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Universal Chat Application, Beeper, Will Be Available To Everyone (For Free) In A Matter Of Weeks. (blog.beeper.com)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I was on the beta testing team and have been using Beeper for a little over two years now.

The convenience of having an application to house all of your chat networks is amazing.

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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (5 children)

The biggest question of all,- Is it Open source ?

My phone will only installs opensource apps.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    All of the Matrix bridges, written for use with Beeper, are open source.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Translation: "no"

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Looks like the client isn't, but they do offer a simple-way to self-host the backend (looks like it's "just" a matrix server and a bunch of bridges) and then you can use any open-source matrix client to connect to that. Seems like a pretty good balance of a way to make money and the guts being open enough that one could move if the client/company goes side-ways, while contributing a lot to the open-source community.

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