Family Chatting/Messaging reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rfcity2 · 2023-12-20 19:59 I'm about to gift my son his first pc (Rasbpi 400 Keyboard) and am looking for an option that would allow him to chat (text/voice/video) with other family members on their pc/phones. Something that would only allow him to communicate with the members who join this home network, that I would self-host on the home server. I suppose this would require at least a mobile app and either web or installed program on the pc. I'm not too concerned about group chats, encryption, or other complex features. My first thought was to add him to our Nextcloud set-up and use Talk, but that might be overkill. Anyone know simpler options out there we can try? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adamshand · 2023-12-20 20:16 Maybe Databag? Or Snikket? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- unofficialtech · 2023-12-20 20:29 I would +1 Talk - supports some good features, default good app and I believe you can get the impersonate addon for nextcloud to be able to monitor without actually having to get hands on device if that's ever an issue. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diatum · 2023-12-20 23:12 2nd databag, works for my household ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Loren-DB · 2023-12-20 23:25 Matrix is an awesome option that is pretty easy to set up and use. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mother-Wasabi-3088 · 2023-12-21 00:38 I've been using matrix/elements for a couple years and it has some real world issues with message delivery. I need to find an alternative. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- throker · 2023-12-21 01:31 Mattermost is pretty good. Docker deployment is easy. It has Jitsi integration. Also desktop and mobile apps makes it easy for asynchronous communication. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kee02041 · 2023-12-21 05:35 If you already have nextcloud, I dont think you can set up any chatting app that is simpler that NextCloud Talk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- YaneonY · 2023-12-21 11:41 Explain please? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- upofadown · 2023-12-21 11:58 XMPP is fairly much made for this sort of thing... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mother-Wasabi-3088 · 2023-12-21 12:12 IIRC, whenever Elements connects and syncs your messages, it has to sync a big blob of data instead of just the new message. This has resulted in very slow delivery of messages. It is really bad in places that have a weak signal. Fixing this bug is on their roadmap but I don't know the ETA. It works fine if you are not sending urgent messages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ExaminationSerious67 · 2023-12-21 18:01 Would a selfhosted rocket chat work?