







Understanding Matrix bridges and how Beeper uses them
Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years
Experiences with the Matrix protocol, Matrix Synapse server, bridges, and Element mobile apps.
Using Matrix Chats in Beeper - Beeper
TL;DR: Starting a Matrix chat with another person is supported by Beeper on Android and desktop at the moment. Doing this using Beeper on iOS is still a WI

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation

Matrix and Element: a case study of funding an open protocol for real time chat
Matrix is a distributed comms protocol for real-time chat that looks like it is taking off.
Why does the Matrix ecosystem seem like such a mess right now?
48 votes, 20 comments. I’ve spent the past two days trying to figure out what I should actually deploy if I want a future-proof self-hosted Matrix…
Bridges & The Last Network Effect
We're in an exciting moment for the open social web. As Elon makes one bad decision after another on X, we've seen waves of users leave the platform for alternatives. Three obvious beneficiaries of these, ahem, lapses of judgment are Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon. What's particularly interesting about these three

Bee Box
Documentation for Bee Box: a personal assistant built from a coding agent and a folder of files you own, its design choices, and the ways you use it.
why not matrix?
at this point it seems like most of the tech community is familiar with matrix, the "open network for decentralized communication". lots of projects and communities have migrated from a host of other platforms, including irc, discord and slack with the promise that their new spaces will be free forever. i first discovered matrix in 2021 and have dedicated a lot of time trying to understand exactly how it works, as well as trawling through github issues to try and understand whether we should consider matrix…
Tynan Purdy (@tynanpurdy.com)
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