A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”

  • Strypey
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    31 year ago

    @deadsuperhero
    > the reference implementation everyone uses by default is known to be bloated and slow, and poor at scaling

    This doesn’t seem to stop the fediverse growing (*cough* Mastodon *cough*).

    @Terevos

    • Strypey
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      1 year ago

      @deadsuperhero
      > development of a Go-based backend implementation, Dendrite

      Also Rust-based homeserver implementations like Construct and Conduit. Both of which are usable, although missing a few nice-to-have added features. Eg Conduit is still working on;

      “E2EE emoji comparison over federation (E2EE chat works)… Outgoing read receipts, typing, presence over federation”

      @Terevos @Samsy