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Re:Briar Desktop for Linux by joshuaissac on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:35AM (#30025895)
Briar is older than Matrix. It has been around since at least mid-2012, whereas Matrix is from 2014.

Disclosure: I was an intern for them in mid-2012.

Re:Briar Desktop for Linux by ddtaylor on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:55PM (#30027241)
Thanks that's really interesting. Does Briar have multiple client implementations like a documented protocol or something too?
Re:Briar Desktop for Linux by giphyman on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:00PM (#30027332)
briar is built on a p2p syncing protocol called bramble, you can read more here: https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar/-/wikis/A-Quick-Ov...