signal

> That or something like Matrix, although I use Signal myself. I bridge signal to matrix on my homeserver using signal-mautrix: https://github.com/mautrix/signal This allows me to use different phones without going through transfer/wipe. Still needs a primary device though, which was the iPhone until yesterday.

On-device bridging works like this https://blog.beeper.com/p/how-beeper-mini-works. We'll put together a full technical deep dive for the real launch, this is just an open beta. Our signal bridge code is open source: https://github.com/mautrix/signal You don't have to use our hosted bridges, we've made it ridiculously easy to self host: https://github.com/beeper/bridge-manager

Well, while not officially endorsed, there is `signald`. With mautrix-signal, I'm able to bridge my Signal and Matrix accounts. I can also make signald my primary device. https://signald.org/ https://github.com/mautrix/signal

I can't speak to WhatsApp, but I've been using the self hosted Signal bridge [1] and it is brilliant, no bot troubles at all. Behind the scenes it uses signalid [2]. [1]: https://github.com/mautrix/signal [2]: https://gitlab.com/signald/signald

the signal matrix bridge currently listed on matrix.org (https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-signal) uses signald

Mentioned elsewhere, the list of bridges is pretty complete: https://matrix.org/bridges/, specifically I used https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-signal (and the same author's WhatsApp and SMS bridges).

I found it on Matrix's site[0], direct link is here[1]. It's a bit of a pain to set up initially, particularly in a Docker-Compose deployment, as the containers are created to incrementally build up configuration. > I think we are really close to regular people using matrix. I personally haven't met any "real" people who are even aware of Matrix. When I broached it with a non-IT friend, they were actively uninterested in unifying messaging applications as they had "facebook friends" and "whatsapp friends" and interacted with them differently. > export/import process for other clients conversation history, you mean? Is there other data a messaging app captures that you want access to? [0]: https://matrix.org/bridges/ [1]: https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-signal

This is likely the one they are referring to: https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-signal/ I use it myself and it has been working perfectly for me since I switched to it.

The good thing is that matrix can be bridged to Signal[1], to allow for a smoother transition period. This is also true with Whatsapp[2], but against their terms of service, so you risk getting banned, and built on reverse-engineering, plus you need an android VM of some sort. I've been personally moving my family to Signal, since that provides the best UX and easier transition from Whatsapp. Once I'm comfortable enough with it, we'll likely transition to matrix. What Matrix is missing is in my view: - Client with simple UI, polished UX, and not just a smoking pot of features: FluffyChat[3] is mostly there. - Server of which I can guarantee the uptime. Dendrite should lower the resource usage for a ~5-100 accounts server, and decentralised identities[4] would allow falling back to another server (such as a friend's). We're mostly there, s