

Just wanted you to be aware. Not blaming you. It’s an overall shitty situation / outlook.


Just wanted you to be aware. Not blaming you. It’s an overall shitty situation / outlook.


Will most likely not be a problem short-term but over time there will be apps that will require a newer OS version than the one you are stuck on and just stop running.
The main reason you should not do that is because of known security issues that are not fixed in your old install. So you are opening yourself up to being more vulnerable to malicious software.


Thank you for revisiting this. It’s hard to stay up-to-date with all projects and I want to avoid anything with known glaring issues.


Got any more info on what you heard? There were problems in their Olm library (certain vulnerabilities with encryption that could be exploited) and they encouraged projects (servers + clients) to switch to a more secure library. Anything else you are thinking of?


To play around you can either use Element X or go to https://app.element.io/#/welcome and use the Element web version. ~~It’s basically the same client. ~~ Then create your account with matrix.org - you should be able to create your own space + sub-spaces + rooms to play around with inviting users, get familiar with permissions, etc. There might be limits with video / voice calls - not sure about the public, free matrix.org server.
If Matrix is a good fit you can then look through the offerings of some of the respected hosters listed here: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/hosting/ Then you don’t have to do everything yourself. They will maintain the infrastructure and your base installation and you can focus on being just the super user / admin (with your own domain) and build your community.
IMO the only real “hurdle” compared to traditional apps is that in addition to your username / password you also get a “recovery key”. That’s the key for encryption and people are not used to having an additional key. If you lose that key you can still log in and see new conversions but you will not be able to read old conversations that were encrypted using the old key. A workaround for your community might be to not enable encryption in your community rooms (when creating a room you can decide if its contents are encrypted or not). IMO totally worth the little bit of extra effort, but yeah - not something users are familiar with.
Edit: as @WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works pointed out Element X does not yet support Space management. You can check out https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/ for more clients. I really like Cinny (another web client - just checked and it supports space management). On mobile you can maybe try FluffyChat (not sure about space management - but I think they do as spaces are listed as feature).


Matrix allows you to structure rooms pretty similar to Discord. It’s called a “space” that can then have rooms. Also Sub-spaces with more rooms. You can then manage access by inheritance or really granular on a space / room level. E.g. hidden / public rooms and spaces.
A few notes though:


Compared to other subscriptions their family plan is very fair. IIRC they even allow commercial use (small companies).
But yeah, I get your sentiment. Still a good option if vendor support is important.


Does anybody have any information on features / licensing?
Looks like it’s basically a more lightweight self-hosting option with better db flexibility compared to the traditional deploy.
Based on the limited information available I assume it has the same feature-set as the old server and requires a license to unlock all features (e.g. TOTP support). For those comparing it to Vaultwarden.


Just adding the link so it’s easier to look up: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch is basically a visual programming language with drag & drop editor that runs in your browser. It teaches basic concepts that are useful to understand for future coders without actually writing code in text form.
It’s somewhat popular around here to see if kids are into coding. Always see it offered in voluntary summer courses.


🤦♂️ Sometimes I wonder who those people are who immediately jump to conclusions because they can’t be bothered to read a simple paragraph of text. Me. The answer is - it’s me!
Hopefully something good still came out of it. Maybe as someone else recommended adding your frequently used words to your dictionary will help with word sugggestions.


If you are comfortable using F-Droid or Obtainium I found HeliBoard to be a good keyboard replacement: https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard
Sadly anything not going through the Google Play store is currently under attack: https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
You take that back!!! Nobody takes my comedicles
You can point the homarr iframe to a HTML file that consumes the n8n json output with JavaScript (fetch and transform data)
Even easier might be to point the iframe at the n8n endpoint but to add a HTML node as last node to your workflow. There you can use plain HTML and it directly supports the expression syntax to render the values from your previous json node.