Post #2269211

2026-02-09 22:59 UTC

(stoat cont.) Unfortunately the data sovereignty isn't there - it doesn't have E2E yet, and none of the apps support connecting to self-hosted servers. I also have to advise caution - the folks making it seem to have their hearts in the right place, but have no true funding model plans outside of donations and a future thought of offering a nitro-a-like. It's GPL license will likely prevent enshitification, but without E2E or improved self-hostingcompat I won't be jumping in just yet.

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@mdiluz@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-09 22:59

And finally, Matrix. This is by far the most common suggestion I get. Especially here given the shared ethos of federation. * Fully released * Free * Open Source * Self-hostable* * E2E * Calls* * Moderation* * Supported everywhere Matrix fills in *so* many of the requirements here, but still has issues. You can self-host, but your homeserver has to host the full history and data in any channel that a signed up user joins. You could however not allow sign-ups, and just have channels.

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