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Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?

Xmpp seems way easier to host, requiring less resources, has many more options for clients, and is simpler and thus easier to manage and reason about when something goes wrong.

So what's the deal?

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Many people have not used XMPP in years or never and go by hearsay of outdated information.

Matrix on the other hand had several million Euros of venture-capital to fund a marketing campaign.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

This makes matrix even less attractive to me lol. But you're right, that's a very good point.

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, that explains how this piece of embarrassment has conned actual people into using it.