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Dendrite, written in go. Its super easy to install, is fast and even runs on low specced systems

I loved using dendrite implementation but people should be aware if it’s limitations. Since it’s basically a rewrite of synapse in go, they are currently playing catch up.

All features of synapse are currently not there. For example, most media APIs are not working, like URL preview. Before 2 months ago, I feel like they were making great strides with the project. They were pushing out weekly updates.

Development has definitely slowed down, and it doesn’t help one of the key contributors/maintainers has left the company/project.

Hopefully the project gets a few dedicated maintainers and people to manage and fund it. It really is a great implementation but I ended up switching back to synapse.

Dev hasn't slowed down that much; there's still 3 other people working in Dendrite's vicinity. We're just focusing more on the new Sliding Sync API first.

If you don’t mind me asking, how easy was the migration to and from synapse? I’m currently spinning up a homeserver with Dendrite and am wondering if I should switch back to synapse, but I wouldn’t want to lose any data.

From dendrite to synapse, I don’t think it’s possible. I just nuked mine completely.

I recommend setting up a separate instance and subdomain.

Why do you recommend setting up the separate instance/subdomain? On my latest attempt, federation has never been enabled, so it feels like I should be able to just reuse the domain.

Think so too

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