Element’s official open source distribution for non-commercial Matrix deployments.
It is intended for non-professional use, evaluations, and small to mid-sized deployments (1–100 users).
Not intended for production in commercial environments: ESS Community comes with no performance guarantees, no certifications, no Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and is not Cyber Resilience Act compliant. There is no vendor responsibility, or security update management. ESS Community is distributed under AGPLv3.
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