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Two days ago Beeper, a (almost?) universal chat app, was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25848278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2584
by azhenley 6y ago
Two days ago Beeper, a (almost?) universal chat app, was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25848278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25848278
- RogantisAgat 6y agoI'd say the thing that makes Pidgin more attractive is the fact it's free, whereas Beeper is $10/mo (unless you host the entire stack yourself, and at that point you can't use the Beeper app). Granted, Beeper has mobile apps going for it.
- smt88 6y agoPidgin is basically dead. When all the big messengers closed off their protocols, keeping compatibility became very labor intensive. It doesn't look like any FOSS has been able to do it, so I'm optimistic about Beeper.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoThey are two different classes of applications. Beeper uses transports (or 'bridges'), Pidgin is a multiprotocol client.