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2026-07-15 14:48 UTC

@tobykurien@mastodon.social What's the main difference to Matrix? (I know lots of people at CCC use Matrix cause it's decentral. Delta chat is also decentral. So I was wondering which feature made you choose Delta chat)

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  • @tobykurien@mastodon.social 2026-07-15 15:35

    @13reak@infosec.exchange I think Matrix is resource intensive to host? Honestly the user experience (from when I tried) is quite different, DeltaChat is jsut like WhatsApp to the non-technical user (i.e. great user experience) and very easily self-hostable. There are many, many more reasons (like webxdc, standards compliance, strong cryuptography, etc.) but I can't comment on each point vs Matrix. Dig in here: https://delta.chat

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  • @M_E_ST@mastodon.social 2026-09-23 09:52

    @13reak@infosec.exchange @tobykurien@mastodon.social Years ago, I switched from Signal to Matrix, mainly because I needed to use more than one Android device. For about three months, I've been testing DeltaChat, and I must say it's a really good, mature solution. However, it differs significantly from Matrix in terms of depth and architecture. Both solutions are decentralized. However, Matrix still has server-based message storage (like Signal), while DeltaChat only uses relays for transient storage.

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