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Hi all,

I run a private self-hosted Synapse server with bridges for:

  • Signal
  • WhatsApp
  • Doscord
  • IRC
  • Google Voice
  • Custom APIs

I am thinking of switching to XMPP. Can anyone recommend a good Docker-based server and transport combo that I could test out?

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[–] Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@2xsaiko XMPP is nice and lightweight, so I think either would work fine. I just find prosody has more community momentum.

It was matrix that was a massive memory hog, required running bleeding-edge homeserver software, didn't do proper security support, etc, so that's where I have stronger feelings.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 hours ago

Thanks! I’ll take a closer look at both then and see which I like better.

I am running a Matrix homeserver right now and yeah it’s definitely a mess.