Introduction

GalixiHub is a stand-alone application that performs the routing and world management functions of the Galixsys Communicator offering. It is currently freely available as a stand-alone Android application, as a Linux Debian install package, or as a Docker container app (via Docker Compose). GalixiHub allows an administrator to setup and manage their own messaging and social media community on their own Android device, on a Debian-based Linux machine, or on any machine that is able to run Docker. This can be a local machine at one’s home, or a cloud server (such as AWS). Setup is straight forward and accessible for users with a basic understand of network management. A user who has hosted an on-line game, for example, should have the expertise to setup their own GalixiHub. Administrators create their own “World” via GalixiHub and may invite others who have the GalixiCom messaging application (a separate app) to join their “World”. All traffic between all world members may be fully encrypted and is routed through GalixiHub directly to each other without the use of any 3rd party service. While messages or data may be cached when members are off-line, no data is permanently stored on GalixiHub. This reduces significantly the opportunity for any third-party to mine or otherwise have access to what should be personalized data or messages.

GalixiHub Options

GalixiHub is currently available as a native Android application, as a Linux server (via systemd) Debian package, or as a Docker containerized system (via Compose). The various means to install and setup GalixiHub on different systems is outlined below:

  • Android Android Overview documents how to install from the Google Playstore, and how to configure the GalixiHub app for any device running Android 13 or higher.

  • Debian Debian Overview documents how to integrate GalixiHub as an APT repository, and how to configure and manage any device running a Debian flavor of Linux (Ubuntu, Mint, etc) on any hardware.

  • Docker Docker Overview documents how to integrate GalixiHub as a containerized Docker application via the Docker Compose infrastructure.

In the future, GalixiHub may be available on other systems and devices.