Comment on What's the best chat to self host?
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
I mean, XMPP is great, but if you are only intetested in private chats with your family in a virtual LAN then it (and Matrix) is probably overkill and a bit of a hassle to configure without a public domain (as that is expected for federation).
Maybe a Nextcloud Talk or a Jitsi Meet instance would be simpler?
Dremor@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Nextcloud Talk ils a great option for families. But if you expect to use the Video Call feature, prepare for a lot of headache. I tried multiple time configuring it, never managed to make it work for longer than one call.
Willdrick@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I finally made it work last week. I was overcomplicating, as usual: nextcloud AIO includes all the requirements to run Talk, I just had to modify the config file to point at my domain and add a new entry at :8081 on my reverse proxy. Hosted a 2 hour video call with 3 friends without issues!
Dremor@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Well you are lucky, or they fixed their mess a way or another. I spent at least a full week to try to make it work, to no avail.