I am searching for a selfhosted and secure (end to end encryption) chat platform for my family (5-20 users), possibly one i can host on a raspi.

Is matrix a good choice, or should i try something else?

  • @iarigby@lemmy.world
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    016 days ago

    just looked it up and couldn’t find a decent client for ios. There was Monal but it looks more like a draft rather than a finished application. Things don’t even have padding or margins. The snikket one I won’t even mention, you can’t expect people to use something that gives them visual discomfort.

    • poVoq
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      616 days ago

      Visual discomfort because it looks like an slightly older app? What kind of issue is that???

      And Monal has improved a lot in recent months, the current version is mostly fine.

        • poVoq
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          216 days ago

          It discourages 60-something nontechnical family members that the app looks like WhatsApp? Are you being serious?

    • @ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml
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      616 days ago

      I originally suggested Monal to my friend (who is quite into iOS and really appreciates a well designed application) and she found the same, but then she tried Siskin, and was happy enough to use it to this day.