2025-04: Taler Mailbox and Directory service released

We are happy to announce the release of two new GNU Taler components: The Taler Directory (TalDir) and Mailbox services. The Taler Wallet will be integrated in future versions to interact with the Taler Directory and Mailbox in order to deliver a smooth user experience for Peer-to-Peer payments.

The Taler Directory service

The Taler Directory is an alias lookup service that allows Taler wallets to securely associate an inbox service (URL and public key) with the address of a messaging service used by the wallet’s user (the Mailbox service). Wallets can also lookup the inbox of other users. This will enable wallets to make wallet-to-wallet payments to distant wallets where the target user is only identified by their address in a messaging service. Examples for messaging services include E-mail and SMS.

The Taler Mailbox service

The Taler Mailbox allows Taler wallets to securely send push and pull payment requests to other wallets without having to interact with the respective messaging service.

Download links

Both services are distributed via the GNU FTP mirrors:

• http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taldir-1.0.5.tar.gz
• http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taldir-1.0.5.tar.gz.sig
• http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mailbox-1.0.0.tar.gz
• http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/taler/taler-mailbox-1.0.0.tar.gz.sig

This work is funded through NGI TALER Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet program. Learn more at the NLnet project page.