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XMPP Server? (sedd.it)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by stown@sedd.it to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm looking to try self-hosting an XMPP server for my family to use as a secure communication platform. I realize that end2end encryption with XMPP doesn't seem as strong as something like Matrix but my self-hosted Matrix server has been very unreliable.

I'm looking for recommendations and resources. I'v considered running Prosody and Openfire but both of them look like a pretty involved installation process with plenty of room to fuck up. Does anyone know of something similar to matrix-ansible-install for an XMPP server? Should I be looking at something besides Prosody or Openfire?

Please, no YouTube tutorials. I prefer written instructions.

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Might it be easier to upgrade to Matrix 2.0? Haven't tested it but it's supposed to be like 80x faster and more reliable.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What about... just NO.

Matrix is developed by a for profit entity, a group of venture capitalists and having a spec doesn’t mean everything. The way Matrix is designed is to force into jumping through hoops and kind of draw all attention to Matrix itself instead of the end result

For all the people about to downvote:

Decentralized communication protocol Matrix shifts to less-permissive AGPL open source license Element, the company and core developer behind the decentralized communication protocol known as Matrix, has announced a notable license change that will make the open source project just that little bit less appealing for companies looking to build on top of it.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/decentralized-communication-protocol-matrix-shifts-to-less-permissive-agpl-open-source-license/

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

The fact that the ccc uses matrix as their official chat "app" doesn't imply that it is inherently insecure I would say.