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You can use matrix to bridge all those to an internal matrix server.
If you want a solution where that's pretty much already done you can try Beeper
i've heard of beeper before, and it's what i want, but something feels off about it?
is it open source? what can you say about their privacy policy.
I have been using beeper for a while now and its amazing, signal, teleagram, whatsapp and others all in a single app. Both mobile and desktop.
Also, you could self host all the bits if you want
I used it a while back. It was completely useless. None of the apps want you to use them this way so you're dealing with constant intentional roadblocks they put up for you and constantly logging you out.
Further, I see zero point at all in using Signal when all of your metadata is just being logged on Beeper's servers anyway.
Well it works now and you can self host, so what's your point?
My point is it doesn't work, and you can't use the Beeper app with your self-hosted server.
But any app works. I tried Schildichat, Element, Fluffychat, Nekho and others.
The problem is not the app, they all work for what OP wants. It's just a bit of a hurdle to set up the server, but there are complete ansible-repos to do that.
Ansible is toxic. Anything else?
This is probably this most unhelpful and toxic fucking comment, that was replied to any of my comments on Lemmy.
Congrats.
PS: And no, I don't want to know, why ansible is "toxic".
Well you specifically referred to the Beeper app. And hosting your own won't solve the other problems I mentioned.
I did not mention the beeper app.
And hosting is nearly flawless, I host a small server for me and a few friends and it works and has worked for years. (I should just update more often, but that is my fault)
Right, well, the person I replied to specifically mentioned the Beeper app. My mistake.
It does not work, for reasons I've specified in my original reply.
Yeah, I agree, Beeper is pretty great for bringing everything into one place. Makes handling multiple apps a lot smoother.
But I still feel it’s missing that AI layer like auto summaries, extracting tasks, or helping manage a proper to-do list from chats. That’s the part I keep feeling is missing.
I think beeper plus has a bunch of integrations, I wouldn't be surprised if that included LLMs
Yeah, I might be wrong here, but as far as I know Beeper Plus doesn’t really have proper LLM features built in. It has things like reminders and transcription, but nothing like chat summaries or task extraction from what I’ve seen
Also, I’m from a non coding background, so I’m mostly looking for something that works out of the box without needing too much setup.
But if you know any simple way to plug LLM into Beeper without getting too technical, would love to hear about it.
Sir, this is a c/selfhosted.
Building systems to solve problems is the hobby. You understand the motivation, you have a problem and there are not any easy solutions. At this level it's a lot like working with Legos, there's a bunch of software that you can snap together to get result that you're looking for, though you will sometimes need some scripts to glue it all together.
n8n is useful for creating arbitrary AI workflows. Designing a workflow is mostly graphical though a bit of simple scripting could be useful, depending on your requirements. It looks like it has a Matrix node already: https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.matrix/
Typically a coding LLM can cover your bases on this kind of simple scripting, even if you don't personally know how to code (though, as with all LLM code output, test it on dummy data before you plug it into production).
Thanks for sharing this, appreciate it.
Matrix sounds solid, but feels a bit too heavy for me to set up and maintain since I’m not really into coding setups like that. Also, Beeper seems more in line with what I’d actually use though. My main gap right now isn’t just bringing messages together, it’s tying them to tasks so things don’t get lost in chats.
Still figuring out a setup that balances both without adding more complexity.