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Yeah...this Circlus thing has a particular odor to it. Knew it was too good to be true but wanted to double check, as had not heard of it before. Thanks for confirming.
I think I will fork Simple LAN Chat and add what I want: https://github.com/nathanielxd/simple-lan-chat
It's server-less, which is one less thing to host. Text chat already works. The main problems are broken image/file transfer (literally craps itself with anything > 5kb in testing) and no useful notifications. So I will fix those, then probably add offline message queuing. The codebase is small and simple enough (he said, ominously) and if I don't scope creep, this should do the job nicely.
My kids are really into PictoCHAT on their DSes, so I'm thinking of it as something along those lines.
I want something that only works on the local WLAN, between vetted devices, and does not rely on Google accounts, FCM or other cloud middleware. I don't allow them unlimited access to the net / social media, so am engineering in house solutions. The base app here already keeps communication on the LAN, and I will add the device-vetting part. It looks like it's configured down to Android 5.1, so I can install it on old junkers without SIM cards, modern tablets, etc. That way the kids can play around with it (without doing something they shouldn't), take it camping (hotspot) etc. I'll need to reroll the Android APK. Could be a fun little project...