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Is there a way I can make my XMPP (Conversations) messages synced to my desktop?
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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it's a super-shitty experience, both on XMPP and Matrix, and you touched only on one of the aspects. and that's not even the bad part. the bad part is nothing better is on the horizon.
so what you gotta do is put on your big boy pants, sit down and figure this shit out. here's where I made I misstep, let's figure out how to do redundant backups and seamless restore accross devices. etc.
because, this is it. there is nothing better coming, you gotta learn how to make do with the tech we have. offloading your shit to benevolent dictators and hoping everything will be fine is not a strategy,
Actually, I've tried DeltaChat, and it does seem to do everything right. It still needs some features, but it's advancing fast and it's already pretty usable, and device sync is amazing.
In terms of Matrix, yeah it's not the best experience right now, but I guess it can still be fixable. XMPP has just too much technical debt and fragmentation, it seems.
I run all three of those (delta on hosted IMAP servers, matrix synapse, prosody for XMPP) for various clients and each has its own issues that need work. with deltachat there is no fallback if the project stops or gets taken over or whatever. with XMPP at least you have options, this client, that client, etc. as well as decades long development. based on that, some free advice (worth what you paid for it) - don't give up on XMPP just yet. good luck.
You can decrypt old messages on Matrix, in some cases.