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Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by TheDong »

gbraad wrote: post #8

I might have missed something, but the page is very simplistic and assumes you know what Matrix is and how to use this; a lot of time is spent on the installation through different means, but none how to use the server itself, either by use of a client?

The first link on the page is to matrix.org. matrix.org links to clients: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/

You probably would want element.

I think conduit's page is doing the right thing. It doesn't really assume you know what matrix is, but rather assumes you're smart enough to click on a link if you don't know.

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by lenova »

gbraad wrote: post #8

I might have missed something, but the page is very simplistic and assumes you know what Matrix is and how to use this; a lot of time is spent on the installation through different means, but none how to use the server itself, either by use of a client?

The landing page is pretty good if you are familiar with Matrix.org, and I'm assuming that it's aimed at Matrix developers. Personally I appreciated the brevity, simple declaration of the problem it's trying to solve, and a quick link to the real call to action (the Git repo).

EDIT: realizing that the landing page may have been updated with new content itself since your original post.

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by NewJazz »

lenova wrote: post #12
ryanolsonx wrote: post #5

How does this compare with Conduit? [1] [1] https://demo.realworld.io

They don't appear to be related technologies at all, apart from the similar names?

I can only assume the commenter was attempting to poke fun at the number of comments asking "How does this compare to X?".

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by TheCycoONE »

rjvs wrote: post #3

How does this relate to Synapse? Dendrite tests against https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest and has issues for “are we synapse yet” — I can’t see any discussion of this for Conduit (not even a discussion on why they don’t want to be like Synapse).

Conduit is a 3rd party implementation of the matrix server spec in Rust. Synapse and Dendrite are both first party where Dendrite was originally intended to replace Synapse.

The selling features are lightweight and simple to setup, implying that Synapse is not. It is more importantly a validation of the matrix server specs and over the years they have done quite a bit to get ambiguities clarified.

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by CameronNemo »

somenewaccount1 wrote: post #9
dsr_ wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Zulip isn't a Matrix server. Zulip doesn't federate. If you want a private, non-federated chat server -- for your organization, basically -- Zulip is awesome. If you want federated chat, Zulip doesn't do that.

Since every matrix server requires you create its own user id, I never understood the benefit of being federated.

HN needs a federation megathread. It gets widely debated every other week lol. Anytime Mastodon, Email, Matrix, or XMPP get brought up, the old culture war gets revived.

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by lenova »

NewJazz wrote: post #14
lenova wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't appear to be related technologies at all, apart from the similar names?

I can only assume the commenter was attempting to poke fun at the number of comments asking "How does this compare to X?".

Oh god you're right.... me + joke + whoosh ;-)

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by camdenlock »

shortrounddev2 wrote: post #18

When I tried Matrix I found a lot of super right wing tech people using it. The main reason I could ascertain most of them were using Matrix was because they had been banned by other chat platforms for their opinions

That says more about those “other chat platforms” than anything else.

Re: Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix

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Post by [deleted] »

camdenlock wrote: post #19
shortrounddev2 wrote: post #18

When I tried Matrix I found a lot of super right wing tech people using it. The main reason I could ascertain most of them were using Matrix was because they had been banned by other chat platforms for their opinions

That says more about those “other chat platforms” than anything else.

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