Matrix
More info
- Creator
- Matrix.org Foundation
- Released
- Owner
- Matrix.org Foundation
- Type
- Protocol
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Website
- matrix.org
- Spec
- spec.matrix.org
- Source
- github.com/matrix-org
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Open decentralised real-time communication protocol — federated home servers, end-to-end encrypted rooms (Olm/Megolm), HTTP+JSON API.
Launched in 2014 by the Matrix.org Foundation (UK). Reference server Synapse (Python), newer Dendrite (Go) and the commercial Conduit (Rust). Reference client Element (formerly Riot). Supports bridges to IRC, XMPP, Slack, Discord, Signal, Telegram.
Used by the French and German governments, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME and a growing FOSS world. Competitor: XMPP (older, less modern feature set), Discord (centralised), IRC (too simple). Genuinely federated E2EE remains Matrix's unique selling point.