A 39C3 debrief, getting ready for FOSDEM, and new developments in the Rust servers area. That and more happened over the year end holidays! matrix.org/blog/2026/01...

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! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

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! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

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 matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

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! 🎄☃️⛷️🦑 matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

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 matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

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: github.com/continuwuity...

New in open safety tools news, @matrix.org has released Policyserv!!! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

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! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

Important: We've just released a critical security update for ESS Community. Please update as soon as possible: github.com/element-hq/e.... ESS Classic and other Synapse installations are not affected.

We've just released Matrix spec v1.17 (hopefully our last release before v2.0!) including a few new MSCs and some exciting usability improvements for the spec website! Read about it in the blog post: matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

Can we say we are truly digitally sovereign? @amandine.bsky.social tackles the question in the latest blog: europeanopensource.academy/news/achievi... Amandine Le Pape is also our first host of the #EOSAMasterclass series, "Building and Sustaining Open Source Impact": youtu.be/6Gt_VwvS9yw?...

Calls in Extera Next, Matrix helping users in Northern Virginia and Matrix meetups at CCC in Hamburg. This and more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

@roost.tools isn't just openly licensing our tools, but also openly developing them. We just released an initial draft of the ROOST tooling roadmap, but it's just that -- a draft. If you're interested in OSS trust and safety tools, now's the time to shape what gets built! github.com/orgs/roostor...

📚️ Join us for a collaborative hackathon before FOSDEM! Our team of scientists created tools to help us fight Big Silo. But we need your help to unlock the crate they sent! Come learn, mentor, and contribute, and earn (sur)prizes! 📆 Jan 30 🗺️ HSBXL, Brussels matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

🧑‍🎨 Hackers, artists, project managers, writers wanted! Joins us as we fight against Big Silo in our Brussels hackathon right before FOSDEM. Come learn, contribute, and help our mighty scientists as we tinker our way to a free world. 📆 Jan 30 🗺️ HSBXL, Brussels matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

Element X Android getting a boost, a hackathon right before FOSDEM, and a brand new Flutter client. That and much happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

⌨️ Don't miss your chance to team up with people and scratch your Matrix itch! We organize a hackathon on Fri 30 Jan in Brussels right before FOSDEM. Come help us save the Federation from Big Silo that wants to take over the world! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

🧑‍🏫 This year again, we will have a massive presence at FOSDEM! Between our hackathon on Friday, our booth during FOSDEM, and the Decentralised Comms Devroom on Sunday, you'll have plenty of opportunities to meet the team and get involved! matrix.org/blog/2025/12...

Hot off the press in TWIM! 🔥 🧯 The public hosted slack bridge is being retired, Draupnir gains previews for Policy Room Subscriptions, Synapse dropping Postgres 13 support. That and more happened This Week in Matrix! Check it out at matrix.org/blog/2025/11... !

Decentralization is more than code. It’s governance, resilience, and community. If you’re building something that empowers users, we want to hear from you at the Decentralised Communication devroom. Submit your proposal before Sunday night! fosdem.org/submit #FOSDEM #CommunityTech

Love building things that don’t rely on a single platform? So do we. Bring your ideas, your experiments, your victories (and failures!) to the Decentralised Communication devroom. Our CfP is open until the end of the week, be quick! fosdem.org/submit #FOSDEM #decentralization #standards

Developers, researchers, protocol nerds: the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM wants YOU! Got something to share about federated systems, p2p protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms? Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday! #FOSDEM #Decentralized #Federation

Mastodon, Matrix, ActivityPub, XMPP, ATProto. whatever your flavor of decentralization is, there’s room for you. Submit your proposal to the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM before the end of this week! fosdem.org/submit #FOSDEM #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Matrix at the Luxchat Hackathon, an update from the Governing Board and various software updates. This and more happened This Week in Matrix! Come check it out at matrix.org/blog/2025/11... before we have even fresher news next week!

Luxchat, the Matrix-based instant messaging solution, is holding a Hackathon during the Luxembourg Internet Days 2025. We're shipping our Matthew to contribute! 📆 November 18 & 19 📌 Chambre de Commerce (salle F01), Luxembourg Come and say hi if you're around! digitalskills.lu/fr/event/mat...

The matrix.org room dir is ready for business; the future of room lists in Element Web; opening rooms more quickly in EX Android - all this and more happened This Week in Matrix! Grab the report and learn how to start your local Matrix S̵t̵a̵m̵m̵t̵i̵s̵c̵h̵ user group! matrix.org/blog/2025/11...

Our paper “To the Best of Knowledge and Belief: On Eventually Consistent Access Control” is now available as CC-BY: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... At the example of @matrix.org, we showed traditional conceptualizations of access control as insufficient, and present eventual consistency as alternative.

FOSDEM 2026 devroom CfP, Olm spec arrives on spec.matrix.org, threads and spaces in Extera. That and more happened This Week in Matrix! It's time for you weekend read matrix.org/blog/2025/11...

Some of us wont touch proprietary tools like WhatsApp supporting the massive monsters like Meta. On one hand people recognise the harm of such tech monsters but with the other, often in ignorance, they continue with their products. We need something like more entities hosting their own Matrix.

In 2026, we will coordinate the Decentralised Communications Devroom at FOSDEM! 🧑 Send your talk proposals about messaging/VoIP projects built on decentralised tech 📆 The submission deadline is on November 30. Find the full CfP on our blog matrix.org/blog/2025/11...

The Matrix Conference was a massive success this year again, thanks to the 30+ volunteers, the 68 speakers, and our sponsors. If you were with us at the Conference and couldn't get your hands on a T-shirt or hoodie, today's your last chance to order one! matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

Liberbyte joins the Foundation, a Fractal Halloween update, threads coming to Extera - this and more happened This Week in Matrix! TWIM or treat over at matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

After 2 years as the first Managing Director of the Foundation, Robin is passing the baton — "I'll see you in the wild blue yonder." Amandine will serve as acting MD while the Foundation finds the right person to take the org to new heights. matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

The UK *really* needs to set up a sovereign tech fund to support the vibrant open source scene here. Kudos to @openuk.bsky.social for pushing this in their recommendations to @ukri.org openuk.uk/theuksfuture...

⁦2 Sponsorships, a completed Matrix Conference and a brand new MSC Web Interface! This and more happened This Week in Matrix! Check it out at matrix.org/blog/2025/10...!

☁️The recent AWS outage showed how fragile “cloud-based security” can be. When one datacenter faltered, global communication tools — including Signal — went dark 🌑 🕸️Matrix-based messaging systems kept running because they don’t rely on a single provider. Resilience = decentralization

💥 Thank you floss.fund for including us in Tranche 2! Your support is more than greatly appreciated! 🧡 floss.fund/blog/second-...

Very excited to announce DINUM (French Ministry of Digital) is now a silver member of the Matrix Fdn! Matrix backs Tchap, the secure msging app for the French gov. 🚀 Hoping this will encourage others as we start a Matrix for Public Sector WG at the Matrix Conf. 🚥 matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

The Matrix Conference 2025 was incredible 🎉 We were delighted to be the anchor sponsor! 🙌 Governments everywhere are embracing @matrix.org - from @ec.europa.eu to @esa.int (we’re over the moon 🌕). All the presentations are already available!

Say hello to Rocket.Chat, a proud sponsor of Matrix Conference 2025 in Strasbourg! 🍴 Swing by their booth right by the food bar for a chat, 🥂 join them co-hosting the welcome party on Wednesday, or 🎤 catch CEO Gabriel Engel on stage sharing his insights. Thanks Rocket.Chat for sponsoring us!

I speak next week about our work to add E2EE DMs in Bluesky using the Matrix protocol. The event will be live streamed by the Matrix conference. cfp.2025.matrix.org/matrix-conf-... We will launch a Bluesky service using this technology soon. @arathorn.net @kurtopsahl.bsky.social @micahflee.com

A new release for Draupnir, a basic Zulip bridge, and spaces in Element X. That, and much more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

🇪🇺 Don't miss Alexander Smolianitski's talk at The Matrix Conference where he'll share how to create a more integrated, secure & sovereign European digital landscape 🎟️ Greb your ticket before we run out! conference.matrix.org/register

Have you ever wanted to be a spaceship captain, turning knobs and sliding switches, while gauges get filled and diodes blink, against a free ticket? The Matrix Conference looks for volunteers to take ~1h shifts operating cameras & mixers! Details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Matrix Conference around the corner, an encrypted state events prototype, and Element Admin. That and more happened This Week in Matrix! matrix.org/blog/2025/10...

🚀 We’re pleased to showcase the work of our summer intern, Skye, who made a big impact with their work on encrypted state events. The blog post breaks down the project in detail. element.io/blog/hiding-...

Open source and federated systems are all about collaboration. But collaboration is not chaos. Come listen to DINUM's Mathieu Velten at the Matrix Conference, explain how it opens its private federation to a select few, securely! 🎟️ Tickets: conference.matrix.org/register/