12 mo. ago • 91%

databag: A tiny selfhosted federated messenger for the decentralized web.

github.com GitHub - balzack/databag: A tiny selfhosted federated messenger for the decentralized web.

A tiny selfhosted federated messenger for the decentralized web. - GitHub - balzack/databag: A tiny selfhosted federated messenger for the decentralized web.

Just a hint for people searching a tiny selfhosted messenger with encryption and apps for iOS and android.

TechNews @radiation.party [HN] Databag – tiny self-hosted federated messenger for the decentralized web

Run It Yourself @lemmy.ml Databag is an open-source self-hosted messaging service with Android and iOS client apps

Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org Databag is an open-source self-hosted messaging service with Android and iOS client apps

20 comments

End-to-End encryption (the hosting admin cannot view sealed topics, default unsealed)

oh no

28
- Could anybody ELI5 this one?
  
  4
  
  Sounds like end-to-end encryption is opt-in. Thus, a default configuration leaves communications unencrypted and vulnerable to eavesdropping.
  
  28
- It says it's federated. When you are your own provider, e2ee doesn't matter nearly as much (you probably have a bunch of personal files, backups, services running on the same box anyway).
  
  Edit: I would gladly take constructive comments with the downvotes. For a moment I thought we were on "selfhosted", where "you are your own provider" should resonate in with most
  
  3
  
  The point of federation means your content doesn't only stay on your server. The person you're talking too can be on a different one and their admin can see them too. Also, I wouldn't want to be able to access content from any user - it's a "no trust needed" thing.
  
  7
  
  Your comment is spot on. e2ee is critical when there is server side replication or when you are using a public server, but neither is typically the case with Databag. e2ee imposes some limitations such as preventing server side processing of content which is useful for streaming. In my opinion e2ee is needed when you don't know where the content resides, but when you do it's overkill.
  
  1
Why not just use XMPP?

16
- Dumbest answer: I didn't find a one click solution on casaOS.
  
  10
  
  No idea what the heck casaOS, but here you get your turnkey XMPP servers (if you really don't want to use a distro that packages prosody/ejabberd, which are all the ones worthy to be used anyways?):
  
  https://snikket.org/
  
  https://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads/
  
  8
- Wait is XMPP self-hosted?
  
  -1
  
  You can absolutely run your own XMPP server. It came with my Yunohost installation.
  
  4
How does this compare with matrix?

7
I call it d-bag for short.

3
how so?

-1

You've viewed 20 comments.