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On desktop I use Fractal but it still misses some fairly major features like spaces and threads.", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix mobile client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended"}, {"id": 770663101, "item_id": 48166443, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166443", "by": "koziserek", "date": "2026-05-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Contribute or implement something using GrapheneOS, Nix/NixOS, Immich, Tailscale/Headscale, Home Assistant, SQLite, BespokeSynth, OpenStreetMap, Organic Maps, Columba, FluffyChat.", "excerpt": "Try toying with ideas & projects which give back agency to the user. Read manifestos from Anytype [0] and Reticulum [1]. Contribute or implement something using GrapheneOS, Nix/NixOS, Immich, Tailscale/Headscale, Home Assistant, SQLite, BespokeSynth, OpenStreetMap, Organic Maps, Columba, FluffyChat. Maybe run local LLM and integrate it with your workflows/lifeflows? Hardcore is not dead. [2] 0 https://anytype.io/why/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?"}, {"id": 752581346, "item_id": 47036334, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036334", "by": "simgt", "date": "2026-02-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Recently came across FluffyChat (https://fluffy.chat/), which works on matrix and has funny stickers and emojis ;)", "excerpt": "Recently came across FluffyChat (https://fluffy.chat/), which works on matrix and has funny stickers and emojis ;)", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Running My Own XMPP Server"}, {"id": 751606114, "item_id": 46975382, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46975382", "by": "tourmalinetaco", "date": "2026-02-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Every other major client (FluffyChat, Cinny, Nehko, prolly others I\u2019m not aware of) has sticker support", "excerpt": "Every other major client (FluffyChat, Cinny, Nehko, prolly others I\u2019m not aware of) has sticker support, and the ones I mentioned work together seamlessly. Element is cripplingly slow and has an entire drama with a decade-long issue where they continually refuse working commits because they didn\u2019t come from in-house. https://github.com/element-hq/element-meta/issues/339", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT"}, {"id": 751188418, "item_id": 46949276, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949276", "by": "TechniKris", "date": "2026-02-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://fluffy.chat would work great for you", "excerpt": "> Opensource Discord, Self-hosted, federated Sounds like you want https://matrix.org/ > Discord is a good design Then the main, reference client https://element.io/ or https://fluffy.chat would work great for you. ... With the only caveat being that general experience of using Matrix is awful. I second the other commenter's suggestion of using https://stoat.chat/ or as it used to be called: Revolt, which matches the ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["matrix client", "matrix mobile client"], "compared": [{"slug": "matrix", "name": "Matrix", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "element", "name": "Element", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "cinny", "name": "Cinny", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "fractal", "name": "Fractal", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897878", "title": "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034801", "title": "Running My Own XMPP Server", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164173", "title": "Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421", "title": "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46944245", "title": "Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663", "title": "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 2}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"compare": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 782459680, "item_id": 48903730, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48903730", "by": "graynk", "date": "2026-07-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Fluffychat works reasonably well on mobile for me.", "excerpt": "Fluffychat works reasonably well on mobile for me. On desktop I use Fractal but it still misses some fairly major features like spaces and threads.", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix mobile client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended"}, {"id": 782389697, "item_id": 48899356, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48899356", "by": "Imustaskforhelp", "date": "2026-07-13", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Certainly not as polished as Cinny I imagine", "excerpt": "Hm yeah I understand, there were some issues in Fractal where it didn't support spaces sometime back (I am not sure about it right now), it was fun talking to the team at gnome though making fractal. > I liked Cinny, but wasn't a huge fan of a web-based client. I feel as if sacrifices must be made as Signal and most others are probably web based clients as well. Fractal probably comes as close to it tbh > but the iss", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended"}, {"id": 770663101, "item_id": 48166443, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166443", "by": "koziserek", "date": "2026-05-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Contribute or implement something using GrapheneOS, Nix/NixOS, Immich, Tailscale/Headscale, Home Assistant, SQLite, BespokeSynth, OpenStreetMap, Organic Maps, Columba, FluffyChat.", "excerpt": "Try toying with ideas & projects which give back agency to the user. Read manifestos from Anytype [0] and Reticulum [1]. Contribute or implement something using GrapheneOS, Nix/NixOS, Immich, Tailscale/Headscale, Home Assistant, SQLite, BespokeSynth, OpenStreetMap, Organic Maps, Columba, FluffyChat. Maybe run local LLM and integrate it with your workflows/lifeflows? Hardcore is not dead. [2] 0 https://anytype.io/why/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?"}, {"id": 752585888, "item_id": 47036618, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036618", "by": "WD-42", "date": "2026-02-16", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've been using fluffychat for over a year. It's a nice interface", "excerpt": "I've been using fluffychat for over a year. It's a nice interface and the client I used to convince less technical friends and family to give Matrix a try. Unfortunately major functionality like being able to send images becomes broken for long periods of time https://github.com/krille-chan/fluffychat/issues/2497", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Running My Own XMPP Server"}, {"id": 752581346, "item_id": 47036334, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036334", "by": "simgt", "date": "2026-02-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Recently came across FluffyChat (https://fluffy.chat/), which works on matrix and has funny stickers and emojis ;)", "excerpt": "Recently came across FluffyChat (https://fluffy.chat/), which works on matrix and has funny stickers and emojis ;)", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Running My Own XMPP Server"}, {"id": 751857538, "item_id": 46991096, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991096", "by": "jabroni_salad", "date": "2026-02-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "There's an implementation sample here", "excerpt": "This topic comes up with firebase avoidance on degoogled phones. Have a look at unifiedpush.org and ntfy.sh There's an implementation sample here: https://fluffy.chat/en/faq/#push_without_google_services", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass"}, {"id": 751606114, "item_id": 46975382, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46975382", "by": "tourmalinetaco", "date": "2026-02-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Every other major client (FluffyChat, Cinny, Nehko, prolly others I\u2019m not aware of) has sticker support", "excerpt": "Every other major client (FluffyChat, Cinny, Nehko, prolly others I\u2019m not aware of) has sticker support, and the ones I mentioned work together seamlessly. Element is cripplingly slow and has an entire drama with a decade-long issue where they continually refuse working commits because they didn\u2019t come from in-house. https://github.com/element-hq/element-meta/issues/339", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT"}, {"id": 751188418, "item_id": 46949276, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46949276", "by": "TechniKris", "date": "2026-02-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "https://fluffy.chat would work great for you", "excerpt": "> Opensource Discord, Self-hosted, federated Sounds like you want https://matrix.org/ > Discord is a good design Then the main, reference client https://element.io/ or https://fluffy.chat would work great for you. ... With the only caveat being that general experience of using Matrix is awful. I second the other commenter's suggestion of using https://stoat.chat/ or as it used to be called: Revolt, which matches the ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"}]}