I played with @delta and *damn* is it sweet!
It uses my e-mail account as transport, but encrypts using OpenPGP, and feels like IM. Has groups and all.
It's not exactly a @signalapp replacement (yet?): a). it obviously leaks metadata, as it uses e-mail as transport; and b), it uses Autocrypt for key exchange and I have not found a way to *pin* known keys for certain accounts.
But it's interesting! I will keep an eye on it; saga shows why we need to move away from walled gardens.