I'll spin this up in docker and check it out tomorrow
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So far really liking it! Very high quality screenshare, will be testing with more peers tonight. I had one question: I saw elsewhere you recommended running in docker for more permanence. Does that mean if everyone leaves a room and its hosted on docker things are saved and you can rejoin? Or would the last person leaving need to export the board? Either way I'm testing more tonight, just curious.
Thanks! Yeah if there's bandwidth video streams at full resolution. Currently you have to export the workspace. I'm going to build a node server for it down the road. There are still things in my roadmap before then though.
Regardless, working great! It has many features that other discord alternatives don't. I'll be using it and following development closely!
What does it do above matrix?
At a glance looks easier to setup, less complicated, a few more features, Kanban, Notes etc. One big thing is the P2P. Matrix needs a server to run, this is P2P.
Yeah but it also looks like it lacks federation and support for third party clients
federation isn't really required here since account creation is trivial and non-persistent from the looks of it. Third party clients and being a protocol are definitely pros that matrix has over this. Matrix is definitely a lot more fleshed out than this project, but even though its new it already has more to it in some ways than matrix has. It also feels way more snappy than matrix, matrix can be sluggish at times.
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Sweet, I've been looking for something exactly like this for my upcoming radio station. I was going to use RocketChat but man is it a pain in the ass to get it to do the things I want it to do.
How difficult is it to install, configure, and keep Peersuite up to date? Does it integrate well with websites? Would it be suitable for use as a public chat? The whole "no server" thing is concerning, especially since I'll need to be able to see a full chat history at any given moment (for moderation purposes).
I don't have ANY moderation tools yet. TBH probably not the best fit for you right now.
When I saw the words "Discord alternative", I got excited. Disappointing, but thanks for the heads up.
I'll check back in a few months to a year to give you time to build up the featureset. Thank you for making this. Discord doesn't have enough competition.
I have been searching for a discord alternative for so long 😭 THANK YOU THANK YOU! Cannot wait to start testing this out with friends 😃
How do we get this listed on ~~alternative.to~~ alternativeto.net ? Would love to get this posted on there for more folks to find it on their own prerogative!!
It's on alternativeto.net needs upvotes https://alternativeto.net/software/peersuite/
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just improve the UI, rest is great
I'm hoping a design guru submits a PR. I honestly put a lot of thought into the UI, I just think I'm not skilled enough.
Kanban is interesting, as it makes it seem like its geared towards work in some ways?
Is Documents a wiki section or a file repo?
Yeah that was the plan to make it good for teams or friends. Documents is just for collaborative writing, You can create/rename/delete documents that live in storage until you print them. Importing files to edit would be a good addition.
Can you please add the ability to delete chat channels after they have been created. Thank you for making this.
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