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’re proud to see @amandine.bsky.social - also Head of Business & Impact at @eosa.bsky.social - share her perspective on how Europe can achieve digital sovereignty. Read the blog and watch her #EOSAMasterclass ⬇️

At #MatrixConf2025 we showed how Element Call brings secure, federated and scalable conferencing to Matrix - from 1:1 calls to large group video meetings! Demos, history and what’s next: 👇 element.io/blog/element...

We’re sponsoring the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026 (Brussels, 30 Jan), hosted by @openforumeurope.org. The theme is “Digital Sovereignty Runs on Open Source." @amandine.bsky.social will be talking about the importance of interoperability and open standards. summit.openforumeurope.org

Giom at Open Source Experience in Paris today where we're part of the European Village 🇪🇺 Come and say if you're there 👋

🇨🇭 How does a country turn open source into a national strategy? At #MatrixConf2025, @maemst.bsky.social shared how Switzerland uses open source to enable digital sovereignty — EMOTA mandates gov software to be open source, while @matrix.org and projects like openDesk are being tested nationally.

At #MatrixConf2025, Kai from BWI shared the evolution of BundesMessenger — Germany’s sovereign public sector messenger, built on @matrix.org and based on Element. 📱It serves municipalities and federal agencies, offering a sovereign alternative to consumer messaging apps.

We’re excited to join Open Source Experience in Paris next week, as part of the European Village alongside other open source organisations. Looking forward to the conversations — and to meeting many of you there! 👋

🚀 What does it take to modernise a mature web app to bring it in line with the next-generation Element X’s mobile experience? At #MatrixConf2025, Danielle, David & Gaëlle shared the journey behind Element X Web — a modular, high-performance rebuild of Element Web to be powered by our Rust SDK.

💬 How can governments and large organisations deploy sovereign, interoperable and secure real-time communications at scale? 🎤 Meet Element Server Suite Pro (ESS Pro) — our polished backend for hosting and maintaining a Matrix-based system. ▶️ Explore the ESS editions and its enterprise features!

🇪🇺 “Europe must achieve digital sovereignty as quickly as possible — secure communication between governments is key.” @amandine.bsky.social highlights the role of open standards in eGovernment’s writeup of the Summit on Digital Sovereignty.

🇪🇺 At #MatrixConf2025, Alexander from ZenDiS (Zentrum für Digitale Souveränität) shared how openDesk combines multiple open-source office tools to build a digitally sovereign collaboration tool for the public sector, using Element and the @matrix.org open standard as part of the suite.

🚀 From the legacy ESS Classic distribution to our new Helm-based ESS stack! At #MatrixConf2025, Patrick Maier walked us through the evolution of Element Server Suite (ESS): our backend distribution for hosting and maintaining a Matrix-based system. ▶️ Explore Patrick’s talk in full!

🇱🇺 At #MatrixConf2025, Patrick Weber shared how Luxembourg built LuxChat4Gov — a sovereign, secure & federated national messaging platform for the public sector. Based on @matrix.org & using a fork of the Element app, it supports 11k+ public users; from ministers to firefighters and frontline staff!

🇩🇪 How can Germany unify gov-to-citizen communications across 16 states? At #MatrixConf2025, Dominik Braun from FITKO (Föderale IT-Kooperation) shared how @matrix.org is being used to build a secure, federated messaging system. Pilot projects like NEO are already testing it. ▶️ Watch the full talk!

🔐 From April 2026, only verified devices can send or receive end-to-end encrypted messages on Element. This further ensures you can trust every message and stay protected from potential malicious activity, following the Matrix spec update announced at #MatrixConf2025.

✍️ With the #EUSummit25 on Digital Sovereignty taking place today, we’re proud to join 100+ partners in signing the “Declaration of Digital Independence” led by @apell.info. Open source is key to Europe’s sovereignty, innovation and competitiveness. Participate by signing the declaration👇️

🇪🇺 Today the #EUSummit25 on Digital Sovereignty kicks off! We’re there to participate in discussions about how open source and open standards are central to Europe’s digital sovereignty. ➡️ Highlights + how Element and @matrix.org already powers sovereign & interoperable communications across Europe

🇱🇺 Lots of “good lux” to those joining the "Matrix meets Luxchat" Hackathon at Luxembourg Internet Days, Nov 18–19! The event will supercharge Luxchat (4Gov & 4Pro) - Luxembourg’s @matrix.org -based messaging solutions for both the public and private sectors. @arathorn.net joins to advise & judge.

🇪🇺 Excited for the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty! openDesk and La Suite will be showcased to demonstrate how Europe is building digitally sovereign office suites on open source software — both using customised versions of Element and @matrix.org open standard for real-time communications.

🚀 Rewriting apps from the ground up isn’t easy! At #MatrixConf2025, we shared how we built Element X & Element Pro and a Rust SDK, while keeping up with Matrix evolution. 🎥 Watch the full session: Demos of Element X, Spaces and Element Pro! element.io/blog/element...

🚀 ESS 25.10 is here! New LTS releases for ESS Classic, ESS Pro & ESS TI-M bring enhanced stability and security. Element Admin has arrived in ESS Pro & Community, and MAS support makes it the perfect time to move users to the ultra-fast Element X app. element.io/blog/ess-25-...

openDesk is such a cool project because it's twelve open source tools in a trenchcoat

🇫🇷 France is advancing secure, interoperable communication across its public sector At #MatrixConf2025, Mathieu Velten from DINUM shared how Tchap, built on @matrix.org, now has 375K active users and plans to open its federation to include local authorities. ▶️ Watch Mathieu’s talk to learn more!

I tried again @matrix.org and @element.io out and i have to say its looks now very polished i can really recommend to new Element X Client to everybody :D

Die jährliche Matrix Konferenz - die diesmal in Straßburg stattfand – bot vielen Experten vor allem aus dem öffentlichen Sektor und dem Gesundheitsbereich neue und hilfreiche Einblicke, auch zum Thema digitale Souveränität.

🇩🇪 How do you onboard thousands of separate healthcare clinics & pharmacies to @gematik.bsky.social’s TI-Messenger? At #MatrixConf2025, Patrick Maier shared how large-scale multi-tenant hosting lets service providers roll out TI-Messenger efficiently at national-scale. 🎥 Watch Patrick’s full talk!

🌍 What does digital sovereignty mean, and why does it matter? At #MatrixConf2025, participants from @mindigital.gouvernement.lu, @gematik.bsky.social, BundesMessenger, ZenDiS, CompuGroup Medical and Element shared why digital autonomy is essential for government trust, security and resilience👇

Love El Reg. Always causing good trouble. @richardspeed.bsky.social covers European Commission trialling Element, the duality of govts using OSS without funding upstream vendors, and the hypocrisy of govts adopting E2EE comms while supporting Chat Control. www.theregister.com/2025/10/30/f...

🇸🇪 At #MatrixConf2025, Anna & Kenneth shared how Försäkringskassan’s SAFOS (using @matrix.org + Element) collaboration platform doubled in usage. Initially developed to replace Skype for Business, SAFOS offers interoperable communications between authorities while maintaining digital sovereignty.

Nicolas from @ec.europa.eu shared at #MatrixConf2025 how @matrix.org and Element are being trialed for secure collaboration across EU institutions — replacing Signal as a MS Teams backup, but with advanced identity management, federation and support for air-gapped systems. 🎙️ Listen to his talk!

💡 Incredibly important work from @openforumeurope.org to propose an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty, cybersecurity and competitiveness through sustainable, secure open-source technologies. eu-stf.openforumeurope.org

At #MatrixConf2025, Tima from United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) shared how @matrix.org & Element enable secure collaboration across United Nations orgs to strengthen cybersecurity efforts with plans to scale to critical field operations & crisis management. 🎙️ Listen to her talk!

🇸🇪 Sweden is exploring open-standard messaging across government agencies. eSam recommends adopting @matrix.org for sovereign, secure and interoperable collaboration. Matrix and Element are already in use by Forsäkringskassan and other agencies as part of the SAFOS collaboration platform.

🌕 How do you communicate during a moonwalk crisis? At #matrixconf2025, Aileen (@esa.int / @dlr-en.bsky.social) and Jan-Lukas (@fau.de) showed how Element and @matrix.org enabled real-time crisis communication on a simulated moonwalk at the LUNA Analog Facility. Listen to the full talk! 🚀

Yesterday’s AWS outage highlights the importance of decentralised communications, and digital sovereignty. Governments simply cannot rely on systems with a single point of failure.

Chiara Castro at TechRadar hits the nail firmly on the head. Centralised systems are inherently vulnerable to global outages. One of the many reasons why governments are building out their communications on the decentralised Matrix open standard. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

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!

🚀 Busy first day at The Matrix Conference in Strasbourg! Lots of great talks, engaging conversations and plenty of inspiration. Can’t wait for day two @matrix.org 👋 #matrixConf2025

📣 Hot off The Matrix Conference: Element Pro📱our workplace-ready frontend, built to complement ESS Pro. 🎨 In-app brand colours ⚙️ Enterprise features: MDM, certificate pinning, advanced security, streamlined onboarding ➕ Optional extra; cost-efficient whitelabelled mobile app

📣 OverwHelmingly exciting news from The Matrix Conference! Introducing the new Helm-based Element Server Suite (ESS) products. An out-of-the-box way to deploy, host & maintain a Matrix-based system. 🌐 Community • 🔹 Pro • 🇩🇪 TI-Messenger With Element Admin for easy user, room & compliance control.

🚀 We’re ready for The Matrix Conference 2025 kicking off tomorrow in Strasbourg! 🌍 300+ participants from 20+ countries and 10+ governments - all championing Matrix-based sovereign, secure and interoperable communications. We’re proud to be the anchor sponsor again! Highlights and details👇️

Element has signed an open letter to European leaders alongside other organisations. The Danish Presidency’s CSA proposal risks adding backdoors and client-side scanning – undermining encryption, security, and trust across Europe. Strong encryption protects everyone. Weakening it protects no one.

💜 Excited to hear Mathieu's talk at The Matrix Conference about France's use of Element and Matrix in both Tchap and La Suite. Open standard federation is playing such an important role in transforming the way governments work. Check out the full schedule: conference.matrix.org/schedule/

🚀 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-...

🚀 Element Web & Desktop just got a glow-up, bringing Element X vibes from mobile straight to your laptop! ✨ New room list filters 🔔 Clearer notifications 🔧 Accessibility & performance upgrades Version v1.12.0 is live! Try it out and let us know what you think.

🚀 Delighted that the full agenda for The Matrix Conference 2025 is now live! This year’s schedule is packed with government and public organisations sharing how they use Matrix and Element. 🗓️ View the full schedule: conference.matrix.org/schedule/

🚀 Freuen uns, mit dem openDesk-Team bei #SCCON25 dabei zu sein! 📅 1. Okt | 11:30 | ZenDiS-Bühne 🎤 Patrick Alberts zeigt, warum der Matrix-Standard für souveräne Kommunikation entscheidend ist – und wie openDesk Chat (auf Element) produktivere Zusammenarbeit im öffentlichen Sektor ermöglicht.

🚀 @gematik.bsky.social will rebase TI-Messenger on Matrix v1.15! Our ‘ESS Pro for TI-M’ customers get all backend upgrades managed for them, including OAuth 2.0 for next-gen user management, simpler room joins, profile query restrictions and push rule actions.

Amandine Le Pape, COO and co-founder of @element.io, will be speaking at Decidim Fest 2025! ☄️ She has been at the forefront of building the Matrix.org Foundation, nurturing the growth of a vibrant open ecosystem, while also driving the success of Element.