I have a pi zero laying around and I have no use for it as of now. I was wondering if I could host a matrix server on it, I worry it might just not be powerful enough as the title would imply.
I have a pi zero laying around and I have no use for it as of now. I was wondering if I could host a matrix server on it, I worry it might just not be powerful enough as the title would imply.
Matrix’s official homeserver synapse is written in Python which is not known for resource efficiency. Adding in bridges does not make the situation look any brighter…
On the other hand, Pi Zero is powered by a single ARM6 core and merely 512MB RAM. ARM6 has been losing support due to its age and (lack of) performance. You may have a hard time setting the stage up. You may need to compile a bunch of packages from source which will likely take forever given the single ARM6 core. Also 512MB RAM is real small and you cannot have them all as the OS also needs RAM.
You can give it a try. But I bet it will be quite a torture.