Matrix Chat Recommendations

This cluster consists of comments recommending Matrix.org, its clients like Riot/Element, and Synapse server as a federated, self-hostable chat alternative, often discussing hosting, bridges, and implementations.

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Sample Comments

ptman Aug 16, 2018 View on HN

Maybe consider https://matrix.org and https://riot.im instead. Apparently hosted matrix services are just around the corner if you don't want to maintain your own server

KitDuncan Apr 12, 2019 View on HN

Matrix is a federated chat protocol. Matrix.org is just one server instance.

infinitezest Oct 31, 2022 View on HN

As someone that recently set up a Matrix server, I'm not sure what you're talking about.

fsflover Jan 6, 2023 View on HN

Anyone can recommend a reliable alternative Matrix server?

q3k Jun 18, 2019 View on HN

Have you tried Synapse/Matrix?

VvR-Ox Feb 1, 2020 View on HN

Matrix has bridges to solve this: https://matrix.org/bridges/

jakecopp Nov 9, 2021 View on HN

Might be time to move to Matrix hey :DElement provides free accounts, managed hosting designed for communities [1] or you can host your own [2].There are plenty of clients in case you don't like Element [3].[1]: https://element.io/communities[2]: https://github.com/sp

badrabbit Jul 1, 2020 View on HN

Why not Riot/matrix? It's free.

btdmaster Jan 10, 2022 View on HN

Try Matrix: https://joinmatrix.org.

xena Jan 4, 2016 View on HN

Why not https://matrix.org?