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Ask HN: Can you suggest self-hosted chat/audio system with Android/iOS client

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Re: Ask HN: Can you suggest self-hosted chat/audio system with Android/iOS client

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Post by long_warmup »

LockAndLol wrote: post #9

Self hosted Matrix server? They also use jitsi for voice and chat, so I don't know if you have to set that up separately. Maybe they have an ansible role or docker-compose that does both.

I'm thinking about setting it up in podman, matrix is something I will check, though I must say after seeing NextCloud I might try that first, it looks very similar to Whatsapp (at least on screenshots I could see). This is something my older family members are familiar using so it would be easier for them to switch.

Re: Ask HN: Can you suggest self-hosted chat/audio system with Android/iOS client

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Post by long_warmup »

j1elo wrote: post #12

Others have mentioned very good choices for messaging. For self-hosted audio and video calls, another option is OpenVidu Call: https://openvidu.io/openvidu-call (that page also includes a demo deployment)

openvidu is nice, in many ways it looks very similar to google meet. And the "get a room" functionality reminds me of a system I used to use long time ago called appear.in (seems they are out of business..)

Re: Ask HN: Can you suggest self-hosted chat/audio system with Android/iOS client

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Post by j1elo »

long_warmup wrote: post #13
j1elo wrote: post #12

Others have mentioned very good choices for messaging. For self-hosted audio and video calls, another option is OpenVidu Call: https://openvidu.io/openvidu-call (that page also includes a demo deployment)

openvidu is nice, in many ways it looks very similar to google meet. And the "get a room" functionality reminds me of a system I used to use long time ago called appear.in (seems they are out of business..)

I work on the OpenVidu development platform thus the Call application example was an easy recommendation... we have a public server with demo deployments, of which Call is just one.

Appear.in went through some changes (not sure of exactly what) and became "whereby" (sincerely the previous name was so much better).

Another all time favorite of mine (not self-hosted though) is talky.io

And of course there is Jitsi Meet, a very well-known get-a-room application that can also be self-hosted. And they maintain a public deployment too.

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