Someone recently posted asking if we had a Matrix room. I used to be opposed to hosting one because moderation can be a bit difficult. The recent Discord issues have shown more interest in Matrix lately so I guess it's worth experimenting on.
You can join the room #general:ani.social using any existing Matrix account if you already have one. But if you would like to make a new account on the server, you can DM me for a registration code. The room is public so anyone can join.
The server uses Matrix Dendrite which means that there may be some Matrix features that are not available yet.
17 Comments
Crank@ani.social · 2 pts · 213d
Any reason why dendrite was chosen? It seems to be no longer in development anymore, I'm not even sure if it's receiving security patches. Seems like Continuwuity would be a better choice if you want something lightweight
hitagi@ani.social · 3 pts · 213d
Honestly, I just wasn't aware there were other implementations other than Synapse and Dendrite. I feel a bit disappointed in myself if I just installed abandonware lol
wjs018@ani.social · 3 pts · 213d
I have been burned by this plenty of times in my self-hosting life. Nothing to be ashamed of. I don't think there will be any issues migrating at this point so early on.
Toes@ani.social · 2 pts · 213d
The github https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite dunno if this is the same one but it says on the page "This repository was archived by the owner on Nov 25, 2024. It is now read-only."
Edit: Check out https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 212d
The current repo is here: https://github.com/element-hq/dendrite
It moved, same as synapse.
Crank@ani.social · 3 pts · 212d
Ah, so I was wrong about it not receiving security patches but it does look like the development stopped and I doubt that it will resume anytime soon given the financial woes of Matrix Foundation
Toes@ani.social · 2 pts · 212d
Oh glad to hear it. Got a favourite?
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 212d
I'm running synapse, but I set it up back when it was the only real option if you wanted feature-completeness.
Tuwunel is likely what I'd recommend to new admins.
Crank@ani.social · 2 pts · 213d
Yep, Tuwunel or Continuwuity seem to be the only reasonable alternatives to Synapse right now. Both are forks of Conduwuit. Tuwunel is the one that was marked by Conduwuit's author as THE continuation of Conduwuit, and it has some corporate backing. But apparently Tuwunel's maintainer is a jerk, and after your standard open-source drama community gathered around Continuwuity instead, and it's the latter that seems to be recommended everywhere whenever someone asks for a Synapse alternative. Anyway, either of them would be a better choice than dendrite at this point.
hitagi@ani.social · 2 pts · 211d
Dendrite ---> Continuwuity subthread
hitagi@ani.social · 1 pts · 211d
okay anyone who saw my message in the chatroom please try joining #general:ani.social again
Crank@ani.social · 1 pts · 211d
I'm getting an error
hitagi@ani.social · 1 pts · 211d
Can you try #general-alt:ani.social ?
Crank@ani.social · 1 pts · 211d
I'm getting the same error here
@edit
I pasted what Cinny client told me before. When I try to join to either of these rooms in Element, I'm seeing this 502 error in the browser console too and it says
CORS header 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' missinghitagi@ani.social · 1 pts · 210d
The CORS headers should be there now. I managed to get my account from another homeserver to join. Also, someone else managed to join just fine from another homeserver. Can you try again?
Crank@ani.social · 2 pts · 210d
This time it worked :)
sundaymidnight@ani.social · 2 pts · 215d
hi, yes. it's really difficult to moderate chats