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0 pointsCGamesPlay10d ago0 comments

Is there a widely-used open modern chat network? Specifically, I'm fine with the feature set of IRC, but I want durable messages and a mobile client.

Speaking as someone who hasn't run their own bouncer in 10+ years.

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nicoburns10d ago

Yes, Matrix. It all seems a bit overengineered, but it's open and has good clients, and all the modern features you'd expect.

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Bender10d ago

For what it's worth there are some web front-ends to IRC that make it more approachable from the modern crowd. [1][2] These both have live demo's

[1] - https://thelounge.chat/

[2] - https://convos.chat/

PuercoPop10d ago

> but I want durable messages and a mobile client.

And IRCv3 has chat history to provide that. But https://snikket.org/ (XMPP) is more likely aligned with what you are looking for

noosphr10d ago

I just run emacs with termux proot debian.

It just works.

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