I want to selfhost a messaging service for my family. It should be secure and have voice calling option, ideally. Thank you.

  • Elkan Nixed@programming.dev
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    3 years ago

    I’m on Signal (obviously not self hosted) and even if I really wanted to move to another platform be it self hosted or yet another privacy focussed one, I can’t ask my friends and family to move to another platform again. I already asked them to move away from WhatsApp, can’t do it again…

  • milouse@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 years ago

    Just for a family and friends I’d go for xmpp. Matrix is still an enormous greavy piece of software, hard to self host if you don’t want to pay for a gigantic server just for it. Also the UI is more like gamer/company chat (discord, slack…), what may not be what your family expect, coming from whatsapp, telegram, or plain sms. In the contrary xmpp is very light and nowadays a lot of tutorial exists on how to configure it, even with voice/video. Plus mobile apps like conversation match the habbits of other messengers.

  • TrinityTek@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 years ago

    Another Nextcloud user here. If you setup a Nextcloud server you will see many benefits, with the Talk app being just one of them. Install OnlyOffice and you can even collaboratively edit documents in the web browser similar to Google Docs or o365. I really can’t recommend Nextcloud enough. Anyone who is into self hosting should at least give it a try.

  • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldBanned
    03·
    3 years ago

    Why? Existing platforms, especially the plain cell network, are going to be far more compatible and reliable.

    • Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 years ago

      Because this is SelfHosted and hosting services yourself is cool?

      Some people have very legitimate reasons to want a secure private communication platform, and others are just enthusiastic nerds who do it for fun.