IP addressing and subnetting.
Your observations are absolutely correct, and you hit the nail on the head regarding some historical limitations of the...[ Read more ] -
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Abelardo A.M. - Monday, 25 May 2026 - 12:47Beehosts.ini y otras cuestiones. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 22 May 2026 - 17:52Greek translation updated thanks to Panagiotis Papazoglou -
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Marco Mastroddi - Friday, 22 May 2026 - 17:44Added some Apple M1 fixes. -
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Marco Mastroddi - Thursday, 21 May 2026 - 10:00Yes, the first beta will be ready next week... -
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Anonymous - Thursday, 21 May 2026 - 09:43Apple silicon -
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Marco Mastroddi - Tuesday, 19 May 2026 - 15:16Added box with user name color.
Removed colors in the nickname linedit. -
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Panos (Panagiotis Papazoglou) - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 11:18Custom color for specific user -
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Panos (Panagiotis Papazoglou) - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 11:11Workgroups remain in list even with no members -
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Panos (Panagiotis Papazoglou) - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 11:05URL as link with non latin characters -
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Marco Mastroddi - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 07:01Please use "send code" option to preserve messages... -
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Fred Leonard - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 04:05bad bug, rendering it unusable.
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