There seem to be plentiful options for text chat servers, so I’m curious for those that self-host their own, what their preferences & experiences have been with them.
Also those mentioned in the title were just a few examples, if you run something else, e.g. Revolt or Mattermost or something else less popular, would be interested in reading about it!
Beeper is pretty good, but the security model is only acceptable with self hosting for me. I’m yet to set up the LinkedIn bridge, but I’m pretty close to what they offer.
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Matrix but then I realized I only used it for the bridges so now I use Beeper instead. RIP my Matrix server which only served two people.
Beeper is pretty good, but the security model is only acceptable with self hosting for me. I’m yet to set up the LinkedIn bridge, but I’m pretty close to what they offer.