Developer Reference
This page is intended to provide information and other resources that are useful for Bitmessage developers.
Contents
Protocol Information
Protocol specification: https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Protocol_specification
Encryption scheme: https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Encryption
Proof of Work scheme: https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Proof_of_work
Bitmessage White Paper: https://bitmessage.org/bitmessage.pdf
Bitmessage Technical Paper (Note: not updated for protocol version 3): https://bitmessage.org/Bitmessage%20Technical%20Paper.pdf
Implementations
Full Node Implementations
PyBitmessage (Reference Client) (Python): https://github.com/bitmessage/pybitmessage
bitmessaged (C++): https://github.com/Thomas-Astade/bitmessaged
Lite Client Implementations
Bitseal (Java): https://github.com/jonathancoe/bitseal
Notbit (C): https://github.com/bpeel/notbit
Bmr (Javascript): https://github.com/chovy/bmr
bitmessage-web (Javascript): https://github.com/jclement/bitmessage-web
Bitpost (Objective-C): https://github.com/Voluntarynet/Bitpost
Web Clients
Blinked (Javascript): https://blinked.ca
Bitmsg.me (Javascript): https://bitmsg.me
Gateway Services
Other Implementations
Please note that some of these other implementations may be incomplete or not up-to-date with the current Bitmessage protocol.
libbitmessage (C++): https://github.com/corebob/libbitmessage
bitmessage-go (Go): https://github.com/corebob/bitmessage-go
cppbitmessage (C++): https://github.com/bashrc/cppbitmessage
JBitmessage (Java): https://github.com/ISibboI/JBitmessage
Jabit (Java): https://github.com/Dissem/Jabit
SharpBitmessage (C#): https://github.com/sharpbitmessage/SharpBitmessage
Bitmessage-js (Javascript): https://github.com/indigots/Bitmessage-js
bitmessage-ruby (Ruby): https://github.com/staii/bitmessage-ruby
bitchan (Javascript): https://github.com/bitchan
Scripts and Utilities
PyBitmessage Utilities
Bitmessage PHP class - Bitmessage PHP Class to control PyBitmessage daemon using xmlrpc - https://github.com/Conver/class.bitmessage.php
bmwrapper - Email wrapper for PyBitmessage: https://github.com/Arceliar/bmwrapper
BitCrypt - Encrypts and decrypts PyBitmessage .dat files: https://github.com/AyrA/BitCrypt
BitUpdate - Automatically update PyBitmessage: https://github.com/AyrA/BitUpdate
NIIP-BitMessageLib - A .NET implementation of the API exposed by PyBitmessage: https://bitbucket.org/niip/niip-bitmessagelib
Others
bitmessage-powfaster - Bitmessage Proof Of Work optimizations including OpenCL and C based PoW code: https://github.com/grant-olson/bitmessage-powfaster
BitMailServer - Bitmesssage to Email Gateway: https://github.com/AyrA/BitMailServer
BitDNS - Bitmessage DNS and Namecoin integration: https://github.com/AyrA/BitDNS
BitCenter - Powerful Bitmessage message processing: https://github.com/AyrA/BitCenter
BitHTTP - HTTP proxy over Bitmessage: https://github.com/AyrA/BitHTTP
BinSend - Send and decode binary attachments via Bitmessage: https://github.com/AyrA/BinSend
BitMessageForum - Browse your bitmessages via a forum-like UI: https://github.com/grant-olson/BitMessageForum
