Matrix

Matrix is a federated protocol that supports end-to-end encryption. It was founded around September 2014 and was being funded by its parent company, Amdocs, up until October 2017. Matrix's manifest states that they believe people should have full control over their communication, they shouldn't be "locked into centralised communication silos...". The team behind Matrix also holds the point that having the ability to have conversations completely private and secure is a basic human right, and that it all needs to be free and open.

Clients

To be able to communicate through Matrix, the user needs a client. The official client developed by the team behind Matrix is called Element. According to the description on their website, the client has all the notable features of the protocol, except for multi-account support. Below is a list of most Matrix clients known for now.

Name	Lifecycle	Active	FOSS	Voice	Spaces	E2EE	Language	Frameworks
Element	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:
Element X	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:
Cinny	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	TypeScript
FluffyChat	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Dart
SchildiChat	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Kotlin
SchildiChat Next	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Kotlin
Quadrix	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	TypeScript
Tammy	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Kotlin
Extera	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	TypeScript
Faraday	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Kotlin
chatrix	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	TypeScript
Ement.el	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Emacs Lisp
matrix-commander	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Python
matrix-commander-rs	Mature	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Rust
Hydrogen	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	TypeScript
NeoChat	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	C++	Qt
Nheko	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	C++	Qt5
Quaternion	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	C++	Qt5
kazv	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	QML
Fractal	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Rust	GTK4
chatty	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	C
iamb	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Rust
gomuks	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Go
Commet	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Dart
gotktrix	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	Go	GTK4
mnotify	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	Rust
chooj	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	TypeScript
Watch The Matrix	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	Swift
Moment	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	QML
MinesTRIX		Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	Dart	Flutter
Commune		Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	JavaScript	Svelte
Mirage		No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	QML
Tensor		No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	No	C++
Syphon		No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	No	Error creating thumbnail:	Dart	Flutter
Spectral		No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	Error creating thumbnail:	No	C++

Instances

Instances are the servers on which the user data is stored. The official Matrix instance is situated at matrix.org, but any user can host their own using server software provided on the website.

Servers

Name	Lifecycle	Active	Licence	Language
Synapse	Stable	Error creating thumbnail:	AGPL-3.0 or later	Python
Construct	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	BSD	C++
Conduit	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	Apache-2.0	Rust
Dendrite	Beta	Error creating thumbnail:	AGPL-3.0-only or Element Commercial Licence	Go
Telodendria	Alpha	Error creating thumbnail:	MIT	C
Transform		No	Apache-2.0	TypeScript
Pallium		No	Apache-2.0	Go
Matrex		No	MIT	Elexir
Maelstrom		No	Apache-2.0 or MIT	Rust
Dendron		No	Apache-2.0	Go
Ligase		No	AGPL-3.0-only	Go
jSynapse		No	Apache-2.0	Java
conduwuit		No	Apache-2.0	Rust
mxhsd		No	AGPL-3.0 or later	Java
bullettime		No	Apache-2.0	Go

Integrations

The Matrix protocol has a system of bots and widgets that add unique features, thus enhancing user experience. Users can browse the available integrations on Matrix's website and install them on their instance by following the instructions from the repository page of the integration.

Bridges

Matrix provides official bridges for XMPP, Gitter, Slack, Mattermost, and IRC. The community provides bridges for the following services:

Discord
Signal
Telegram
WhatsApp
Facebook Messenger
iMessage
Google Chat
LinkedIn
Instagram
Mumble
Twitter (formerly X)
Skype
SMS
Email
Zulip
GroupMe
WeChat
QQ
KakaoTalk
Line