Bone Baboon writes: > # IRC alternatives / compliments > > Some criteria that I have come up with are: > * Free software > * Can be used without a graphical user interface as many GPUs are not > compatible with Linux-libre and can not run Xorg or Wayland window > managers / desktops. > * Peer to peer as a way to avoid the issue of a centralized > administrator changing their administration in undesirable ways.
One more criteria. Is an Emacs client available. Inspired by <https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2021-05-19.log#183825>. > Some alternatives that come to mind that would need further > investigation include the following. I do not know if any of these meet > all the criteria I mention above. > > * Scuttlebutt > ** https://scuttlebutt.nz/ > ** Is there a client that works without a graphical environment? > > * DAT > ** Are there messaging application for DAT? > ** https://www.datprotocol.com/ > > * IPFS > ** Are there messaging application for IPFS? > ** https://ipfs.io/ > > * Jami > ** https://jami.net/ > ** Swarms specifically > *** > https://jami.net/swarm-introducing-a-new-generation-of-group-conversations/ > *** Swarms are fully distributed and peer-to-peer text conversations, > with a potentially unlimited number of participants. > ** <Lutices[m]> on Freenode #jami said: > "https://github.com/AmarOk1412/jami-cli/ no video/audio support but > support swarm" > > * RetroShare > ** http://retroshare.cc/ > ** Is there a client that works without a graphical environment? Here is what I have discovered after some further preliminary exploration. I have added XMPP and Tox. ## Scuttlebutt <https://scuttlebutt.nz/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - yes * Non graphical client - yes ** scat <https://github.com/stripedpajamas/scat> ** scatzero <https://github.com/stripedpajamas/scatzero> ** scuttle-chat <https://github.com/clevinson/scuttle-chat> * IRC capabilities - ? * Emacs client - no ## DAT <https://www.datprotocol.com/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - yes * Non graphical client - yes ** cabal-cli <https://github.com/cabal-club/cabal-cli> * IRC capabilities - yes ** <https://cabal.chat/> * Emacs client - no ## IPFS <https://ipfs.io/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - yes * Non graphical client - prototype ** orbit-textui <https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-textui> *** prototype * IRC capabilities - ? * Emacs client - no ## Jami <https://jami.net/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - yes * Non graphical client - yes ** jami-cli <https://github.com/AmarOk1412/jami-cli> * IRC capabilities - not yet ** Swarm requires more optimizations before pubic channels are added. ** Currently jami-cli has been tested for group of 5 (jami-cli's developer devices). ** A group is invite only currently. * Emacs client - no ## RetroShare <https://retroshare.cc/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - yes * Non graphical client - no * IRC capabilities - yes * Emacs client - no ## XMPP <https://xmpp.org/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - no ** federated servers * Non graphical client - yes ** Mcabber <https://mcabber.com/> ** Poezio <https://poez.io/en/> ** Profanity <https://profanity-im.github.io/> ** Aparte <https://github.com/paulfariello/aparte> * IRC capabilities - yes * Emacs client - yes ** jabber.el <https://github.com/legoscia/emacs-jabber> ## Tox <https://tox.chat/> * Free libre - yes * Peer to peer - yes * Non graphical client - yes ** Toxic <https://github.com/JFreegman/toxic> * IRC capabilities - not currently ** Would get IRC capabilities if this gets added <https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/blob/ngc/docs/DHT-Group-Chats.md> * Emacs client - no
