What is the best selfhostable messaging service for family?

greensky@sh.itjust.works to Selfhosted@lemmy.world – 15 points –

I want to selfhost a messaging service for my family. It should be secure and have voice calling option, ideally. Thank you.

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I host my own matrix instance for my wife, a few friends and I. It has worked great for us. They can either use a web app, or an app on their phone.

Hey , do you have a guide on how to host my own matrix server?

I used the official docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/matrixdotorg/synapse/

My compose file looks like this: https://pastebin.com/3JYzAPr2

Pretty sure I just followed the instructions there.

how have you secured your server when opening your network to the outside?

I'm using a cloudflare tunnel for it. I also have crowdsec installed, only allow ssh keys and only from my IP (I have a static from my ISP), and no ports open other than the ones needed.