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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/TallFescue on 2025-04-11 03:34:57+00:00.
I've been using Deltachat with Gmail for a few years to primarily communicate with my wife instead of texting and we both like it quite a bit. Deltachat uses email as a means of connecting clients, then the clients can establish a peer-to-peer connections to send real-time information.
It's all end-to-end encrypted and allows for many different plugins to make it more like a typical full-features messenger like voice notes, video calls, and GPS tracking, and in-chat games.
I'm considering moving away from Gmail to instead use a chatmail server that I either host at home or on a VPS.
Is anybody here using Deltchachat with either a standard email service or a chatmail service? Are you just learning about this software? Alternatives that you like?