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Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?

Xmpp seems way easier to host, requiring less resources, has many more options for clients, and is simpler and thus easier to manage and reason about when something goes wrong.

So what's the deal?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Show me a docker compose file which I can simply start and don't have to mess around more than deploy it, and I will discuss xmpp more often.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Here is a docker compose: https://snikket.org/service/resources/docker-compose.yml

You only two configuration options in the config file: domain and email.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

OK, I'll give it a try. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I've tried Snikket a few years ago. Nice project. 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I never tried hosting matrix because it was rumoured to be a bitch to host.