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My friends are open to leaving Discord which has finally given me a reason to look into Element/Matrix. I found the install instructions and am immediately put off. Is this it? No official docker compose? ๐Ÿ˜ž

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[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I tried a lot, I think it has the most feature parity.

Have you tried Movim? It has most of the essential features, like group video calls, screen sharing, and a better E2EE method than matrix (IMO, anyway). It's also much easier to set up and host since it uses XMPP.

My friend group has already moved to Matrix, and we've been happy