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Can we not use the beeper client with our own homeserver? That’s sad..
You can. Beeper supports Matrix and IRC.
Sadly it is not possible, but yea, beeper host their own matrix server which is the only server the client connects to. At least we can use all the bridges with our own matrix server.
Edit: lol, that photo quality 🥲 it is a mail conversation with beeper:
Me: I have a matrix homeserver and want to use beeper client with it, is that possible?
Beeper: That is not possible at the moment.
Me: Oh, what a bummer.. But thank you very much for the fast reply! Is it planned that the client will work with selfhosted servers in the future, or is is it possible to selfhost a beeper-matrix-server?
Beeper: No plans for it at the moment. And negative.
So sad…
There's almost no difference to a good Matrix client if you already selfhost the server and bridges. Most of the Beeper client's value is making it very easy to manage the bridges they host for you.
Automattic are the people behind wordpress.com, JetPack and WooCommerce. The amount of people who use their software is staggering. I've set up a fair deal of WordPress instances myself.
WordPress also recently became ActivityPub compatible, in a single-user mode - I think. This actually makes me consider it for my own blog, but I ick at PHP - probably undeservedly, as modern optimizations make it lightweight and quick (cache all the things).
What I'm saying is that they might make having on-site chat and self-hosting a possibility. If they provided a sort of freemium WooCommerce thing, where some add-ons important to certain operations cost money, but that the chat integration is a compliment to Gutenberg and the theming system? Bruh. I'm there.
That being said, freemium sucks, but it's better than not being able to self-host, as bills have to be paid - for both Automattic, other companies and freelance developers ^^;
