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The problem with Element is that the matrix.org main servers can already often be slow with message delivery, and will only get slower as more people onboard.

And self-hosting Matrix is hard and requires pretty hefty hardware. If performance improves, it will certainly be a great option. For basic chats though, XMPP+OMEMO is still a really great lightweight option.

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I'm excited for Dendrite, their new homeserver written in Go which will hopefully solve at least some of these performance issues. I've hosted a Dendrite server for a couple months now, but haven't had the chance to use it much.

With that said, it's been disappointing to see how slow development has been on it. Hopefully it picks up and they can get it out of beta this year.

Im looking forward to Dendrite, I think that changes the game for them in terms of performance. If im not mistaken at least one server was running on dendrite

They have https://dendrite.matrix.org, and they use Dendrite to test new features (like Spaces). But its issue is it's not feature complete so I don't think it sees that much usage.

Im using it right now with one other person and it seems to be just as fast as any other service Ive used.

It's not something that is always reproducible, and I suppose it depends on traffic and location as well to a certain extent. I've certainly found it satisfactory for general conversation but I do often see delays in delivery.

This is, however, something I also see with Signal. Texts can often take 5-6 seconds to deliver.

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