Does anyone know why Matrix doesn't notify you when a picture message is received? It's super annoying. And I say Matrix instead of naming a client because every single client refuses to notify for it so I imagine it's something in the spec.

#Matrix #MatrixChat #Element #ElementChat #SchildiChat #FOSS

The past few days I've been building a small tool for checking how many members of a given Matrix room support which maximum room version. The idea has been sparked by room version 12 being released, so that one can assess the adoption rate for the new room version and make an educated decision on when to upgrade rooms.

You can check it out here:
codeberg.org/june64/mrvc

#matrix

mrvc

mrvc (max room version checker) - a tool for determining how many members support which maximum room version for a given Matrix room

^Codeberg.org

I know punching down on Matrix is something people like to do here, but this was a good read about how difficult things are for them: lobste.rs/s/muk05v/reflections…

#Matrix

Reflections on Matrix criticism over the last week

17 comments

^lobste.rs

If you want to get a sense of what the Matrix network will be like once Matrix 2.0 is fully rolled out, get yourself ElementX, and try it with an account on the matrix.org homeserver. I haven't had a chance to really stress test it yet. But from what I've experienced so far, it's a *huge* improvement on Matrix 1.0.

EDIT 2: ElementX is the Matrix 2.0 version of Element. Despite the fact that it remains significantly incomplete, and may not meet all your needs 🤦‍♂️

#decentralisation #chat #Matrix

We released version 0.12.1 of #nheko! This release includes a few security fixes around html escaping into the UI and properly attaching a mark of the web on Windows. I highly recommend you upgrade!

This release also takes the first steps to room version 12 compatibility regarding the upcoming #matrix security release.

You can find the release here: github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko/…
Enjoy! :)

Release v0.12.1 · Nheko-Reborn/nheko

Security Fix html escaping in several locations. Thank you, HarHarLinks, for the report. Encode urls in tooltips to prevent confusion. Thank you, Emma, for the report. Mark downloads with a ...

^GitHub

Just in time for the security release, the first version of the "Room Upgrades" guide on matrix.org is published!

@HarHarLinks and I spent the last few hours at #why2025 finalizing it.

matrix.org/docs/communities/ad…

#matrix

Room Administration

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^matrix.org

- Knock-knock.
- Who's there?
- Dozen.
- Dozen who?
- Dozen anyone want to let me in?

Celebrating a dozen of #Fractal versions with knocking support! Get Fractal 12, the new version of your favourite #Matrix client for #GNOME from #Flathub now!

discourse.gnome.org/t/fractal-…

Fractal 12 released

Knock, knock, knock… on wood rooms, baby 🎵 Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 🎶 That’s right, Fractal 12 adds support for knocking, among other things. Read all about the improvements since 11.

^{GNOME Discourse}

@matrix I have a question about Matrix.org's upcoming Free plan. I see it doesn't allow creation of public rooms. I created a public room on matrix.org two years ago. If I go on the Free plan, will I still be able to access and modify my existing room?

#Matrix

#nextcloud made it possible for me to (self-)host my (and my family's) phone calendars, contacts, and even when pictures are taken, they get uploaded to our Nextcloud instance, and NOT to google/apple.

10/10, would recommend for any household looking to #degoogle.

Others include #searxng, has literally replaced all monolithic search engines, works great, no ads or AI

#mastodon, for my #activitypub based social network

#matrix for chatting with my social network

and also #KDE.

My favorite #Degoogle and #Demicrosoft solutions:

Server side: @doncow, @nextcloud, some #Fediverse projects, #Matrix (Synapse) #Keycloak for SSO

Client side (Linux): #Evolution, #Libreoffice, #Librewolf

Mobile ( @GrapheneOS ): #FairEmail, #Firefox, some Fediverse clients, Matrix client

You buy a new iPhone and your wallet cries. You wake up in your bed and believe that you have to buy a new phone every year. Or, you take the repair pill and you stay on iFixit.com and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

#Matrix #redpillbluepill #iFixit #repair

Hello #Fediverse !

This is < polycule > - a geeky and efficient [matrix] client for power users.

We finally made it to the Fediverse. We focus on a geeky and accessible user interface written in Flutter aiming to target Linux mobile and Android.

If you're curious on past toots, check out @braid's toots on #PolyculeClient !

@matrix

#Introduction #NewHere #matrix #Flutter #LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #accessibility

🆕 blog! “I'm never going back to Matrix”

I should love Matrix. It is a decentralised, privacy preserving, multi-platform chat tool. Goodbye Slack and your ridiculous free limits. Adiós Discord and your weird gamification. Suck it IRC with your obscure syntax and faint stench of BO. WhatsApp and Telegram can stick their heads in a bucket of lukewarm sick and sing sea …

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-ne…
⸻
#foss #Matrix #OpenSource #rant

Requiring everyone to upgrade their public rooms in three days will be...painful.

matrix.org/blog/2025/07/securi…

#matrix

Pre-disclosure: Upcoming coordinated security fix for all Matrix server implementations

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Matthew Hodgson (matrix.org)}

What frustrates me the most about #Matrix is that Vector clusterfucked the client situation themselves. Having a de facto default, "go-to" Matrix client with feature parity across all platforms was one of the biggest strengths. Now we have feature split between two official clients. And the one they promote these days is still an unfinished beta. 🤯 It is absolutely mindboggling how you can screw up this bad.

#Element #ElementX

The French city of #Lyon will also be replacing Microsoft for #opensource solutions. Really curious what #Linux distro they will choose 👀

Also featured; #Jitsi for video conferencing, #Nextcloud paired with #OnlyOffice for document sharing and co-editing, #Zimbra for email, #Chamilo for online training, and #Matrix for instant messaging. 🔥

news.itsfoss.com/french-city-r…

French City of Lyon Kicks Out Microsoft

Microsoft faces growing rejection in Europe whereas open source software sees growing adaption.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

So I had some more thoughts about FOSS sustainability. I've had them for some time. But this weeks issues reminded me of them.

So here's a mild spruik for some of the orgs who make my digital spaces for myself and my project and also package @librecast
onepict.com/20250628-plussusta…

#FossSustainability #Matrix #ReproducibleBuilds #Outreachy

Hice un vídeo para que puedas enviárselo a tus personas cercanas, explicando lo fácil que es dejar #WhatsApp, y por qué es importante hacerlo. 💬

fediverse.tv/w/35Lvufq1XW8ZVBT… (@ivangj@fediverse.tv)
También disponible en YouTube por si quieres evitar rozamientos 😅.

#SoftwareLibre #PeerTube #Chat #Signal #XMPP #DeltaChat #Matrix

Mal.was erfrischendes aus der Verwaltungswelt: Offizielle Kommunikation mit Behörden via @matrix und #MLS!

Der #ITPlanungsrat hat heute die Fortführung des Vorhabens zur „Zielarchitektur Postfach- und Kommunikationslösungen” beschlossen. Jetzt geht es in die nächste Phase der Transitionsplanung & Validierung.

@cwo berichtet: heise.de/news/Wie-Buerger-kuen…

Alle Details unter gitlab.opencode.de/it-planungs… (natürlich alles CC-BY 🙂)

#fitko #itplr #zapuk #matrix #bundid #mjp #elster #muk #egvp #egov #ozg

Oh, wow! The German IT Planning Council decided yesterday to consolidate a bunch of disparate communication tools into a unified system based on Matrix and MLS.

Here's the record of their decision and the other options they considered: gitlab.opencode.de/it-planungs…

#Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS #ProtocolsNotPlatforms #DPI #DPG

Zielarchitektur/Architekturentscheidungen/ADR-0011-Kommunikationsschicht.md · main · IT-Planungsrat / Föderales IT-Architekturboard / Zielarchitektur Postfach- und Kommunikationslösungen · GitLab

Informationen zur Umsetzung von Beschluss 2024/28 des IT-Planungsrates.

^GitLab

I’m looking for a team chat solution that allows me to *really* mute/block users, like here on Mastodon or with an `/ignore` on IRC.

Zulip and Discord don’t really mute/block messages, they only conceal their content and let you know they’re here. This doesn’t help much imho.

Is this kind of `/ignore` feature available in #Matrix or #DeltaChat?
Otherwise, are there Zulip/Discord clients that support it?

@ondra @delta

All these thoughts are unfortunately completely irrelevant. Whatever I think about #Telegram (or #Signal for that matter) doesn't matter when I don't know almost anybody using it. All my friends, family, and such are on #WhatsApp so that's it for me. I actually use a bridge (by #Element, paid for) from #Matrix, but without that I would either have to use their app or be that strange guy who communicates only via #SMS (as I was for many years).

xkcd.com/2365/

Messaging Systems

^xkcd

I am becoming increasingly doubtful of #Telegram's background and direction. #WhatsApp is owned by #Meta and just announced that it will introduce ads. So, it looks like I'm left with #Signal and #Matrix. The former has better UX, but it's centralized and US-based. The latter is a bit clumsy but decentralized and EU-based. Neither is perfect, but they are the closest to it for me.

#instantmessenger #instantmessaging

Přátelé, kamarádi i nepřátelé a nekamarádi :)

Pokud tvoříte, nebo chcete tvořit obsah na #VHSky a potřebujete se poradit, nebo nám jen doporučit nějakej kanál, kterej ještě nemirrorujem, tak nám @Archos nahodil #Matrix místnost právě pro tyto případy.

Často se mi stává, že mě kontaktujete DM tady na #Fediverse, tohle bude funkčnější, rychlejší a možná někdo zareaguje rychleji, než já :)

matrix.to/#/#vhsky:mxchat.cz

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.to

#ElementX nutze ich schon länger parallel zu #Element für meine Chats.

Nun habe ich aber das neue #SchildiChat Next ausprobiert.

Es basiert auch auf ElementX, hat aber #Spaces integriert. Das gefällt mir sehr gut. Damit lassen sich z.B. Chaträume übersichtlich ordnen.

#Matrix ist für mich nach wie vor ne gute Sache. Ich würde es auch WhatsApp-Wechslern eher empfehlen als #Signal ... vor allem auch, weil man sich damit nicht vom Smartphone abhängig macht.

schildi.chat/android/next/
#Chat #Messenger

SchildiChat Next for Android

SchildiChat is a feature-rich messenger for Matrix based on Element with some extras and tweaks.

^schildi.chat

Submitted two(!) proposals for talks at the Matrix Conference[1]. If any are accepted I guess we'll find out whether I really am ready for the pre-talk stress (from which I have been taking a break for a year or so).

[1] cfp.2025.matrix.org

#matrix

💬 Matrix na Oscloudu je tu pro každého!

✅ Stačí jeden účet na Oscloud – žádné další registrace.
👉 V dashboardu najdeš novou aplikaci **Element**, stačí kliknout.

🔐 Přihlášení je jednoduché – klikni na **„Pokračovat s Oscloud Login“**
a jsi okamžitě v chatu!

📢 A máme i oficiální místnost Oscloud:
#oscloudcz:mxchat.cz

Ještě nikdy nebylo jednodušší začít používat Matrix. Fakt.

#Oscloud #matrix #OpenSource #Element #MXChat

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in all these years on the internet i am, of the sites, services i've been using i never got so much borderline fucked up invites than on #matrix - this time it was a cp room

@element @matrix can you do something about this server or people can get this at random and all what can they do is tap "reject", "reject and block" while those idiots will keep sending invitations?

Tiny new feature: Checkboxes in a message.

No, I'm not gonna make it a full blown task list app 😜 but it happens quite often, that my wife sends me a list of groceries when I'm walking to the supermarket. This way I'm now able to check, what I have already in my cart so I don't forget anything.

It works by sending special reactions under the hood. So anyone with reaction sending permissions in a room can check any box from any sender.

What do you think?

#matrix #fluffychat @matrix

🗣️ New interview !

@ThibaultMartin of @matrix.org sat down with @NGICommons to discuss the role Matrix plays in building a privacy-respecting, sustainable digital communication infrastructure.

Read more on our website: commons.ngi.eu/2025/05/07/matr…

#Matrix #DigitalCommons #foss #OpenSource #Decentralisation #Privacy #Sustainability #Fediverse

@OpenForumEurope
@openfuture
@martelinnovate
@cnrs
@linuxfoundation
@ngi

💬 Matrix isn’t just a chat protocol — it’s a platform for rich, interactive experiences! In this session, Kim Brose @HarHarLinks how to enhance Matrix with widgets, bots, and integrations, making your chats more dynamic, productive, and fun at #FOSSASIASummit2025

🔗 Click here youtu.be/YWHicIx2P7I to watch on the FOSSASIA YouTube channel.

#Matrix #OpenSource #ChatApps #FOSSASIA

Tuning Your Chat – Enhancing Matrix with Widgets and Bots - Kim Brose | FOSSASIA Summit

Matrix is more than just a chat protocol—it’s a platform for rich, interactive communication. In this talk, Kim Brose (aka HarHarLinks) will explore how to t...

^YouTube