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I've been using Synapse as my only messaging service, and Element as my only messaging frontend/app, for months by now. If you self-host it, then the next logi

I've been using Synapse as my only messaging service, and Element as my only messaging frontend/app, for months by now. If you self-host it, then the next logical step is to install bridges for all the protocols you currently use (WhatsApp, Messanger, Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn...). Or, at least, that's been the main reason for me to install it, as I was getting tired of the lack of developments on the bitlbee/libpurple side. And, since the API is open and we'll documented, it's also become my central hub for automated notifications, RSS feeds, social feeds etc. So Matrix is now my "one app to rule them all". I've got a channel on my server dedicated to the FLOSS project I maintain, and a couple of people are there, but that's not the point - at least not for me. I use Matrix because of its flexibility and ability to bridge anything to anything else. Who cares if there aren't enough people on my server :)

2Gkashmiri 4y ago
please help me understand "whatsapp bridge", does it work like a the telegram bot where you DONT need a telegram account to bridge to a room/person, they can just message you directly or like a front-end for your existing whatsapp account? like a proxy of sorts? instead of having multiple apps, you still have multiple accounts but a single app? i can't wait enough for EU's DMA to be enforced so that i can finally talk to "whatsapp" without having a whatsapp account ( i currently don't so losing out on that)
- the_duke 4y ago
  I think the What's App bridges use the web version in a headless browser. Which means you'll also need to have what's App running on a phone or in a VM. ps I think this fall's under the DSA, not the DMA.
  - esperent 4y ago
    > Which means you'll also need to have what's App running on a phone or in a VM. I think WA removed that requirement recently.
    - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
      you still need to have a whatsapp account?
      - esperent 4y ago
        Yeah of course, you can't use any private messaging app without an account I think? Previously though you had to scan a QR code with your phone to log in to the web app. Since a couple of months ago this is no longer necessary.
        2Gkashmiri 4y ago
        so... how does that work, i mean the whatspp. i understand if you have to talk to instagram users, you would do something like oath and that would work but how will whatsapp work? you are giving me some ideas, maybe i can set it up for the family and they can use it to accumulate their contacts on self hosted matrix?
- blacklight 4y ago
  https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp
Saris 4y ago
Have you found the bridges reliable? I tried this about 6 months ago and the messenger/instagram bridges would almost never stay connected, which led to many messages not coming though.

2Gkashmiri 4y ago

please help me understand "whatsapp bridge", does it work like a the telegram bot where you DONT need a telegram account to bridge to a room/person, they can just message you directly or like a front-end for your existing whatsapp account? like a proxy of sorts? instead of having multiple apps, you still have multiple accounts but a single app? i can't wait enough for EU's DMA to be enforced so that i can finally talk to "whatsapp" without having a whatsapp account ( i currently don't so losing out on that)

the_duke 4y ago
I think the What's App bridges use the web version in a headless browser. Which means you'll also need to have what's App running on a phone or in a VM. ps I think this fall's under the DSA, not the DMA.
- esperent 4y ago
  > Which means you'll also need to have what's App running on a phone or in a VM. I think WA removed that requirement recently.
  - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    you still need to have a whatsapp account?
    - esperent 4y ago
      Yeah of course, you can't use any private messaging app without an account I think? Previously though you had to scan a QR code with your phone to log in to the web app. Since a couple of months ago this is no longer necessary.
      - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
        so... how does that work, i mean the whatspp. i understand if you have to talk to instagram users, you would do something like oath and that would work but how will whatsapp work? you are giving me some ideas, maybe i can set it up for the family and they can use it to accumulate their contacts on self hosted matrix?
blacklight 4y ago
https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp

Saris 4y ago

Have you found the bridges reliable? I tried this about 6 months ago and the messenger/instagram bridges would almost never stay connected, which led to many messages not coming though.