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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And if dendrite fail, we wait for the rust-based backend implementation. :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's funny. When I was typing my original response, I was under the impression that Dendrite was Rust-based! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I'm really glad I checked before posting!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fun fact. I didn't made a joke. There is a rust based version in alpha state. But I don't remember it's codename.

Edit: okay, it has no codename:

https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, I thought that was just a client SDK. Is it an actual server backend?