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Just a hint for people searching a tiny selfhosted messenger with encryption and apps for iOS and android.

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[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dumbest answer: I didn't find a one click solution on casaOS.

[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No idea what the heck casaOS, but here you get your turnkey XMPP servers (if you really don't want to use a distro that packages prosody/ejabberd, which are all the ones worthy to be used anyways?):

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

casaOS is a docker-compose simplified one click solution, like unraid or heimdall.

Sure I tried to add xmpp to my apps, but finding the right one on xmpp is like the first experience with Linux ... too many alternatives. I tried openfire because it sounds good with a compose file and proxy all to my caddy server. But I am stuck actually (the last 10 min), and I am unable to decide if ejabberd is better.

[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

If your system is based on docker, couldn't you just use the official docker image I linked? Besides, I wouldn't recommend openfire, not because it's not a capable server (it's been to long since I tried it to have a meaningful opinion), but because it has less widespread usage than ejabberd/prosody, and by extent, probably less resources to help you configure it to your needs.

I know it's not the topic of this thread, but you are not making a convincing case (to me!) for a "docker-compose simplified one click solution" that pulls you away from the most popular and well maintained alternatives :)
And you will also likely encounter things down the road pertaining to firewall configuration, domain name resolution and port multiplexing that containerization will turn into a configuration and troubleshooting nightmare, so… enjoy! (or not)