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matrix-synapse(server) suffers from performance issues[1], dendrite[2], the replacement should be resolving that but is currently in beta. Apart from that it i

matrix-synapse(server) suffers from performance issues[1], dendrite[2], the replacement should be resolving that but is currently in beta. Apart from that it integrates fairly well with other networks through bridges.[3] It can be self hosted and it federates, which is a pro. Not too sure about audits and security, it has improved much, when I started using it (2019) they didn't have login throttling[4] and shortly after that were breached.[5] Much has improved since. [1] https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+performance https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is... [2] https://matrix.org/docs/projects/server/dendrite https://matrix.org/docs/projects/server/dendrite [3] https://matrix.org/bridges/ https://matrix.org/bridges/ [4] https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1452 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/1452 [5] https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/83751/data-breach/matrix-org-hack.html https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/83751/data-breach/matri...

remirk 6y ago
Your first link lists a lot of tickets than actual performance issues. Searching on an issue tracker for the word 'performance' is not a good source for claiming there are performance issues. Synapse used to have scaling issues. Those are pretty much fixed.[1] [1] https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-scalability https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-sca...
- joepie91_ 6y ago
  Speaking as a Matrix user: it definitely still has performance issues. I'm regularly running into sudden lag spikes that have no clear justifiable reason to exist. More details about my specific case are found here: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8612 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8612 - and occasionally other performance issues pop up for other people too. I'm sure this will eventually be fixed, and honestly the performance is probably good enough for most people, but Synapse is definitely not as performant yet as a homeserver should be.

remirk 6y ago

Your first link lists a lot of tickets than actual performance issues. Searching on an issue tracker for the word 'performance' is not a good source for claiming there are performance issues. Synapse used to have scaling issues. Those are pretty much fixed.[1] [1] https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-scalability https://matrix.org/blog/2020/11/03/how-we-fixed-synapses-sca...

joepie91_ 6y ago
Speaking as a Matrix user: it definitely still has performance issues. I'm regularly running into sudden lag spikes that have no clear justifiable reason to exist. More details about my specific case are found here: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8612 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/8612 - and occasionally other performance issues pop up for other people too. I'm sure this will eventually be fixed, and honestly the performance is probably good enough for most people, but Synapse is definitely not as performant yet as a homeserver should be.