Re:Facebook Messenger protocol in Pidgin
by Arathorn on Friday January 15, 2016 @08:27AM
(#10909129)
Using matrix-appservice-purple (https://github.com/matrix-org/node-purple/tree/master/appser...) one can even use jgeboski's PRPL to connect to FB from Matrix :) (although the bridge is pretty alpha right now).
(Also, thanks for the vote of confidence :D)
I found it after trying to write a reasonable XMPP client (previously commented on here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9772968 ) and haven't looked back since.
I use Matrix on the desktop, my ipad, and my android phone -- the much vaunted multi-device cross-platform success story that seems to be the one nice thing people have to say about facebook chat, you can have that with FOSS too! -- and just for an out-of-left-field bonus, it replaces my need for an IRC bouncer because they have a bridge for that. Finding Matrix was probably my best FOSS discovery of all 2015.