There seem to be plentiful options for text chat servers, so I’m curious for those that self-host their own, what their preferences & experiences have been with them.

Also those mentioned in the title were just a few examples, if you run something else, e.g. Revolt or Mattermost or something else less popular, would be interested in reading about it!

  • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    I’m a big fan of Matrix, as it’s easily accessible from anywhere - plus I already have a server for it spun up going on two years now which makes it easier for me.

      • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Personally, its a combination of the following reasons:

        • I’m not held to another server, and self-hosting my own makes sure that whomever hosting the server doesn’t just close the doors one day and decide they’re no longer going to do so

        • I find it fun to setup my own services, like Matrix, Lemmy, Mastodon, etc

        • I control what servers are blocked / defederated from, from my knowledge though defederating on Matrix doesn’t happen nearly as often as it does for ActivityPub based platforms however.

        • I created Matrix accounts for some of my family members to communicate with, and if they lose the password I know that I can reset it for them rather than hoping they setup the account recovery info correctly.

  • Shmandom@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    XMPP with prosody is good once you’ve figured out the modules you need.

    Unfortunately, I had to quit a few years back as there was no reliable iOS client. Long story short: notifications were never working as expected on that plateform.

    Matrix.org is overkill for my needs, but at least notifications work accross the board 👍

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Mine just stopped working when not on the local network and I haven’t had the energy to find out why and then to fix it and then to convince everyone I’d brought in that this time will be different

        • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          How much does a vps cost running your matrix client? It can’t be more than a couple bucks a month right?

            • huginn@feddit.itEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I figured given that I’m on c/selfhosted that it probably wasn’t only synapse just was curious about overhead.

              I’ve got a little raid 5 8tb server under my desk that I just use locally to fuck around with/VPN back into my house/store larger backups on.

              I’d never want to be using it to host anything like a website or service, so I’m always curious what the web hosters have and pay.

  • EngineerGaming@feddit.nlEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I recently started hosting XMPP with Prosody, and now try to get people besides my family there. Thought of Matrix but it seems to be the same thing but bloated. Most of my groupchat socialization is on IRC (I have a bouncer in the same place), but that’s not with people I know IRL.

  • hitagi@ani.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Matrix but then I realized I only used it for the bridges so now I use Beeper instead. RIP my Matrix server which only served two people.

    • Tamás Barta@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Beeper is pretty good, but the security model is only acceptable with self hosting for me. I’m yet to set up the LinkedIn bridge, but I’m pretty close to what they offer.

  • CAPSLOCKFTW@feddit.deEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m in a irc channel with a bunch of internet friends. I like how ancient it is, it reminds me of the old internet. The limitations are severe however and I would never suggest to anyone to use IRC as a text chat server. Without these people and the nostalgia I would go for matrix I think.

    • ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The limitations are severe however and I would never suggest to anyone to use IRC as a text chat server.

      I’m a little confused, if all you wanted from it was text chat, isn’t that pretty much exactly what it is as a result of its limitations? Regardless, for the majority of folks I think you’re probably right that it may not be advisable given its limits.

      • CAPSLOCKFTW@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Oh well, there are different implementations of IRC, and some limit you more than others. Flood protection is a pita if you want to share long text, since max message length is not that much. Netsplits are still a thing and your nick can’t be longer than 15 chars. Text formatting works on most servers, but that’s no guarantee. The length of a channel topic is also limited. You interact with the server only through the same messages you send to your chats. You need some kind of bouncer to still follow a chat if offline.

  • sparr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I used Mattermost for a community project, but had trouble getting people to install/use/learn yet another client.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
    IP Internet Protocol
    SSO Single Sign-On
    TCP Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP
    VPN Virtual Private Network
    VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

    5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 11 acronyms.

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