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Can you recommend a lightweight matrix chat client to me? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by rufus@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My laptop is getting old and i can't have Element eat up half of my RAM. There are many more clients out there but which one is good? aka "the best? ;-)

My requirements: lightweight, encryption 100% supported, active development/community. runs neatly 24/7 in the background.

Should also support the latest features, let me customize when to get notifications: priorities / muted chatrooms. And ideally also look clean and run on the Pinephone. But that's optional.

I don't care which desktop environment or cli.

What do you use?

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[–] Gilgamesh@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are an Emacs user, then I suggest you try out Ement.el!

[–] Aspaldiko@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Emacs is such a weird Texteditor i must say.

[–] gkpy@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

i am currently testing https://iamb.chat/ it's a bit unique in how it does things but promising of you're into TUI and vim