Re:Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by...
by MattJ100 on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:55AM
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If you're an irssi/weechat person, I use poezio as my primary client (and profanity is another console client, but I've never tried it). Obviously console clients lack some features (calls, avatars [usable ones, anyway]) but it does the job for me. I do use a Conversations fork on my mobile for communicating with family while I'm out and about, as it's nice to have calls and such then.
Something with Gajim's features but using Qt would be pretty great potentially. GTK stuff also often has this horrible thing where it fades the window when unfocused, which gets really awful and unresponsive when things get laggy, also ruins screenshots. Never figured out how to turn it off. Part of the theme apparently, but GNOME also doesn't want you customizing/changing your theme. I'm just using Adwaita-dark usually.
Matrix clients aren't great either, but overall Nheko gives me less trouble and pain than Gajim, using both daily. irssi (IRC client) is kind of my gold standard for stability/performance/features with weechat being mostly okay too.