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I got distracted from my work so I made some Continuwuity propaganda. Continuwuity is a lightweights Matrix chat server that you can self-host pretty easily. Give it a try :3
be warned that continuwuity phones home by default to fetch its news and feed it to the admin, you may want to turn that off before booting first time
I'm planning on trying to self-host it on OpenBSD ngl. I do wonder. Does continuwuity support multiple independent domains on a single instance like Ejabberd does?
We have a few BSD users! And no, it doesn't.
We really want to use Matrix so bad, but none of them have every feature we need to replace discord atm.
It's not really designed to be a Discord replacement. It's a messaging app/protocol that can do voice/video calls. Discord is a passive state voice / video / text channel app that was designed to create spaces for different topics. Matrix has added a similar hierarchical feature as an option, but its not the same and I don't think it was meant to be.
I don't mind the name. It's pride month so I figure the community would turn the silly up a notch.
Im not a tech person but, I'm gonna try it out. Thanks OP.
Do they have MAS support yet? I kinda need my single signon :p
Support for delegation to an external IDP (without MAS) is a work-in-progress
and what about QR code login? I think MAS is required for that
somebody: makes anything
lemmy: we hate this
I love how the culture of the fediverse is consistent. it hates everything, everywhere, all at once, and all of the time.
I tried to get my friends off of reddit on it and that's what they always commented about, so they'll never join.
I use the continuwuity server. Thank you to the devs for all of the hard work!
Funny, I've had the exact opposite experience reddit vs lemmy. People are much more supportive here.
Reddit is especially a shithole for that exact use case (sharing projects), because (I suspect) pecking order games and performing for imaginary audiences. Between that and the slop...yeah, nah. Fuck Reddit.
YMMV
I hate you
Respectfully this is a dumb fucking name
I love it
Your users won't ever see the name.
It's a spiritual successor to conduwuit, the name checks out imo.
Feel free to use Synapse, og conduit or whatever floats your boat.
Myeah but it’s just a server - the clients just use Matrix.
I'm trying so hard not to hate this post but you have given me so many reasons to
use of UwU in something I absolutely need to share with others
mismatched fonts
comic something font
no human readable data next to the QR code
mismatched gradient radii in the corners
Make it stop 😭
the only valid complain is "no human readable data next to the QR code"
Eh, the gradients hold some weight too for me, lol
Those who would be off put by the UwU are not those I wish to talk to :3
Everything there (aside from perhaps not printing the full URL under the QR code) is deliberate and a part of the 'brand'. Roboto + Sour Gummy for the fonts, asymmetry, whimsy. If you don't like it, I'm sure you can use Element's Synapse and you'll be able to talk to people using Continuwuity just fine. That's kind of the point.
The project is the "official community continuation of the conduwuit homeserver". Conduwuit was a popular matrix backend until the project was archived.
Although interestingly, conduwuit says the official continuation is Tuwunel. interesting
Maybe this one should be named altuwunative.
It is primarily sponsored by the government of Switzerland 🇨🇭 where it is currently deployed for citizens.
Now this, I like!
Github, not so much
I've been using Tuwunnel since Conduwuit ceased developpment and I haven't been able to find a reason to switch to Continuwuity yet.
use of UwU in something I absolutely need to share with others
It's purely a backend, what's under the hood is not really visible to matrix clients.
Edit: Though I wish this graphic communicated that more, just realized it doesn't even say anything about [matrix].
This is the homeserver written in Rust, right?
A suggestion: wherever a QR code is included, the human-readable content should be included next to it. Not everyone has a QR code reader handy, or their reader has the bad habit of immediately opening links or apps. In this case, I see that it just goes to https://continuwuity.org/ and is benign, but others may be apprehensive at naked QR codes.
(there's obviously an exception for QR codes that are intended to convey machine info, like TOTP codes)
I made an NFC/QR code card for my wifi details at home, and that also includes the details written in clear text on the card, since some devices simply don't do QR (or NFC in my case).
This really is a bizarre thread, but anyways, thank you for sharing.
Why do useful FOSS things always have the worst names that make it hard to spread.
When they have good names they get stolen.
Try took up about gemini protocol.
Lots of folks also like the unmarketable names, because you know that it's not a corporate project. You're hearing about it, because it's actually good, and not just because some startup got VC money to do marketing.
Heck, the reverse is true as well. This project is better specifically because it has that name. You just know some transfemmes are tirelessly hacking away at it, because they enjoy the silly name.
Well, it startend with conduit. That was a respectable name. The development slowed down and someone wasnt happy abput not getting pr merged. Then it got forked to conduwuit.
Speed picked back up. There was later a massive meltdown for some reason. To successors emerged continuwuity and tuwunel.