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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] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Its requirements are insane.. My little minipc which easily hosts my lemmy (multiple channels) and mastodon server (follow about 100 people plus retoots) without breaking a sweat couldn't manage it. Installed matrix and subscribed to one channel and it simply buried the machine.. I had trouble getting control back to shut it down.

sheeet.. just switched it back on for a test.. 2 minutes in and the load average is >60 & it's already consumed 14 gigabytes. Idle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think that's normal. I run Synapse and Postgres, and they only take about 200mb of ram together. Load is less than 2% on a 2-core vm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

give conduit a try its a homeserver implementation written in rust and is alot more lightweight then synapse which is the first HS implementation for matrix

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

I spent so much damn time banging my head against the wall with it too. I could host an email server easier and get DKIM and all the various dns configs up and runnjng easier.