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There's also Matrix.org. There seems to be a lot of overlap between the two projects.
by manav 11y ago
There's also Matrix.org. There seems to be a lot of overlap between the two projects.
- Arathorn 11y agoMatrix is very different to IRCv3 actually - you can think of Matrix more as a openly federated object database with pubsub semantics and a standard HTTP API. One use happens to be group chat, others include WebRTC signalling, IOT data exchange, etc. Meanwhile IRCv3 is very much an evolution of classic IRC - it's still closed federation, uses the IRC line protocol, and is all about group chat. We're looking forward to bridging it into Matrix :)
- zanny 11y agoI for one welcome our Matrix overlords, where all our communication needs are done over HTTP json requests, and you can have interop servers into every other network through federated gateways. Honestly, it is the future. Everything except Ring / Tox* should just pack up and start contributing to Matrix :p * Because there is still use for anonymous fully peer to peer messaging, but the marginal utility IMO does not outweigh the incredible tradeoffs you have to make to implement it for normal people (ie, no history, the need to pass around account tokens between devices, slowish message propagation).