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GitHub - spacebarchat/spacebarchat: 📬 Spacebar is a free open source selfhostable discord compatible communication platform (github.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by moonpiedumplings@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Has anyone tried this? It's discord reverse engineered.

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[–] traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How is Matrix dysfunctional?

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Where do I even start…

  • The verification process constantly breaks
  • Sessions get randomly unverified
  • Pictures aren't being send occasionally
  • Their client is a UI/UX catastrophe
  • Room Events are incompatible (esp. w/ Element X)
  • The "experimental" voice rooms are total trash, settings are not working (e.g. auto-gain can't be disabled)
  • The Calls via Jitsi somehow have a worse UX than Skype had in its worst days
  • The verification via emojis uses different emoji styles, missing the point completely
  • Due to the session mess "Can't decrypt message" will be your best friend
  • Even if you got a verified session it sometimes fails to decrypt a message
  • The federation is SLOW. As in "wait many many minutes" slow.
  • The whole Spaces-with-detached-rooms concept is a mess
  • There're no proper moderation tools
  • There isn't even a god damn admin panel! For the longest time you had to MANUALLY CURL THE API. Even today you have to mess with third-party admin panels that usually don't have all options exposed
  • Encryption is nice, but Matrix leaking tons of metadata isn't.
  • They effectively stopped developing the Element client in favour of Element X, which isn't available in desktop. And also loves to break during verification.
  • Third-party clients sometimes work better, but certainly don't expect anything but text chats with pictures there.

I really tried to like it, I even attempted to move a community over, attempted to self-host, all the jazz. It's a steaming mess for years now with no end in sight, and literally everyone who tried it eventually left disenchanted. Don't even bother trying it.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 15 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

This was my experience. Every time people suggest it as a Discord alternative I'm like, have you actually tried it? I hate Discord as much as the next guy but Matrix doesn't get anywhere close. I tried really hard to like it and give it a chance, but no.

[–] fastfomo7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

They mock people for not self-hosting it, calling it a 'skill issue.' I mean, not everyone has the time and energy to deal with that level of friction.