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Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications. The Matrix.org Foundation exists to act as a neutral custodian for Matrix and to nurture it as efficiently as possible as a single unfragmented standard.

📣 We're currently seeking individual and organizational members to fund our work: https://matrix.org/membership

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We're delighted to welcome the massive influx of users looking for decentralised alternatives to Discord!

Here's what to expect, and some clarity on the growing challenges posed by age verification.

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/02/welcome-discord/

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If you're interested in funding or helping us find funding for a Discord replacement that's federated and end-to-end encrypted, we're interested in implementing that at @spritely ... we even had been talking about that being our big focus for 2026.

We have the skills and the underlying tech to pull this off. What we need right now is resources. Funding for open source nonprofits like ours really fell apart in 2025. If you think you know how to help, feel free to reach out.

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@cwebber @spritely have you considered a hybrid approach - using spritely for the capabilities & decentralisation, but layering Matrix on top for the CS API? Something we've been toying with is the idea of 'portable Matrix' to make it easier to hook up Matrix to entirely different underlying protocols, rather than folks reinventing their own apps & e2ee every time.

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Hm, did something happen over at Discord?

in which the account registration rate on the matrix.org homeserver hockeysticks over the last few hours
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So... for those that have been around for a long while.

Does anyone have any good tips for hosting an or relay? is dendrite what people use these days instead?

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@zanagb @haise extinction event :|

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🎤 Missed Amandine Le Pape and Matthew Hodgson’s talk “Matrix state of the Union” at FOSDEM?

🚀 From real-world deployments and recent ecosystem updates, to why the European Commission recommends Matrix, the talk gives a clear snapshot of where Matrix is today - and what’s coming next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Keu8aE8t08

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Last of the Matrix series at the Decentralisation Communication devroom: what does it take to bring MLS to decentralised environments? Hubert tells us so!

A close portrait of Hubert, talking to the audience, in front of his slides
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How hard can it be to develop a good software stack when you give it away for free?

Neil covers how Element has been faring and what the future holds to keep the world open and decentralised

A close portrait of Neil, smiling and taking to the audience
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What if we used Decentralised Communication backends for more than instant messaging and calls?

Robin, Timo and Valère walk us through how they hooked a Godot game into a Matrix widget

A portrait of Robin, a woman speaking to the audience
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Denise is building on her work within the Foundation to give a tour of the Digital Omnibus in UA2.118! Is the EU's tech simplification a Risk or Opportunity for Open Source?

Denise presenting the opportunities of the Digital Omnibus
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And now the risks!

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And conclusions!

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Aaand the Decentralised Communication room is full already

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The devroom is not already at full capacity but it’s filling up quickly!

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Currently in the devroom: Travis giving us on update on Trust & Safety in Matrix, and policyserver

A close up portrait of Travis, a man giving a talk in the Decentralised Communication devroom at FOSDEM
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We restocked some T-shirts and a handful of caps 🧢

Come grab them, they go quick!

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FOSDEM Day 2, we’re back at the booth! Even better? It’s right next to the Decentralised Communication devroom

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Devroom details

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Look for room AW.1.126 at the end of building AW, we’ll be here, starting at 09:00 CET

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We ran out of t-shirts for today but will have some more tomorrow!

We’re grateful for all the positive interactions and discussions we’re having so far, the FOSDEM attendees are as nice as ever 🥳

A photo of the matrix booth. It is crowded, and the booth only has laptops and stickers left. There are no t-shirts anymore.
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The matrix booth is crowded! Plenty of interesting questions and conversations.

If you want to try something new, we also have the famous sour Swedish sweets that our community member Magnus brings every year. They’re worth a try!

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FOSDEM is waking up, and our fabulous team is already ready at the booth!

Come grab your free matrix t-shirt, stickers, or one of the very few caps left from our one-time edition!

⬇️⬇️⬇️ How to find us

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Try to find one of the oldest (and fanciest?) looking buildings near building H.

We’re in building AW.

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Cross the hall and step into the realtime lounge

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That is the main entrance

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This has been a fun hackathon night, with more hacking, IKEA-guide drawing, and retro gaming!

Now we’re ready to tackle our first day at FOSDEM and set up our booth.

Meet us in building AW today and tomorrow with your questions and suggestions!

People are playing a retro game on a wide flat tv screen.
A picture taken from above the shoulder. Someone is drawing an IKEA style guide, with pen and paper.

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It's time for the mission report, let's start the YouTube LiveStream!

https://www.youtube.com/live/U_YdrcrWw8M

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Time is up for our hackathon! Our mighty teams have successfully hacked their way towards the Matrix Caps! We'll start live streaming the results in a few minutes!

https://www.youtube.com/live/U_YdrcrWw8M

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QuadRadical is making steady progress on Nexus, MatMaul is hooking encrypted search into Element X... the prototypes are polishing up!

A picture of a person proudly standing next to their laptop. Their laptop has a the new client they work on open, The client now supports displaying the room list and intentional mentions. In the background, someone smiles as they work on their own laptop.
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We're starting to see the first results of the hackathon! Florian here is building a Rust bot that talks to Christian's receipt printer, and makes it print what they send to a room.

Prototypes are taking form, keep up the good work everyone!

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A picture of two people hacking on their laptops, next to a receipt printer.
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Plenty of conversations have been going on during lunch. Some serious, some less, but it's a very light hearted hackathon. Community first!

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Not only do we have drinks, Famedly is also graciously sponsoring our lunch. And what better meal than pizzas to get more hacker brain juice?

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A picture of people gathering around a stack of pizzas and talking.
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Thanks to our sponsor Famedly, people at the hackathon can get refreshed. We even get to play with a fancy bar code scanner!

A drawing of fresh drinks next to the Famedly logo

A drawing of fresh drinks next to the Famedly logo
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The Hackathon is making progress, people have formed teams! Integrations, Spec, Custom Emojis, Encrypted Search... there are plenty of ideas flying around!

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Our FOSDEM Hackathon begins! Couldn't make it? Joins us at 17:00 CET on YouTube for a Matrix Live, actually Live from Brussels, and discover what attendees created or struggled with!

https://youtube.com/live/U_YdrcrWw8M

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A warm thank you to our sponsors Element and Famedly for enabling us to set up Hackathon tomorrow, in Brussels! Can't make it? We will livestream the results at 17:00 CET!

Element is sponsoring the video stream, and the dinner, while Famedly sponsors the lunch and drinks. Thanks to them both we can keep our community fed and refreshed to tackle the important challenges ahead of them!

https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem-presence/

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A new Rust-SDK- and Kotlin-based SchildiChat for the Desktop, registration tokens and moderation integration in continuwuity, and Matrix at FOSDEM - this and more happened This Week in Matrix!

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/01/23/this-week-in-matrix-2026-01-23/

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A new native macOS client, a funded roadmap for Draupnir, and a Matrix meetup planned in Tokyo – that and lots more happened This Week in Matrix!

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/01/16/this-week-in-matrix-2026-01-16/

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A new member in the Foundation, server-wide anti-spam in continuwuity, and a matrixRTC-SDK...

That and more happened This Week in Matrix!

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/01/09/this-week-in-matrix-2026-01-09/

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A 39C3 debrief, getting ready for FOSDEM, and new developments in the Rust servers area. That and more happened over the year end holidays!

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/01/05/this-week-in-matrix-2026-01-05/

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Going to FOSDEM? Matrix enthusiast? There will be plenty of opportunity to see us!

Between the Decentralised Comm Devroom, our booth, and our hackathon, we will be here in full force!

https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem-update/

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Getting started in open source can be intimidating: everything is public! Don't go alone, take one of our mentors with you and start contributing to Matrix on 30 January, in HSBXL right before FOSDEM!

https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem-presence/#friday-30th-january-community-hackathon-lounge-evening

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You want to fix that one bug in your Matrix client, but didn't get a chance to dive into it?

Participate in our Matrix Hackathon on 30 Jan in Brussels, and get help from our mentors to make your feature happen!

Details and free registration on our blog

https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem-presence/#friday-30th-january-community-hackathon-lounge-evening

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It’s the 2025 Matrix Holiday Special!! Come read all about what went right and what went wrong in 2025 and what the future holds for 2026. Thanks for flying Matrix, and happy holidays! 🎄☃️⛷️🦑 https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/24/matrix-holiday-special/

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Retooting this for visibility: Conduit-family admins, please upgrade: https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix/115766481355770160

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Missing a feature in Matrix? There's a rough edge you would like to file?

Come join us and the mentors at the Matrix Hackathon on 30 January in Brussels, and take the matter in your hands with their help!

📌 HSBXL, Brussels
📆 30 Jan

Details and free registration on our blog

https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem-presence/#friday-30th-january-community-hackathon-lounge-evening

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Important: admins of Conduit-derived homeservers (Conduit, Continuwuity, Grapevine and Tuwunel) should update immediately to address a critical bug in the federation implementation that is being actively exploited: https://github.com/continuwuity/continuwuity/security/advisories/GHSA-22fw-4jq7-g8r8

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The Holiday Special Matrix Live, open sourcing the policy server, and a security release for ESS.

This concludes This Week In Matrix for this year!

https://matrix.org/blog/2025/12/19/this-week-in-matrix-2025-12-19/