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!

  • poVoqA
    3·
    1 year ago

    If you want something relatively idiot proof you could set up a local Nextcloud server that automatically syncs the photo from the devices and let’s you share them directly or via the built in Nextcloud Talk chat app.

    • shufflerofrocks@beehaw.orgOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Seems to fit all my needs, the talk app looks a little dull, but I think it will be pretty functional for our needs

      I also found Mattermost and Rocketchat while looking up nextcloud, and they seem promising too. Any idea about them?

      • poVoqA
        1·
        1 year ago

        Mattermost is easy to get running, but the community edition makes it easy to mess up groups accidentally as there is no ACL (this is an intentional crippling of the software to make people buy the enterprise version).

        Rocketchat is ok AFAIK (not much experience with it), but not so easy to install and get working.

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve heard good things about NC Talk. For work, it is supposed to work brilliantly. The one thing you might have to look into is how push notifications work. The default NC server setup doesn’t support them, iirc.