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Revision as of 09:33, 5 September 2017
The IM Survey results are in. Below is a table for comparison of features:
| Requirement | IRC | Matrix | |||
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| FOSS server | Yes | ||||
| Can self-host | Yes | ||||
| FOSS Clients | Yes | ||||
| Open API | Yes | ||||
| Open Governance | #ircv3? | ||||
| No monetary cost | Yes | ||||
| Defined protocol | Yes | ||||
| Anonymity | feature loss | ||||
| Low bandwidth | Yes | ||||
| Widely legal | uh? | ||||
| Away | Yes | ||||
| Mute | standard client feature | ||||
| Channel list with search | freenode alis | ||||
| IRC Bridge | n/a | ||||
| File Sharing | DCC or external | ||||
| Private channels | Yes | ||||
| Access control | freenode | ||||
| Channel topics | Yes | ||||
| Permanent channels | freenode_GC | ||||
| Encrypted communication | HTTPS / IRC with TLS / Tor / encrypted messages | ||||
| Plasma Integration | Konversation | ||||
| Client accessibility | Konversation | ||||
| High volume performance | Yes | ||||
| High channel count performance | Yes | ||||
| Low client overhead | Yes | ||||
| Federation | freenode | ||||
| Persistant public logging | possible via bots, other channels do this, has to be communicated, opt-in | ||||
| Firewall friendly | tunnels available | ||||
| IRC-like GUI | Yes | ||||
| Multiple accounts per app instance | Yes | ||||
| No sign-up | some channels (opt-in), some features and Tor require it | ||||
| Migration Path | n/a | ||||
| Tor support | on freenode, requires a registration and using an .onion service | ||||
| Dev system messages | provided by a bot | ||||
| Web client | Various availabie, qwebirc, irccloud, kiwiirc, ... | ||||
| Message quoting | editable text | ||||
| Text mode client | 3rd party (irssi, weechat, ...) | ||||
| Low sysadmin requirements | freenode | ||||
| Remembers last-read position | needs 3pty support, konversation does it | ||||
| Popular bridges | n/a | ||||
| User search | primitive, could be improved client-side | ||||
| File share search | No | ||||
| Avatars | client feature | ||||
| Mass messaging | considered impolite | ||||
| Dev service bots | Yes | ||||
| Spacious, low contrast flat ui | see wip/qtquick | ||||
| Unicode character picker | konvi | ||||
| Broadcast messages | Can be done via bots and amessage | ||||
| Sharable content markup | Client feature |