I want to stop using WhatsApp because I fuckin hate it. Does anyone use XMPP regularly? It allows encryption so I was considering it.
The consideration is whether I will have to self host it or I can use some publicly hosted instances (like how there are open Matrix instances). Also whether it has support for desktop clients that run natively on Loonix without electron.
Please share your thoughts if you have experience. Feel free to suggest other alternatives too. I won’t mind that.
I use it regularly. There are some problem with key exchange in group chats. Sometimes users have to write messages to each other via direct message then everything usually works: so if users in group chats do not know each others, that can cause problems:
Concerning clients: Android: conversations Windows/Linux: Gajim Debian and other Linux distros: Dino
Concerning apple I do not know.
There is the promising snikket.org project who have a “product” approach, i.e. they are developing clients with the same look and feel for every client. But unfortunately, they are not there yet. But as far as I know they have funding.
XMPP is easier to selfhost than matrix. And it can run on a Raspi. You can install a xmpp server with e.g. yunohost, to make thinks simpler.