@ceresbzns if you don't need it to federate with other instances for those 50 people, I found that an #IRC server was very very easy and quick to deploy, complete with a #KiwiIRC web frontend. And I mean easy. Install a couple of debian packages, do some configuration and you're chatting in less than 30min.

If you do want federation and 1-1 chatting, #XMPP is more your case.

Looks like the public instances of #kiwiirc refuse to connect to my server for some reason (despite you being able to specify which server you want).

Guess the solution is to self-host that service as well ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ but hey, shouldn't be too heavy, as it's just a client-side javascript application, right?

#IRC

Looks like the public instances of #kiwiirc refuse to connect to my server for some reason (despite you being able to specify which server you want).

Guess the solution is to self-host that service as well ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

Man, I hate login forms that do not remove spaces in front and after the password, using copy and paste, there is always a space at the end and then login fails (#Kiwiirc in this case)

@nobushia There are many clients (I use #weechat on desktop, #irccloud on Android). A quick way to start is #kiwiirc, I think Libera hosts an instance. Also irccloud has a nice webapp.