Re:Enter the Matrix – A technical overview and guide to all ...
by ATsch on Monday May 14, 2018 @06:59PM
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It does exist, via libpurple. I think it was one of the first bridges. It is not currently maintained, AFAICT due to lack of general interest. Telegram, IRC, discord, slack, gitter etc. bridges are actively maintained, for comparison.
Re:Enter the Matrix – A technical overview and guide to all ...
by upofadown on Monday May 14, 2018 @10:06PM
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I was not aware that libpurple supported Matrix but there is a plugin:
* https://github.com/matrix-org/purple-matrix
... which in theory would work with:
... running in XMPP gateway/transport mode...
Not sure what this means. XMPP gateways have been around forever, tend to actually work and are completely standardized with a specification and everything. The reason you don't hear more about them is because there is nothing much to gateway to any more. All the other IM systems have managed to close off their gardens to such an extent that gateways are pointless...
I guess that raises an obvious question. Is there an XMPP gateway to Matrix? I know there are some projects that are about gatewaying from Matrix to XMPP. One potential complication is that Matrix isn't an IM network as such, it is more of a IRC like distributed conference. There is a XMPP to IRC gateway, so it must be possible at some level...