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Season 7 - Episode 17: Matrix or Musk

29 November 2022

Messaging • Musk • Mastodon

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Episode edited by Jake Bauer — thanks!

Matrix

Clients
- Conor's been enjoying Cinny
- Amolith has Cinny and Element instances
- FluffyChat for mobile
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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

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