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Element / Matrix

Open-source encrypted-messaging platform

11.0K stars Since 2020
Website → GitHub

Self-hosted communication platform with encrypted-messaging, federation, bridges

License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
1 GB
Min CPUs
2 cores
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
K8s native
Offline
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • Primary: secure-messaging
  • Primary: federated-communication
  • Primary: bridge-to-slack-irc

Replaces / alternatives to

  • Slack
  • Signal
  • Discord

Technical specs

Language
TypeScript
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
docker

Community

GitHub stars 11.0K
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Element / Matrix.org
Funding vc_backed

Release

Latest version
Last release
Since 2020

Best fit

Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general

Tags

  • encrypted-messaging
  • federation
  • bridges
  • decentralized
  • voip
  • spaces