[Bug]: Integrated chat broken

[Planeshifter]

Description

The chat functionality on the website is broken. When opening the chat via the button in the bottom-right corner, one is greeted with:

This is likely due to the Gitter Sidecar project being abandoned and the migration to Element.

Related Issues

Related is #33, when the functionality was added.

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• Read and understood the Code of Conduct.
• Searched for existing issues and pull requests.

[lovelindhoni]

@Planeshifter Just as you said, chat's broken since Gitter moved to Element, which in turn led to the abandonment of sidecar's development. I have gone through some possibilities to fix this, but unfortunately, I couldn't find a viable alternative to sidecar.

There are some issues which need to be kept an eye on:
matrix-org/matrix-viewer#157
matrix-org/matrix-hookshot#631
element-hq/roadmap#26

One possibility is to iframe the room, but I don't think that would be a viable option. I would suggest reverting #33 temporarily until a solution is found.

[kgryte]

@lovelindhoni I think the main option for now is just to move chat integration altogether.

[lovelindhoni]

Yeah @kgryte , I tried iframing and it doesn't gone as expected. I also think moving the chat integeration altogether is the best option.

[kgryte]

@lovelindhoni If you want to take that on, feel free to submit a PR.