[holmesworcester]

> I am already running a self-hosted solution (ex: Zulip/Rocket/Mattermost). What makes this a compelling offering to me?

(Quiet founder here) Great question! If you're already happy running your own self-hosted Zulip/Rocket/Mattermost/Matrix and you have no problems with maintenance or downtime, Quiet is just a cool demo and probably not useful!

If you cannot run a server (a minority on HN but a majority of the world) or you do not want to (maybe a slim majority on HN?) and you need a team chat with nice privacy properties, Quiet is being built for you!

The thing that frustrates me about free and open source software that requires servers is: most people don't have servers! And the prevalent model for using others' servers involves a terrible power / dependence relationship. One thing that drives me to build Quiet is that I want to see a world where free software comes "batteries included" with all of its promised freedoms and advantages, for the vast majority who do not have servers.