Thoughts on the state of the freenode IRC network - Edward Kmett

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  • wee-slack

    A WeeChat script for Slack.com. Supports threads and reactions, synchronizes read markers, provides typing notification, etc..

    The weechat plugin unfortunately cannot coexist with wee-slack (https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/issues/812, https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix/issues/248), so if one wants to participate in the Haskell Foundation Slack, or any other Slack (e.g. for work), then Matrix is off limits. Yeah, it's just a bug that will eventually get fixed, but it does make things unnecessarily complicated. :-/

  • weechat-matrix

    Weechat Matrix protocol script written in python

    The weechat plugin unfortunately cannot coexist with wee-slack (https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack/issues/812, https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix/issues/248), so if one wants to participate in the Haskell Foundation Slack, or any other Slack (e.g. for work), then Matrix is off limits. Yeah, it's just a bug that will eventually get fixed, but it does make things unnecessarily complicated. :-/

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  • Quassel IRC

    Quassel IRC: Chat comfortably. Everywhere.

    I've been a massive user of IRC since the mid 90s... have written lots of bots, scripts etc plus set up plenty of stuff to deal with being able to disconnect your client without missing out on anything (currently use https://quassel-irc.org/ with the daemon on a VPS). I was even l33t enough to "read bitchx.doc" back in the day...

  • matrix.to

    A simple stateless privacy-protecting URL redirecting service for Matrix

    Arg, I've also created one and announced it in the haskell matrix channel: https://matrix.to/#/!pZFfqwPvNuLROTqRRy:matrix.org?via=hpdeifel.de&via=matrix.org

  • Converse.js

    Web-based XMPP/Jabber chat client written in JavaScript

    ConverseJS is also a pretty solid web client, and it's easy to host as well.

  • www.haskell.org

    www.haskell.org site source

    I vote for either staying in IRC or moving to Matrix, preferably haskell.org runs its own instance. I don’t see any better option.

  • Synapse

    Discontinued Synapse: Matrix homeserver written in Python/Twisted.

    I would also consider https://matrix.org/docs/projects/client/matrix-ircd option. I’m not sure how stable it is but in general it’s an IRC interface for Matrix network. matrix.org maybe even runs some, I didn’t try it. But I’ve tried and still use XMPP bridge for instance. You could join Matrix rooms from XMPP. For instance (these are XMPP MUCs):

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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