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weechat-matrix

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poljar / weechat-matrix

weechat-matrix

Weechat Matrix protocol script written in python

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Weechat Matrix protocol script written in python

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I am hoping they go with Matrix, least then I will be able to have the choice of having a client appropriate to my needs. I do prefer my chat client to not be a part of my…

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2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	6	6
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	5	5
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	7	7
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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Arathorn·Sep 12, 2019

weechat-matrix even supports single sign on login (as of yesterday: https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix/commit/1a846d61ae07...) so it should work nicely with Mozilla's IAM SSO: https://wiki.mozilla.org/IAM/Frequently_asked_questions

In Candidates for Mozilla's IRC Successor

dngray·Sep 12, 2019Recommendation phrase

I am hoping they go with Matrix, least then I will be able to have the choice of having a client appropriate to my needs. I do prefer my chat client to not be a part of my browser. That way I can close my browser, start my browser and chat client on login ie from i3/sway etc. A tab in a browser runs the risk of getting closed. I love using weechat (weechat.org) and have used it for decades. The Matrix plugin for Weechat is really well done https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix Other people who want to use Riot can if they want at the end of the day I think matrix is probably the best option as it will cater for many people's needs.

In Candidates for Mozilla's IRC Successor

Arathorn·Aug 11, 2019

Matrix has at least two excellent commandline clients fwiw; https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix (written in contemporary python) which even supports full E2E encryption, complete with things like emoji-based key verification; and https://github.com/tulir/gomuks (written in Go, as the name implies). And you can bridge to Discord with pretty good parity via https://github.com/Half-Shot/matrix-appservice-discord. So open options do exist :)

In Show HN: Cordless, a Discord terminal client written in Go

Arathorn·Jun 6, 2019

weechat-matrix (https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix) is an excellent text-interface client with full E2E support, fwiw :)

In Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC?

feanaro·Mar 18, 2019

There's weechat-matrix[1] which supports E2EE and the accompanying python library, nio[2]. [1]: https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix/ [2]: https://github.com/poljar/matrix-nio/

In Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet?

Arathorn·Feb 22, 2019

using matrix via weechat using the new python weechat-matrix (https://github.com/poljar/weechat-matrix) plugin should give a very convincing IRC on steroids experience; it even has e2e encryption landing. The emacs matrix client (mclient.el) is also in active dev again. Riot is also good, but probably too bloated for your tastes :)

In France Enters the Matrix