Matrix and Element: Self-Hosted Messaging That Federates

Tue, 28 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The pitch for Matrix is the same one email made fifty years ago and instant messaging has spent its entire existence refusing to make: you run your server, I run mine, and we talk anyway. No walled garden, no single company holding the keys, no app that gets bought and shut down. After running a Matrix homeserver for my family and a handful of friends for a couple of years, I’m convinced it’s the only self-hosted messaging story that actually delivers federation rather than just promising it. It’s also fiddly in ways worth being honest about.

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Matrix and Element: Self-Hosted Messaging That Federates