Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client

Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by Scene_Cast2 on Monday February 01, 2016 @02:23PM (#11014575)

I've switched to Matrix[1] with auto-bridging to freenode. It automatically syncs new notifications across all devices, that way when I read something on the desktop, the notifications on my phone are gone. It has a slew of other cool features, too.

I use vector.im for desktop and matrix console for android.

[1] http://matrix.org/

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by mintplant on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:06PM (#11015442)

The homepage says

> Fully distributed persistent chatrooms with no single points of control or failure

but looking at vector.im, channels seem to be based at specific servers, like "#matrix:matrix.org". How does that work? Also, what's the plan to deal with banning spammers and so forth if there's no central control?

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by Scene_Cast2 on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:53PM (#11016289)

Disclosure: I'm not a matrix dev.

The API intro page[1] is a good start. Basically, a client authenticates with their homeserver. Multiple homeservers can "access" a single room. There is a server-server API for synchronization. I don't know how this maps onto vector.im / matrix.org

Lots of good discussion by official devs here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8997844 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8267610

Spammers: each room can have mods / admins, just like in IRC. I don't know how bans are enforced on a technical level.

[1] http://matrix.org/docs/spec/r0.0.1/intro.html

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by codemac on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:10PM (#11015003)

Is there an emacs client?

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by giancarlostoro on Monday February 01, 2016 @04:06PM (#11015435)

I found this on Google:

http://whatthefuck.computer/blog/2015/10/26/mclient/

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by codemac on Monday February 01, 2016 @05:29PM (#11016112)

Wonderful! Thank you :)

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by bphogan on Monday February 01, 2016 @06:20PM (#11016469)

I spent 20 minutes with this the other day and could not get connected to anything on Freenode. The user interface for this is just about as friendly as IRC. Any pointers?

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Re:Shout: The self-hosted web IRC client by ValentineC on Monday February 01, 2016 @07:13PM (#11016756)

I was just playing with Matrix too (Vector.im is a decent web interface for it), and managed to connect to Freenode by using #freenode_#channelname:matrix.org as the room name. Hope that helps!

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