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Matrix Homeservers like Synapse can run on anything now, and there is conduit which should be lighter too.
by jacooper 3y ago
Matrix Homeservers like Synapse can run on anything now, and there is conduit which should be lighter too.
- olah_1 3y agoLast I checked, the way the protocol works still causes a huge amount of load for minimal usage. Because of the way events need to propagate and the types of events that propagate
- jacooper 3y agoI haven't seen this in my servers. I host three matrix servers and so far synapse isn't out of the ordinary.
- gunapologist99 3y agoMatrix is not lightweight or simple.
- ptman 3y agoMatrix shifts much of the burden to the server so that clients can be simpler (except for e2ee, which has to be done clientside).
- toastal 3y agoWhich if true is still a burden that prevents simple self-hosting. You can (& I did briefly) install an XMPP server on a 10-year-old smart phone with postmarketOS on your network & have a reasonable experience.