ph00lt0
commented
2 years ago TLDR: Feels a bit like a POC, not something average user would appreciate. Although it's nice project you made, I don't think this should be listed.
There are many user friendly alternatives like RocketChat, Element, Session, I do not see the advantage of this tool. This web app doesn't come with the features most users would be looking for like video, document sharing, end-to-end encryption and above all a user-friendly UI.
The goal of PTIO is to make privacy accessible to masses, not to list every project that does something in the mind of privacy so don't feel bad about my comment.
techmindful
Basic Information
Name: Hideout Category: Self-hosted chat service URL: https://github.com/techmindful/hideout
Description
I'm the developer of Hideout. The GitHub repo linked above has a very detailed introduction in the README, including a video demo, and a demo instance. But in short, I realized it's still too much work for some people to install an app like Signal and register an account. If they do sign up, most of the time I'll also be the only contact they'll ever have on that app. So I made Hideout. It's built on the idea of disposable chat. Except that it offers a stronger guarantee of privacy, without needing the chat room to expire! After a persistent chat room is created, all the users can bookmark the room page, and come back to continue the conversation, without having to create new chat rooms. Yet the chat room remains private.
Hideout also tries to be as feature-rich as possible, so when people choose privacy, they aren't opting for a lackluster alternative.
Hideout is built with functional programming. More reliable!
Hideout does need to be self-hosted.
Why I am making the suggestion
Described above.
My connection with the software
I'm the author.