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Are there already many similar apps? I used two: Rambox https://rambox.pro/ https://rambox.pro/ and Franz https://meetfranz.com https://meetfranz.com

by yingbo 6y ago

smt88 6y ago
No, those are totally different. They're just Electron shells around web versions of chat apps. They're also extremely resource-intensive and buggy. Someone forked Rambox and kept it FOSS, and it's called Hamsket.
- folkrav 6y ago
  There is also an OSS hard-fork of Franz called Ferdi, for anyone interested. Been using it for some time, I don't love nor hate it.
folkrav 6y ago
Those are glorified browsers wrapping the web based clients in dedicated "tabs". AFAIK it looks like Beeper hosts a matrix<->service bridge between those platforms, and their client actually unifies messages in a single inbox. Seems to be different.
50 6y ago
https://texts.com https://texts.com - it's not released yet but you can sign up for early access.
- navanchauhan 6y ago
  Anyone who is already in the early-access? This looks like an interesting alternative and I am looking forward to trying both of them out once I get in
  - KishanBagaria 6y ago
    Yep, check out some tweets by our users here: https://twitter.com/TextsHQ https://twitter.com/TextsHQ
    - navanchauhan 6y ago
      Ah you are the creator! I had a couple of questions: 1. Are you using unofficial APIs or do you have custom bridges much like Beeper? 2. How would you deal with messaging apps like Snapchat? Also, you were right in saying "app invites are the new currency of SV"[0]. Keep up the good work! [0] https://twitter.com/KishanBagaria/status/1294754273998172160?s=20 https://twitter.com/KishanBagaria/status/1294754273998172160...
      - KishanBagaria 6y ago
        > Are you using unofficial APIs or do you have custom bridges much like Beeper? All platform integrations were developed in-house from the ground up. We don't use the Matrix protocol but support it. > How would you deal with messaging apps like Snapchat? We don't plan on supporting Snapchat since it's single session only.
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  Interesting! It would be great though if you could sign up without a Google account. One of the reasons I want something like this is the data collection of all these separate apps. I'm trying to get away from Google :)
- ajimix 6y ago
  why login with Google and not regular email?

Are there already many similar apps? I used two: Rambox https://rambox.pro/ https://rambox.pro/ and Franz https://meetfranz.com https://meetfranz.com

by yingbo 6y ago

Are there already many similar apps? I used two: Rambox https://rambox.pro/ https://rambox.pro/ and Franz https://meetfranz.com https://meetfranz.com

smt88 6y ago

No, those are totally different. They're just Electron shells around web versions of chat apps. They're also extremely resource-intensive and buggy. Someone forked Rambox and kept it FOSS, and it's called Hamsket.

folkrav 6y ago
There is also an OSS hard-fork of Franz called Ferdi, for anyone interested. Been using it for some time, I don't love nor hate it.

folkrav 6y ago

Those are glorified browsers wrapping the web based clients in dedicated "tabs". AFAIK it looks like Beeper hosts a matrix<->service bridge between those platforms, and their client actually unifies messages in a single inbox. Seems to be different.

50 6y ago

https://texts.com https://texts.com - it's not released yet but you can sign up for early access.

navanchauhan 6y ago
Anyone who is already in the early-access? This looks like an interesting alternative and I am looking forward to trying both of them out once I get in
- KishanBagaria 6y ago
  Yep, check out some tweets by our users here: https://twitter.com/TextsHQ https://twitter.com/TextsHQ
  - navanchauhan 6y ago
    Ah you are the creator! I had a couple of questions: 1. Are you using unofficial APIs or do you have custom bridges much like Beeper? 2. How would you deal with messaging apps like Snapchat? Also, you were right in saying "app invites are the new currency of SV"[0]. Keep up the good work! [0] https://twitter.com/KishanBagaria/status/1294754273998172160?s=20 https://twitter.com/KishanBagaria/status/1294754273998172160...
    - KishanBagaria 6y ago
      > Are you using unofficial APIs or do you have custom bridges much like Beeper? All platform integrations were developed in-house from the ground up. We don't use the Matrix protocol but support it. > How would you deal with messaging apps like Snapchat? We don't plan on supporting Snapchat since it's single session only.
GekkePrutser 6y ago
Interesting! It would be great though if you could sign up without a Google account. One of the reasons I want something like this is the data collection of all these separate apps. I'm trying to get away from Google :)
ajimix 6y ago
why login with Google and not regular email?