Hello. I am looking for an alternative to Telegram and I prefer an application that uses decentralised servers. My question is: why is the xmpp+omemo protocol not recommended on websites when it is open source and decentralised? The privacyguides.org website does not list xmpp+omemo as a recommended messaging service. Nor does this website include it in its comparison of private messaging services.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/assets/img/cover/real-time-communication.webp
Why do you think xmpp and its messaging clients such as Conversations, Movim, Gajim, etc. do not appear in these guides?
Self host your matrix server, use Continuwuity not Synapse, and do not enable federation.
Then why bother with Matrix at all if that’s not for the federation? You give yourself the trouble and inefficiencies of an over-engineered protocol you won’t even use.
Why not Synapse?
Super heavy, and overkill unless you need to run matrix.org itself.
It runs like shit, at least when I tried it. Never heard of Continuwuity, will looks into it thanks.
Its the rebirth of Conduit -> Conduwuit -> Continuwuity. Built with rust, it’s a community project that is pretty stable and finally free of drama.