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Suggest me a secure chat platform for my family (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am searching for a selfhosted and secure (end to end encryption) chat platform for my family (5-20 users), possibly one i can host on a raspi.

Is matrix a good choice, or should i try something else?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The other suggestions are probably better, but you can technically self-host Wire (from Wire Gmbh) but I've never done it successfully.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Mattermost runs as a Docker container and is excellent. You can create channels and groups which is incredibly useful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Is there e2e encryption available for mattermost that normies can use?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Mattermost does not have E2EE to my knowledge.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Simplex chat would work

However, I wouldn't host on a Raspberry Pi or even at home for that matter. Get a VPS and host it there. Linode even has a one click app install for Simplex Chat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why not host at home?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

XMPP is fantastic IMHO

If you want to support a great project and have great uptime check out conversations.im

I don’t recommend self hosting something you want available all the time. That being said everyone has different needs/uses 😊

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
IP	Internet Protocol
RPi	Raspberry Pi brand of SBC
SBC	Single-Board Computer
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
TLS	Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
VPS	Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ('Jabber') for open instant messaging

5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 7 acronyms.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Zulip hit's the sweet spot for me, as it's pretty straight forward to use and not too many bangs and whistle's.

Alternatively I'm also very happy with signal for communicating with other ones where Idon't have to vother about user management too much.

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