Expand Matrix app features

[girish]

If anyone is running the irc bridge, there is a security issue - https://matrix.org/blog/2022/05/04/0-34-0-security-release-for-matrix-appservice-irc-high-severity

[jdaviescoates]

I noticed this recently over on beeper.com

Can I self host?

We decided to open source all our bridges to enable you to audit how Beeper connects to each chat network and verify the security of your data. The side effect is that you may self host if you prefer.

There are two options for self hosting Beeper:

On-premises, managed by Beeper: run our install script on your amd64 server or 4gb Raspberry Pi and run all bridges locally on your own hardware. This option requires a Beeper subscription.
Self-host the full stack: The simplest and free way to self-host the full Matrix+bridges stack is with this Ansible script

[andreasdueren]

Has anyone tried yet if the docker container works out of the box for the signal bridge? https://docs.mau.fi/bridges/python/signal/docker-setup.html

[Sam_uk]

@andreasdueren @girish Has there been any progress in getting addons to work?

This list of Docker containers seems comprehensive, if a little overwhelming: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/blob/master/docs/container-images.md

[Sam_uk]

@jdaviescoates This does look good!

@girish any chance of converting this to a Cloudron install?

[girish]

@Sam_uk are you looking for a specific connector? I think adding all of them is not going to be "sustainable". It's just going to break with all releases and dependencies.

[Sam_uk]

@girish Yes, Slack integration is my immediate need. I believe 'puppeting' is the best way, although I don't know much about it.

A RSS > #Channel would be nice to have too.

As an aside I think https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge#readme exists as a Nextcloud module, but I'm not sure if that helps here? https://github.com/nextcloud/talk_matterbridge

[girish]

@Sam_uk interesting, matterbridge has now expanded beyond mattermost. Have you tried that already ? You can always drop the binary in any app's /app/data directory and use the @service cron type - https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#cron .

[Sam_uk]

@girish Thanks, I'll give it a go

[andreasdueren]

@girish said in Expand Matrix app features:

@Sam_uk are you looking for a specific connector? I think adding all of them is not going to be "sustainable". It's just going to break with all releases and dependencies.

For me it's really only the WhatsApp bridge. It's by far the most popular chat service, requires no API access with a complex registration process or high fees and is fairly easy to use. I am basically currently running a separate server with yunohost just so I can use the bridge and would love to change that.