Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?
Looks like ICQ is finally shutting down, just as interest in retro internet tools is growing.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june
django ( @django@discuss.tchncs.de ) 44•1 month agoXMPP and Matrix are already there.
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harc ( @harcesz@szmer.info ) English5•1 month agoActually… a bridge between XMPP, Matrix and Fedi-based private messages would be interesting.
poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 11•1 month agoFor XMPP and ActivityPub it already exists as part of the Libervia project.
interdimensionalmeme ( @interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 month agoIt would be great to be able any of these clients with any of these servers and that all users could talk to each other
poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 20•1 month agoI have been advocating for a while how easy it is to integrate a lightweight XMPP server with fediverse instances. The accounts can be easily linked and the user address is the same.
Here on slrpnk.net for example every member automatically also has an XMPP account.
Omniraptor ( @Omniraptor@lemm.ee ) 3•1 month agodam that’s awesome, is your code open source? I want this for .ee
poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 5•1 month agohttps://f-hub.org/Solarpunk/ejabberd-auth-lemmy
It has some smaller issues, but overall it works well.
Ademir ( @ademir@lemmy.eco.br ) 1•1 month agoofftopic
Você fala português também! Fiquei surpreso outro dia que vi sua postagem 😅
poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 2•1 month agoofftopic
Ainda estou a aprender português.
sexy_peach ( @sexy_peach@beehaw.org ) English17•1 month agowhat do you have in mind? Jabber/XMPP is very similar.
sexy_peach ( @sexy_peach@beehaw.org ) English8•1 month agoIt runs on any old raspberry pi (any but raspberry pi 1 I believe) in your house, can be used by family and friends as well. Has iOS and Android apps… I have had good experiences with the easy to set up https://snikket.org/ XMPP server.
Henry ( @Henry@lemmy.zip ) English14•1 month agoMatrix.org has been there for years.
sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) 10•1 month agoI believe dansup is working on a chat app for the Fediverse.
Ademir ( @ademir@lemmy.eco.br ) 7•1 month ago@dansup@mastodon.social Please consider using xmpp
𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬 ( @Dirk@lemmy.ml ) 5•1 month agoICQ for the Fediverse
You mean, like XMPP?
DavidGarcia ( @DavidGarcia@feddit.nl ) 4•1 month agoUh Oh!