Season 7 - Episode 17: Matrix or Musk

Episode edited by Jake Bauer — thanks!

Matrix

• Clients
  • Conor's been enjoying Cinny
  • Amolith has Cinny and Element instances
  • FluffyChat for mobile
• Synapse (reference server implementation" target="_blank)
• Matrix spec

XMPP

• Server implementations
  • Prosody
  • ejabberd
  • Snikket
• A note about "Jabber" and "XMPP": Jabber is the name for the original base protocol specification from 1999. In 2002, the author contributed the Jabber spec to the IETF under the name XMPP. (source)
• Commercial products using XMPP on the backend
  • Cisco Jabber
  • Google Talk (2013)
  • Nintendo Switch NPNS (push notifications, not news feed)
  • Zoom
  • Others…
• Clients
  • Converse.js: web
  • Movim: web
  • Gajim: Windows, Linux, GTK, no A/V calls yet, dialer for Cheogram, more mature with advanced capabilities
  • Dino: Linux, GTK, A/V calls, simple UI
  • Snikket: Google Play, F-Droid, App Store
  • Conversations: Android, most mature and featureful client (paid in Google Play, free from F-Droid)
  • Cheogram: Android, fork of Conversations with specialised features for Cheogram users (F-Droid link)

Fediverse

• Platforms
  • Mastodon
  • Misskey
    • FoundKey: Misskey but better (in Amolith's opinion)
  • Pleroma
    • Akkoma: Pleroma fork with a faster dev cycle, a friendlier community, and without the controversies surrounding Pleroma
  • Pixelfed (Instagram)
  • Peertube (YouTube)
  • Mobilizon (Facebook Groups, MeetUp)
  • Funkwhale (Music)

• Mentioned instances

  • Fosstodon
  • mastodon.ie
  • mastodon.social and mastodon.online (run by Mastodon creator, Amolith says please pick just about any other instance)
  • nixnet.social (Akkoma instance run by Amolith, needs some work)
  • mk.nixnet.social (Misskey instance run by Amolith, needs some work)
  • Some recommendations

• Our fedi handles:

  • Shane: @stranded_output@indieweb.social
  • Conor: @techcelt@fosstodon.org
  • Mike: @mikee3000@fosstodon.org
  • Amolith: @amolith@nixnet.social

Catchup with Us

• We have a store
• We are on Telegram
• And on Mastodon
• And on Matrix
• You can email us on show@
• And despite rumours to the contrary, we do exist in real life