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New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:02:24 +0000

It has audio and video call support in any room, so like huddle.

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:55:44 +0000

Tauri is like a nicer Electron, instead of shipping a full Chrome with the app it uses the platform's browser libraries. So the app looks almost exactly like the mobile web version, which looks like the desktop version that you can see in the screenshots on Chatto.run

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:39:31 +0000

Inspired by Chatto, I also built some prototypes on the NATS (+Go) stack and it's been a dream. Feels like a severely under-hyped technology :D

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:58:08 +0000

What would you expect that to do beyond a "here's a link to the instance, sign up there"? You can combine it with Discord-like roles and gate channel visibility and rights on that, so even if someone else would sign up you just wouldn't give them the "in-group" role for example. Are you thinking of an "invitation" type link with a one time token or something?

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:56:29 +0000

I've been trying to use Matrix for years and I still hate it at least half the time, it feels clunky, slow, cumbersome to use, the clients are hit and miss quality, and people (including myself) keep losing keys or identities for random silly reasons.

Compared to that, Chatto is just easy, nice, and FAST. It's a chat that I actually do like to use - I don't think the landing page is over promising there :)

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:54:09 +0000

I would guess that in these cases you would just not allow users to self-delete their accounts? But for most users and providers of Chatto I think automatic right-to-deletion compliance sounds nice :)

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:53:01 +0000

Whimsy? ^^

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:51:31 +0000

Oh, and the protobuf based realtime endpoint should make it very easy to build bridges, too.

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:51:09 +0000

I think time will tell, but one of the main things I like about Chatto is just how fast everything feels, and the protocol design is a good part of that I think. Data on the wire is just very small and optimized (last I checked, I didn't look at the latest protocol iteration yet). It was already very fast with the older GraphQL based API but now it's even quicker. With Slack and Discord, every channel switch and scrolls take visible time.

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:45:03 +0000

There is a Tauri wrapper that I built early on because I wanted the desktop convenience (autostart, separate app, etc) that Firefox+PWA couldn't offer, I use the desktop version as my daily Chatto driver. The mobile build is more of a proof of concept for now. Check it out: https://github.com/teal-bauer/chatto-tauri

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:42:53 +0000

For now it's just a Tauri wrapper, so it looks more or less like the mobile web / PWA except it might be easier to handle notifications and share intents etc. compared to a pure PWA play. Now that the API is settled, it might make sense to go pure native.

The Tauri wrapper was originally just for desktop convenience and the Android target was more of a proof of concept initially.

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:41:15 +0000

For me, primarily the performance tbh. Chatto just flies and Slack feels incredibly sluggish. And from the "vibes" it just feels better designed, I like the overall user experience, it feels technologically solid but also looks nice and works how I feel it should. Hard to put my finger on it exactly.

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now Open Source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:10:11 +0000

I created a Tauri based app but IMO it's not ready for prime time on mobile. On desktop, it's my daily driver for Chatto. If anybody wants to contribute, the foundation (desktop & mobile) is at https://github.com/teal-bauer/chatto-tauri

New comment by moeffju in "Chatto is now open source"

moeffju — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:40:30 +0000

I've been testing/using chatto since early on and I'd say it's both and neither. It feels much nicer to use than Slack, but as of now it's missing some of the more "Enterprise" features. I would probably say it's a Slack-like Discord? But from the architecture it would be capable of playing as a full Slack replacement.

I also maintain a Chatto bot framework and a Tauri client, need to update those now :)

New comment by moeffju in "The Vespa at 80"

moeffju — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:21:59 +0000

Second Ride is offering electric conversion kits giving you the best of both worlds: electric scooter, going 60km/h...

New comment by moeffju in "The Vespa at 80"

moeffju — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:15:31 +0000

You should join our unu Community Discord, we have someone who upgraded to what is basically two fog horns at ungodly decibel levels ... but we can also reactivate the builtin speaker and add the spaceship noise maybe?

New comment by moeffju in "Knoppix"

moeffju — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:01:32 +0000

Knoppix.net literally says this on their homepage:

> Knoppix.net is a resource for users, developers, and testers of Knoppix. The official website for Knoppix is on Klaus Knopper's website at knopper.net.

New comment by moeffju in "Claude Code and Codex Can Have Real-Time Conversation via Git"

moeffju — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:55 +0000

I vastly prefer Beans, https://github.com/hmans/beans, for much simpler code and use.

New comment by moeffju in "How to make buffet breakfasts less wasteful"

moeffju — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:20:08 +0000

They did a "virtual" buffet to model behavior, nobody said anything about hotels "doing a virtual buffet"?

New comment by moeffju in "Doom, Played over Curl"

moeffju — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:50:16 +0000

Isn't it literally playing it via curl though - curl reads STDIN and transmits that to the server, which responds. The whole bash thing is completely optional and only saves you some tty setup.