Comment on Reliable messenger for family use?
surpador@programming.dev 1 day ago
Seconding the XMPP reccomendation- I run Prosody, which has been rock solid and stays up even when other services I run go down. File sharing, E2EE, reactions, voice and video calls- everything you’d expect from a modern messenger. Cheogram or Conversations are great Android clients, and Monal is the iOS client I’d reccomend.
Mio@feddit.nu 1 day ago
What do you use for desktop?
surpador@programming.dev 7 hours ago
I use Gajim on Windows and Linux, Dino when I need to call, and Monal on Mac. XMPP is older and less trendy at the moment, and it’s a large, partially fragmented ecosystem- that might hold back mainstream adoption. But it’s the horse I’d bet on long-term.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Monal (on a mac)
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