I’m looking into a few different chat servers, probably just for family on my tailnet.

I like the idea that simplex allows video chat. My server is a repurposed optiplex 3060so I think it should be able to handle it. Is anyone doing this? Do you think it’s worth it?

Should I be considering other options like XMPP?

  • StarkZarn@infosec.pubEnglish
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    5 months ago

    XMPP most definitely! Especially if you want to have connectivity to other servers at all (like simplex). It’s much simpler, more well-known, battle hardened, and still supports E2EE and video calling very well.

    I recommend prosody. I recently went through the process of setting up a server and have a draft blog on it half way finished if you want an account of the experience.

    EDIT: Blog post is live at https://roguesecurity.dev/blog/xmpp

  • Lemmchen@feddit.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If you like SimpleX, you can host a server and configure your clients to use that. You don’t use only your server though, so I don’t know if this will satisfy your requirements.