beeperhq.com , formerly nova.chat, a Matrix based chat HQ with multiple bridges
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As I've been looking for WhatsApp replacements I came across Beeper. Now, it doesnt' actually replace WA; it is however a pretty nifty looking unified chat hq, built on Matrix, and it self-hostable. They even provide a great Ansible playbook over at github - https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy.
Just to repeat myself - this doesn't replace any chat services, but it provides a way to use many different chat services in one interface. I've tried things like this back in the day and never really liked it, but for some reason this one looks promising, probably because it's based on Matrix, which is something I'd like to use more anyway, and see wider adoption.
Looks like it is pretty much ready to plug in to Cloudron too, but those with the skillset!
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This would not work as an "app" for Cloudron. However, I ask myself how you could extend (second non Clouron server required) a Synapse+Element (hosted on a Cloudron) with services from this playbook.
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@subven Pretty sure it could. If you look through the ansible playbook it is basically an entire Matrix install with all the various possible bridges included. I'm not sure how the bridges are installed, whether by an option chosen during installation, or by setting the options beforehand.
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Yeah maybe it could in theory but there is a reason why they choose an CMS like Ansible instead of a premade container out of an dockerfile. Like you said they offer a full stack out of the box but at Cloudron we already have most of the components (and 2 of the base apps) needed. The only thing we lack are bridges and bots so most likely just Dimension.
A possibility would be to use something like ansible-bender to create a docker image out of the cloudron base image but it still would be complicated and a lot of work. You could preconfigure the playbook to only install the components we need. Whats really interesting is that it does install all the stuff into one single directory.
Don't get me wrong, it seems like a cool project, but I think there are better options for us than to use their ansible roles.
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@subven The Dimension link you sent looks quite interesting, do you think this could be packaged for Cloudron to upgrade user's own Matrix and Element apps?
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Not looked deeply into the links above but maybe Nextcloud Talk with Matterbridge already provides for this?
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@thetomester13 you can vote for it if you like
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I'm happy to see Beeper on the wishlist.
I've always wanted to do Matrix bridge thing, but I had to give up a DIY option as I don't have a skillset to make it work on my server.I'm on the waiting list of both Beeperhq.com and Texts.com (yet another all-the-text-apps-in-one-place app), as I desperately need this.
But It would be great to see it as Cloudron app(s).
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Just pointing out that getting "beeper" into cloudron as an app is not possible. According to beeper their app (web, mobile, etc) is not open source. This would actually be an expansion of the current Matrix/Element feature set provided by Cloudron as that ansible playbook is actually what is open source. In other words if the Cloudron team implemented everything from that playbook it would still be running on Element and have nothing to do with the beeper suite of apps.
This has actually been a discussion over here https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/3150/expand-matrix-app-features?_=1618311080337 for a while now.
