Best FOSS Local Messenger Service? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by shufflerofrocks@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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So I want to setup a messaging server in my home that works like Telegram or Whatsapp - it should use the local network as we plan on moving around a lot of photos and files between our devices for some projects

What should I use? XMPP? Or Matrix? Or is there something else that's ideal for local networks?

Thanks!

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[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Its not really designed for sharing large files and storing them, but it is not hard to get working.

However XMPP works better with a domain name and such, for a purely local solution something p2p or a local NAS is much better. Syncthing is probably the easiest to get going.

[-] shufflerofrocks@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

Ahhh

I use Syncthing already for a lot of my stuff, but it doesn't fit the bill right now. I've been reading about Matrix while looking around for this, do you have any experience with it?

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, don't bother with it for this specific use-case.

[-] shufflerofrocks@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Got it, thanks!

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