BitlBee

BitlBee

This is the bridge I was teasing the whole time. If you want a history lesson about BitlBee, here you go!

It’s an, at least for me, insane project!

Why BitlBee Works

I currently have set up a bridge to WhatsApp. I receive native notifications on my device, and it has been, until now, the best state in terms of bridging messages to my Blackberry Classic.

From my personal experience, if WhatsApp works flawlessly together with native notifications, then you can be sure it will work for other services for at least a sustainable time, and if things do break and I can contribute in some way to a solution, I will do that!

Two Decades of Development

The fact that BitlBee has been in active development for over two decades speaks volumes about its stability and reliability. It’s battle-tested, well-documented, and most importantly, it just works with obsolete devices.