Funny you should say this. It's exactly why I started the Snikket project. I already ran a family XMPP server, but it was nowhere near user-friendly enough, and

Funny you should say this. It's exactly why I started the Snikket project. I already ran a family XMPP server, but it was nowhere near user-friendly enough, and I was tired of provisioning accounts manually and explaining what an XMPP client was every time someone got a new phone. I started the project early 2020, obviously with no knowledge of what was around the corner. Then during lockdown managed to onboard ~11 family members entirely remote by sending them a simple invitation link (some via SMS, some via email). The best part of the whole thing was how it enabled my (then) 4 year-old to independently video call 80 year-old grandparents (using an old Android tablet). Happy to report that a couple of years later it's still the primary method of communication between family members. Obviously it hasn't fully replaced WhatsApp/etc. which they still use for most of their contacts. But still, gotta start somewhere!