I got distracted from my work so I made some Continuwuity propaganda. Continuwuity is a lightweights Matrix chat server that you can self-host pretty easily. Give it a try :3
How do I actually create an account? I've tried deploying a test server but when I try to create an account with Element X it just says the server needs to be upgraded to support matrix authentication service and account creation. FluffyChat doesn't let me create an account either, it just shows me a login page.
As I'm just testing the federation port isn't actually accessible, would that break account creation or do you have to use the console to create accounts? I've never used matrix before
Element X doesn't support the traditional way of making accounts, try use cinny.in to make an account in the browser and then log in with element X. Fluffychat should also present a "create a new account" button above the login button. Make sure to follow instructions in the console for registering the first account.
The federation port not being accessible won't break local functionality but will break federation, so you won't be able to talk with other people. Either change the configured port in the well-known file or forward the port via your reverse proxy.
I'd suggest joining the support room via an alt account, you'll get faster responses.
Thanks that worked!
ITT: people complaining about the name. Nothing else negative.
Which to me sounds like it must be a damn good software.
Thst branding reminds me of the extensive complaints of Anubis beeing too weaboo for production applications lol.
be warned that continuwuity phones home by default to fetch its news and feed it to the admin, you may want to turn that off before booting first time
Well if that is your only negative point, it must be pretty good.
it absolutely is! honestly all matrix homeservers are impressive, the protocol is not for the faint of heart
That sort of telemetry should be opt in, not opt out
It's not telemetry.
while i don't want to throw shade on the developers' intentions, nor have any real proof of what data is being kept, a fetch request bears by minimum the source ip (which can be geolocated) and the fact that the homeserver exists and runs continuwuity.
i'd suggest a matrix channel as alternative, so hosters can opt-in by joining. plus, by leveraging the matrix protocol, such announcements become federated push notifications, meaning they could come from any homeserver (limiting ip logging) and don't imply the continued existence of such deployment, or the software which is being run
even converting such mechanism to an opt-out "auto-join announcements channel" would be more privacy respecting
Not telemetry? Continuwuity just uses it to post release announcements to the admin room; I think there's a way to disable it if you prefer.
We really want to use Matrix so bad, but none of them have every feature we need to replace discord atm.
It's not really designed to be a Discord replacement. It's a messaging app/protocol that can do voice/video calls. Discord is a passive state voice / video / text channel app that was designed to create spaces for different topics. Matrix has added a similar hierarchical feature as an option, but its not the same and I don't think it was meant to be.
We mean, overall we need something to text (plus send files), call, video/screen share and bonus for emojis, stickers and gifs. We get that discord and matrix isn’t really the same thing but the end result and use case is :/ So it would be a replacement for us
overall we need something to text
pretty much Matrix's entire point
(plus send files)
also implemented in pretty much every server and client; I think even Element can send files
call
look into e.g. #matrixrtc:continuwuity.org — sable requires a setting to show the call button in non-DM rooms
video/screen share
unfortunately this is the only thing I'm not confident is supported
bonus for emojis, stickers
should be available with any im.ponies-compatible client such as sable
Screen share works, although some browsers don't capture audio
Ive been keeping an eye on Movim for a discord alternative, I think spaces got added recently.
Haven’t heard of this one! Will look more into this
It's not matrix-based, but: Haven. It's what I setup the... second? third? time discord had burned their users. The only thing missing for me is Xbox support, as several of my social circle are console gamers. But for pc users, it's got everything I need.
Will look into this, going to have our own server eventually so this would help a lot! ^^
How are the moderation tools? I see matrix having a big troll problem, enough to put me off of it.
Moderation tools are powerful but desperate to the server. Asgard.chat offers some hosted options, but meowlnir, Draupnir and policyserv are the usual tools.
I'm sure you meant something else, but I can't deduce what. Dedicated? Separate?
I don't mind the name. It's pride month so I figure the community would turn the silly up a notch.
Im not a tech person but, I'm gonna try it out. Thanks OP.
Matrix's algorithm is fundamentally broken. I guess it works if you only talk to people you know won't abuse it, but otherwise it's easy to split rooms or even re-write their history if you want to...
Does it have easy gif embedding like discord? I tried another chat app and it felt so stripped down without gifs or emojis
Depends on the client you use. Sable has loads of features like that.
How does this compare to tuwunel?
Seems tuwunel is dev of previous project and this is community fork.
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