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My #Matrix server at matrix.platypush.tech is now stable enough to be used for day-to-day activities, and I'm proud to open it up to a wider audience.

The official #Platypush channel (#platypush:matrix.platypush.tech) is open to anyone who wants to talk about self-hosted automation - it now includes a bi-directional IRC bridge to #platypush:irc.platypush.tech.

On top of that, I have added a bunch of integrations and bridges, so now you can use it as your main driver and drop other messaging apps - or, at least, that's what I've done for a a couple of months by now, and I don't feel like I'm missing Messenger or Whatsapp on my phone.

Available bridges (typing `login` on them is usually sufficient to set up a messaging bridge):

- Facebook Messenger: @facebookbot:matrix.platypush.tech

- Whatsapp: @whatsappbot:matrix.platypush.tech

- Instagram: @instagrambot:matrix.platypush.tech

- LinkedIn: @linkedinbot:matrix.platypush.tech

- Twitter: @twitterbot:matrix.platypush.tech

- Telegram: @telegrambot:matrix.platypush.tech

- Signal: @signalbot:matrix.platypush.tech

- Google Chat/Hangouts: @googlechatbot:matrix.platypush.tech

After setting everything up, I have removed all those apps from my devices, and yet I'm still able to communicate with all of my contacts. If this isn't a compelling case for joining the Matrix, I'm not sure of what can make a compelling case :)

This isn't something completely new btw. I have been using for years a self-hosted #Bitlbee instance with several bridges that could get me all the messaging apps bridged to IRC. But IRC is notoriously a not very mobile-friendly protocol, even sending images or other media can be a pain in the ass, not to mention incompatibility issues among different clients. Matrix solved all these issues, and I don't think I'm going to look back.