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Chat Apps (kbin.run)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Matrix with bridges can help consolidate them. Some managed versions exist like Beeper and Element. Been slowly moving to that. Will eventually self host.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Yeah... This 1000 times... It DOES bother me to install all that shit. What doesn't bother me? Installing a bridge on Matrix and having everything in one place. Hell I've even started adding matrix to my linux scripts. I get notifications about script status in dedicated spaces on my single chat window.

I'm literally SMS away from doing 100% of the chat clients I use for personal usage... And seriously debating on bridging teams for work usage.

I've even gotten my wife onboard. That, to me, speaks about how frustrated normal people are with having many different apps as well.

[–] jenny_ball 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

they are beasts to set up self host. I'm going to do it one day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Matrix via docker is pretty simple actually.

Took me like 30 mins to set it up exactly like I wanted on my kubernetes cluster.

[–] jenny_ball 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

oh yeah? can you point me to tutorials or examples? i tried the official github but got a little overwhelmed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Would you like docs on just the docker component or a kubernetes centered doc?

[–] jenny_ball 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

docker please. i got overwhelmed with all the fields that need to be set up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have not tried it. But this doc seems to make sense and isn't very opinionated.

https://computingforgeeks.com/run-synapse-matrix-homeserver-in-docker-containers/

One of the aspects that is glossed over in this doc however is the networking parts. There are many ways to setup your DNS, certificates, and ingress depending on how/where you are hosting the container.

[–] jenny_ball 2 points 8 months ago

that's really good thank you!

[–] banneryear1868 2 points 8 months ago

Used a self hosted matrix with element for years now it's solid. Have a friend group who uses it for everything with dedicated channels etc.