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Is there a fork of telegram that works with a self hosted XMPP or other chat server?

The telegram app has a very nice interface, but I want to use a self hosted xmpp chat server.

Is there maybe a fork of telegram that makes it work with a self hosted xmpp server? I would imagine that this is possible.

If not, is there anything that at least gets close to how nice telegram UI is?

LodeMike ,

Just use Conversations. It’s fine.

Dark_Arc ,
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If you don’t strictly speaking need XXMP, you might want to checkout Jami which is a peer-to-peer based chat app with a fairly polished UI. It still definitely feels like beta software at times though, so more of a “be aware of it and check in on it” than “actively use this for all of your chats” sort of thing.

umami_wasbi ,

OP, I understand what you look for, but that’s not easy task. From my limited knowledge of apps development, achieving what you requested would likely be:

  1. Identify and remove all relevent code to the backend. Easier if it’s modular, very hard if they’re litrered everywhere.
  2. Chose a XMPP client library that have relavent extension support that can translate to features in XMPP.
  3. Write an adaptor (if modular) to match the methods signature and translates calls to the client library. Or reimplement all the code you removed (if littered everywhere) with the client library.

This is akin to swaping to a new engine for a car, with incompatible mounts. Diffcult to execute, and (I believe) low interest. You can try if you got the skills. I don’t and even I have, I will just use SimpleX which fits my needs.

Dark_Arc ,
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In theory you could use Telegram X and reimplement the tdlib API to create such a client. It wouldn’t be the main Telegram Android app, but Telegram X is in someways even nicer.

just_another_person ,

Back up a second. Reread your question.

poVoq ,
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I wondered about this before but apparently the Telegram client is terrible spaghetti code under the hood, making these kind of ideas not feasible.

You might like Monocles Chat though, which is an Android XMPP client with a somewhat nicer looking interface.

There is also the work in progress Moxxy client, which is a from ground up new XMPP client written in Flutter. It seems to take some interface inspiration from Telegram, but to be honest, it isn’t anywhere near to be fully usable and development has been slow in recent months.

matcha_addict OP ,

Monocles looks really nice! I’ll try it out, it may be exactly what I need. Thanks :)

Zak ,
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Telegram isn’t open source, so I don’t think you’re going to find forks of it.

matcha_addict OP ,

Telegram client is open source, and there are many forks of it with enhanced features (forkgram, nekogram, etc.)

just_another_person ,

You are asking about the server, not the apps.

This is another “I WANT EVERYTHING FOR CHEAP!” post in this thread, but with lower effort because this is easily searchable to find the answer.

umami_wasbi ,

OP already clearly stated he want to use XMPP. What OP is asking is some client features the functionality of Telegram client. Or a fork of Telegram client, gutted out every signle line of code interact with the backend, replace them with a XMPP client library.

just_another_person ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/aab8e1be-3a52-4f6d-8d89-7675c132532d.jpeg

You want to tell me what about my comment is not accurate?

umami_wasbi ,

I think OP is quite clear that he wants something resembles to Telegram’s UI, but works with XMPP instead. The title is just part of the context. You still have to read the body, which uses terms “interface” and “UI”. This means he never intend something server side.

I won’t say your comment is inaccurate, but taken out of context and misinterpret what the OP means.

just_another_person ,

His title and demeanor says different. He has no idea.

matcha_addict OP ,

You are asking about the server, not the apps.

No. Please refer to the third word in the body of my post, which spells “app”.

This is another “I WANT EVERYTHING FOR CHEAP!” post

Where? I am not seeing what you’re seeing. Feel free to quote my post to show where this is, and please demonstrate how it is “i want everything for cheap!” in all caps.

just_another_person , (edited )

The “app”, as you call it, only subscribes to the services provided. Whether you know it (apparently not), any features you described are on the server side (as to your post title). You are asking about the server, though you seem to not know it. Why else would you post in “self-HOSTED”. Applications aren’t hosted.

Wow.

matcha_addict OP ,

The “app”, as you call it, only subscribes to the services provided.

And?

any features you described are on the server side (as to your post title)

None of the features I described (the interface) are on the server (the interface).

If you think otherwise, you’ll have to prove it to be taken seriously :)

You are asking about the server

I am not. Again, please refer to the first three words in the body of post. In general, I urge you to read posts before you respond to them.

Why else would you post in “self-HOSTED”. Applications aren’t hosted.

it’s in regards to a self-hosted xmpp server.

just_another_person ,

Read your title again

matcha_addict OP ,

If you do not have an argument to make or anything of value to add, please stop replying to my comments or I will ignore them going forward.

just_another_person ,

Go for it. I’d ask you to stop asking questions which are easily found elsewhere. Good luck!

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