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Best FOSS Local Messenger Service? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I want to setup a messaging server in my home that works like Telegram or Whatsapp - it should use the local network as we plan on moving around a lot of photos and files between our devices for some projects

What should I use? XMPP? Or Matrix? Or is there something else that's ideal for local networks?

Thanks!

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

Two ideas:

xmpp works, but the domain needs to resolve correctly. I'd just use a free domain that you point at the server LAN ip, plus an acme client that can do a dns challenge. Prosody is pretty bulletproof and very lightweight.
deltachat + email. Set up a little IMAP server for the lan and use Delta chat to create a messaging over it. Or just use an email client.