I am searching for a selfhosted and secure (end to end encryption) chat platform for my family (5-20 users), possibly one i can host on a raspi.

Is matrix a good choice, or should i try something else?

  • geography082@lemm.eeEnglish
    17·
    6 months ago

    Still no suggestion that has wide cross platform and it’s just simple . Matrix has that all . So for now I choose matrix and clients

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
      19·
      6 months ago

      Lol, Snikket/xmpp has been suggested multiple times, and it is as good if not better regarding “wide cross platform” support. To get the same with Matrix you basically have to use a web-client or Electron, while XMPP has very efficient native clients.

      • iarigby@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        just looked it up and couldn’t find a decent client for ios. There was Monal but it looks more like a draft rather than a finished application. Things don’t even have padding or margins. The snikket one I won’t even mention, you can’t expect people to use something that gives them visual discomfort.

        • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
          8·
          6 months ago

          Visual discomfort because it looks like an slightly older app? What kind of issue is that???

          And Monal has improved a lot in recent months, the current version is mostly fine.

          • danl@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            …exactly the kind that discourages 60-something, non-technical family members.

            • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
              2·
              6 months ago

              It discourages 60-something nontechnical family members that the app looks like WhatsApp? Are you being serious?

        • ambitiousslab@lemmy.mlEnglish
          6·
          6 months ago

          I originally suggested Monal to my friend (who is quite into iOS and really appreciates a well designed application) and she found the same, but then she tried Siskin, and was happy enough to use it to this day.