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TIL there is an fediverse alternative to Discord (matrix.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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About Matrix Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications.

Matrix Manifesto We believe:

People should have full control over their own communication. People should not be locked into centralised communication silos, but instead be free to pick who they choose to host their communication without limiting who they can reach. The ability to converse securely and privately is a basic human right. Communication should be available to everyone as a free and open, unencumbered, standard and global network.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like Matrix. I have one running on a really low end VPS mostly for bridges (painful to setup but it works) and some family members but I haven't enabled the calling or video calling features. I also have never joined any public rooms. I use a different account for that with a public instance.

I'm only concerned about performance issues. It doesn't perform bad for me right now but I'm afraid if I enable calling or join larger rooms, it'll be a pain. I've heard Dendrite is supposed to be more efficient so I might try that. I also might try XMPP as I've heard it performs and scales better.

edit: I'm also looking into Revolt but it isn't decentralized and I don't think it has bridges.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suggest conduit its a HS imp in rust and its very stable and fast compared to dendrite or synapse from what my friend says

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard there were some issues with bridges but I might try it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what kind of issues? and with what bridges some are more buggy then others I'll admit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This Reddit comment in r/selfhosted in particular. I use Discord and Facebook bridges right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

my friend has been running whatsapp, signal and discord bridges and she's had 0 issues whatsoever

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see. I'll give it a try then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy will manage setting up all the bridges if you want it to be abit more streamlined and if you know ansible