If you want an easier Matrix self-hosting experience continuwuity.org is a good option :3
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utjebe@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I’d love to run matrix but is seem/what I’m reading PITA to run.
I’m considering Zulip and Mattermost.
JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
somegeek@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
You have bo idea how much of a pain in the ass mattermost is. Basically corporate trying to leech off of opensource. I decided to make it the messenger in our org 3 4 years ago. But I might move away from it if it starts acting up more.
wilo108@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I run Mattermost successfully for a small-ish academic professional org, and tbh it’s been simple, straightforward, and really pretty good. I live in constant fear of the ever-nearing and inevitable rug-pull, though – they do seem to regard the open-source/self-hostable side as something they do on a minimum-effort basis only because they have to, so I would be hesitant to go down this road if I was starting again.
somegeek@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
The last update was obviously vibe coded. At least all the UI was fucked up. All sizings were messed up, colors were inverted.
And don’t get me started on continuously moving pre-existing community features into “paid only”. First boards was almost deprecated, then playbooks.
wilo108@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I don’t disagree. I’m still on the 10.x branch (will need to upgrade to the 11.x branch in a few weeks, after the annual conference is done), so I didn’t experience the UI fuck up, but it sounds ominous… sigh…