This looks like a strong contender! Thanks!

I wasn’t precise, I meant many apps force some kind of rich-text editor that feels clunky and unnecessary, that’s what I want to avoid.

Since I’m already using NextCloud, NextCloud Notes seems like a good fit, I’m wondering how I missed it…

I published a quick configuration here: https://codeberg.org/tranzystorek-io/spectrochat

I was hesitant to use thelounge because of the self-hosting part, but it seems is fairly straightforward to spin up an instance even with just free fly.io resources

Googling ‘irc client’ is always a “blast to the past” adventure

I did give irssi a spin but it seems Cinny has spoiled me 😅

I’m using it atm, but it really feels like there should be sth more, well, FOSSy

It does, but the matrix bridge can be a bit unstable, and I wanted a native experience anyway :P

Thank you! I’ve made small tweaks since posting, like adding config flags to CLI, for instance --style fill will display “filled” bars instead of “striped”: