XMPP as a Discord alternative for small group? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 months ago by hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi. I have a group of 6 people using Discord to chat. Recently Discord changed a lot and we're looking for an alternative. We have a few requirements:

Good client on multiple platforms
Easy to use search
Self hosted
Permanently saved chat history & attachments on server (no expiration)
Easy image upload (Ctrl+V to post image from clipboard)

IRC isn't an option as chat history is saved on the client, and there's no good integrated way to share files and preview images. Matrix would be an overkill as we're a small group not interested in federation, and the available clients had a few bugs. Mattermost lacks a good mobile app (their current one had bunch of bugs). XMPP appears to be the best as it is extensible and has many clients available.

However, I tried configuring prosody on my FreeBSD server and it seems like it doesn't permanently save chat history or attachment files. Does anyone know if these can be solved? Or is there any better alternative than XMPP?

Thanks.

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[-] barbara@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You don't have to federate with matrix.

Curious: what are the bugs you encountered? I guess you looked deeper into element (or schildichat). The next version is on its way but not yet ready for prime time. In the long run it'll be your best bet.

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 months ago

One of the members and I used to chat on Matrix some time ago. I didn't encounter much issues but he had an awful experience (android/Windows, encryption related things and minor glitches on the client such as when syncing) that he refuses to move to Matrix unfortunately...

[-] barbara@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Understand the issue. I know those bugs. Those were funny times. That didn't happen in a long time

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

Happened to me yesterday on the official element webclient 🤷‍♂️ These are far from solved.

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