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- Matrix (https://matrix.org) is an open protocol for secure, decentralised
- communication - defining an end-to-end-encrypted real-time communication layer
- for the open Web suitable for instant messaging, VoIP, microblogging, forums and
- more. We publish Matrix as an open standard (https://matrix.org/docs/spec) under
- the open governance of the non-profit Matrix.org Foundation (https://matrix.org/foundation),
- and release Apache-licensed reference implementations of the protocol for server,
- client SDKs, bots, bridges & more. Some users may recognise Matrix via client
- apps such as Element (https://element.io, formerly Riot).
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- Matrix works
- by replicating conversation history across servers which participate in a given
- conversation, ensuring that ownership of the conversation is fully decentralised:
- no single server owns or controls the conversation, just as git repositories are
- cloned equally between all participants. As a result, you can think of Matrix
- more like a global decentralised object database with realtime pubsub semantics,
- rather than a traditional message-passing protocol. The protocol defines HTTPS+JSON
- APIs as a baseline, but more efficient transports and encodings are supported
- and encouraged.
-
- The public Matrix network on the internet has over 26M
- addressable users spread over ~60K servers, ranging in size from personal RPis
- through to massive deployments for organisations including Mozilla, the Wikimedia
- Foundation, German schools in Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg, and the entirety of
- the French Government.
+ Matrix is an open protocol for secure, decentralised
+ communication: an end-to-end-encrypted real-time communication layer
+ for the open Web suitable for instant messaging, VoIP, forums and
+ more.
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title: Matrix
website: https://matrix.org
show_on_overview: true
+chatroom: matrix
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