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Selfhosted messenger/community software like discord (lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello, I would like to hear your opinions about a good selfhosted messenger like discord.

To list exactly what I mean by that is:

No need for federation ( only will be used by friends )
E2EE
Support for direct messages
Support for discord like server management by which I mean the ability to set rooms and topics for such rooms.

From what I know, this seems to be more similar to slack alternative's but wanted to hear opinions of others.

I have been thinking about either matrix, mattermost, rocket.chat or revolt chat.

I already have a XMPP server, but setting up encryption and client's has turned away quite a few people I would like to get onto this platform.

EDIT: As pointed by other people E2EE isn't needed for my usecase if no federation.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Sorry to hijack — does Matrix have support for voice channels now? I know it has support for voice calls, but I’d like to just join a designated voice channel and allow other members to join as they please.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Element is running a beta for Video Rooms which is basically exactly this. However it isn't standardized yet and I haven't tried it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

No. I don't think any of the here proposed solutions other than Mumble (and Teamspeak) does. Maybe Revolt?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Pretty sure it integrates with Jitsi, so that's one option for calls

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I've got my instance of matrix working with voice calls. It's not built in, but it's just another service in my compose file alongside the bridges I use to have my unified chat app.

I'm using coturn and it just works when doing voice and video calls with federated users.

I think I've seen people using jitsi as well, so it seems there are many options available