this isn't true, fwiw - there are about 30 matrix bridges, and only one of them (matrix-bifrost) uses libpurple, and only then as a fallback if there isn't a be

this isn't true, fwiw - there are about 30 matrix bridges, and only one of them (matrix-bifrost) uses libpurple, and only then as a fallback if there isn't a better stack available. Edit: For instance, one of the best telegram bridges for Matrix is https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-telegram https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-telegram, which uses the 'telethon' Py3 library to connect to telegram. Conversely, https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-whatsapp https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-whatsapp is one of the best whatsapp bridges, which uses the go-whatsapp Go whatsapp library to connect. Libpurple is very much the last ditch resort where everything else has failed.