I think the clients are all better lately. For Android I prefer Schildi Chat Next. For most everything else we use my self hosted Cinny web app. My only iPhone user likes elementX. Fluffy Chat is solid for messaging only, but I did not like that it can’t do the voice and video calls. They may have added that by now, I’m not an expert.
but what good client that isnt designed for just businesses
I’d say Element is the one to go for. A list of clients is available here:
https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/
Personally I like Sable, it feels closer to Discord, has call support, and “just works”
services: sable: image: git.sable.moe/sableclient/sable-next:latest ports: - '127.0.0.1:8080:8080' volumes: - ./config.json:/app/config.json:ro restart: unless-stoppedLooks pretty simple to selfhost the web client too
https://github.com/SableClient/sable-next/blob/main/Caddyfile
Edit~~: I couldn’t get it working, moved to selfhosting cinny~~
Edit2: I got it working 🤘
Use this config file as a base https://git.sable.moe/SableClient/sable-next/raw/branch/main/static/config.json
Cinny is also still a very good option! Especially if non-techy people are gonna be using it, as its UI is more stable (as in, changes less)
Seconding Sable.
Cinny is an awesome desktop client, as is Element, Fractal (GNOME, no spaces support though) and NeoChat (KDE)
For mobile, I personally prefer FluffyChat, but there’s other options too.
edit: I currently use Sable (a fork of Cinny I think), still using FluffyChat on Android.
Cinny calls an old matrix endpoint that returns 403 I’m surprised more people aren’t getting their home ip fail2banned.
/_matrix/media/v3/configfor those who are interested.It worked for me, so dunno if this is a widespread issue. I now use Sable though since I prefer it over Cinny (it’s a fork with extra bits I think)
I’m using Continuwuity you’re using synapse
ah ok
Gomuks and Sable
I think the clients are all better lately. For Android I prefer Schildi Chat Next. For most everything else we use my self hosted Cinny web app. My only iPhone user likes elementX. Fluffy Chat is solid for messaging only, but I did not like that it can’t do the voice and video calls. They may have added that by now, I’m not an expert.