pixelschubsi on Nostr: Apparently, the #matrix.org home server costs the foundation $240k a year in server ...
Apparently, the #matrix.org home server costs the foundation $240k a year in server hosting costs. And that is to host 370k monthly active users. In other words 65ct/user/year (excl. IT people and moderation, which seems to be an additional $1/user/year). I wonder if similar data exists for public #xmpp servers, that is number of monthly active users and yearly hosting fees. I often hear that XMPP is more efficient for small servers, but would also be nice to know for big ones.
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2025-07-12 15:37:49 UTCEvent JSON
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