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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Bahnd@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Question: What do people in this community recommend for self-hosted instant messanger projects? I host a VOIP service for my nerd herd and due to recent events i'm attempting to migrate out groups chats off of the major platforms (Discord, Google chats, Slack, Etc.) as well.

There are a few notes that were requested/requirements.

  • Self-hosted
  • Supports images
  • Has a decent mobile app
  • Encrypted communication
  • Expected load ~25 users.

I am doing my own digging but wanted to hear the communites opinions on some of the projects that came up in searches.

  • IRC/XMPP - dosent really work for the request but is a classic, so I feel had to mention it.
  • Rocket.Chat - seems like the best option so far, but I was having trouble finding current reviews, and its licensing is a bit much.
  • Matrix also is close to checking all the boxes, but it wasnt clear how it works on mobile (Element seemed like the mobile app that was recommended).
  • Revolt was high on the SEO results but most of the discussion around it was about drama with the maintainers (that is what prompted this post, i'm fishing for more current opinions).
  • Zulip seemed similar to Rocket.Chat, but more expensive if we had to get a license.

I appreciate peoples opinions and recomendations on this topic.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago

That is one way to stop junk mail...

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 98 points 1 month ago

The problem is almost never that the wind it blowing, its what the wind is blowing.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago

Im going to interpret that headline that he requested it from the horse and not read any further.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 87 points 4 months ago

Eccentric midwestern home owner has strong opinions about home designs, news at 11. I love his channel, did you see his trilogy about oil lamps?

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

Come on over, the water is fine. I switched to Pop_OS a few months back for the gaming rig and Proton+Steam works almost flawlessly. Older titles sometimes have hiccups, but so far ive only been blocked on one title.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 66 points 6 months ago

MS being sued for packaging something with windows? Haven't we seen this before?

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 63 points 6 months ago

I dont know how to feel about this...

My domain got transfered to them from Google domains shutting down and now its being brought under a private equity umbrella... Something fucky.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 68 points 6 months ago

Whelp, it was fun while it lasted... Good job sony.

Apparently this is already a massive problem for people who are in countries that PSN is not avalible in, using a VPN to create an account to link to has resulted in getting banned. Also seeing as most players are already past the Steam refund window, this is utterly unacceptable.

I dont want to blame Arrowhead too much, this reeks of partnership/publisher meddeling. If they made it so that linking account is not required if crossplay is disabled, I would find that acceptable.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago

China has some odd cultural hangups around skeletons and such that I think would eventually work its way into the IP (see old video game releases and the state approved model changes they have to make for their versions). Thats not nessessaraly a bad thing, but it would be weird to see what gets changed.

I would be concerned if I cared for the IP. The thing is that Hasbro broke the public's trust with the attempted OGL change along with many other bad decisions and my groups fully abandoned the IP for Pathfinder. BG3 really is only my last connection to the current edition, and even then its really only set dressing over the video game mechanics.

As someone who deeply cares for D&D as a collaborative story telling tool, an excuse to RP with friends and just play fun games. I dont care who owns it, ive got my old books and can use any framework to tell a fun adventure. As Hasbro proved in 2023, the hobby is too popular to kill and people will make rules forks if they feel like the owner has too much influence over it.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 70 points 10 months ago

WWE is just anime for rednecks

I will be taking no further questions.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 74 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well they could be summoned in defense mode, they would be placed sideways and face down.

[-] Bahnd@lemmy.world 248 points 1 year ago

Why does Fetterman, the largest senator, not simply eat the other senators?

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