In a nutshell: Matrix is an open standard designed to enable seamless and interoperable communication among various service providers. The protocol aspires to be for instant messaging what the Simple ...

Back in May, open source enterprise messaging platform Rocket.Chat revealed that it would be transitioning to the Matrix protocol. While this process is still ongoing, this represented a major coup ...

FOSDEM 2026 Amid growing interest in digital sovereignty and getting data out of the corporate cloud and into organizations' ownership, the Matrix open communication protocol is thriving.… The project ...

An open protocol for instant messaging from The Matrix.org Foundation. Founded in 2014, Matrix is a decentralized protocol, which means if any party in a multiuser session loses communications, all ...

Matrix's Matthew Hodgson and Amandine Le Pape described 2025 as a 'year of maturity' for Matrix. During the process of compiling the keynote speech for The Matrix Conference held in Strasbourg, France ...

Why it matters: Staying in contact with friends and family through messaging services usually means staying where everyone else is or switching between multiple clients like iMessage, WhatsApp, ...

After Element acquired Gitter last year to bring in more users and features into its own decentralized, Matrix-based messaging app, the startup is announcing some funding to invest in its growth.

Developers of the open source Matrix messenger protocol released an update on Wednesday to fix critical end-to-end encryption vulnerabilities that subvert the confidentiality and authentication ...

Some interesting news for lovers of open, decentralized communications tech: Element, the company behind the eponymous Matrix-based Slack competitor (formerly known as Riot) has acquired ...