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Element X, Call and Server Suite are production ready (element.io)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Element is launching the world’s first communications platform based on the upcoming Matrix 2.0 release. The result is blazing performance which outperforms the mainstream alternatives - across a decentralised system that enables self-hosting and end-to-end encryption - as well as open standard interoperability to revolutionise real time communication between large organisations.

Built on Matrix 2.0, Element X now rivals the performance of centralised consumer messaging apps, empowering organisations to address the shadow IT issues caused by consumer-grade messaging apps in the workplace.

The new Element communications solution consists:

Element X, our next-gen app with an array of new features

Element Call fully integrated into Element X, for native Matrix-encrypted voice and video

Element Server Suite, our backend hosting solution for powerful admin control and Matrix 2.0 performance

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[–] refalo 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://hackea.org/notas/matrix.html

https://github.com/libremonde-org/paper-research-privacy-matrix.org/blob/master/part1/README.md

https://youtube.com/watch?v=W8KEuAEYjQ4

https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure

https://web.archive.org/web/20210804205638/https://serpentsec.1337.cx/matrix

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

We should probably stop arguing about Matrix vs XMPP and finally decide what to use or else we'll never move forward.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Which is largely whether or not the eventual consistency model or not is the route to take. Is the resilience for chat worth the explosion of storage & preformance cost of sync/search & maintaining all that data amongst all servers? Or is limited/functional sync without always duplicating the entire history with the occasional out-of-order message & missing old attachments good enough? Is ephemeral chat okay to save resources which in turn makes it more feasible to self-host on lower-end hardware or is it better to trust a couple big servers with massive storage who probably have admins?

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

Still waiting for an XMPP client to support threads

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

Got it. I'll use matrix, and you can use XMPP

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

and judging by user numbers the answer is matrix lmao