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Question: self-hosted instant messanger. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Bahnd@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Question: What do people in this community recommend for self-hosted instant messanger projects? I host a VOIP service for my nerd herd and due to recent events i'm attempting to migrate out groups chats off of the major platforms (Discord, Google chats, Slack, Etc.) as well.

There are a few notes that were requested/requirements.

  • Self-hosted
  • Supports images
  • Has a decent mobile app
  • Encrypted communication
  • Expected load ~25 users.

I am doing my own digging but wanted to hear the communites opinions on some of the projects that came up in searches.

  • IRC/XMPP - dosent really work for the request but is a classic, so I feel had to mention it.
  • Rocket.Chat - seems like the best option so far, but I was having trouble finding current reviews, and its licensing is a bit much.
  • Matrix also is close to checking all the boxes, but it wasnt clear how it works on mobile (Element seemed like the mobile app that was recommended).
  • Revolt was high on the SEO results but most of the discussion around it was about drama with the maintainers (that is what prompted this post, i'm fishing for more current opinions).
  • Zulip seemed similar to Rocket.Chat, but more expensive if we had to get a license.

I appreciate peoples opinions and recomendations on this topic.

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[–] troed@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You want Matrix. Synapse if you intend to host for others, Conduit if you just want to host for yourself. There are quite a few different clients but I do indeed use ElementX on mobile.

[–] farcaller@fstab.sh 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’ve been having sync issues with conduit lately, takes minutes for the mobile app to catch up. No way to purge old media, or to use something S3-compatible for its storage either.

Also, element x doesn’t support spaces, so if you want to bridge other chats into matrix they all are going to be messed up together.

I like matrix as a concept, but both servers and clients are in a bit of a shitshow state (same as xmpp was years ago).

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Spaces will come but I miss them too. Threads are another feather that I miss on Elemen X

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