❌ Manual maintenance is a liability for legacy Matrix deployments. Stuck on a "pre-ESS" setup? Today we’re releasing the ESS Migration Tool. Move your data to a modern, Kubernetes-based stack without starting from scratch. ✅ Simple updates ✅ Pro-grade stability

👉 An excellent analysis article from @jambo.bsky.social at @resiliencemedia.bsky.social who looks at Belgium’s BEAM communications solution, created by Belgian Secure Communications (BSC) by building on Element’s community software.

🚀 Spaces has landed on Element X! Navigate chats by department, project or interest - no more overwhelming room lists. ✨ What’s new: filtered chat lists, dedicated Spaces tab, flexible room creation and previews with context. Update your app and explore Spaces today!

🔐 Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted DMs in @bsky.app are now possible! Solidarity Social combines the AT Protocol with @matrix.org for private, secure messaging with full control over profile, posts, follows and data, with default infrastructure by Element Server Suite Pro.

🇪🇺 Meedio partners with Element to deliver sovereign communications across Europe Meedio will use ESS Pro as the server-side solution, ensuring it to focus on front-end innovation for industry-specific solutions.

💚 Belgium has launched Beam, its nationwide Matrix-based communications platform! 🪧 Digitally sovereign communications need to be adopted sustainably to ensure the success of digital commons. element.io/blog/governm...

🇪🇺 The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) obligations are coming in 2027, introducing security-by-design for all digital products in the EU - including open source. We’re already taking responsibility and building the blocks for our compliance.

The latest Signal & WhatsApp breaches targeting German & Dutch officials show the risks of using consumer apps in government. ❌ As European governments pursue digitally sovereign strategies, they should ban the use of consumer apps for government-related conversations.

At @fosdem.org, @neilj.bsky.social shared why sustainability is essential for open source and decentralised networks like @matrix.org. 🌱 We support by investing in independent governance, keeping core functionality open source, and lowering the barrier to adoption with ESS Community and Element X.

🎙️ MatrixRTC at @fosdem.org 2026 Members of Element’s VoIP team shared a deep dive into MatrixRTC, the framework bringing real time communication natively into @matrix.org rooms. 🚀 MatrixRTC goes beyond 1:1 calls to enable scalable voice, video, games, and other live, interactive experiences.

💚 “An important milestone for the widespread adoption of the TI-M Pro messenger standard.” Healthcare Digital on the @gematik.bsky.social commissioned pentest for our multi-tenancy solution to deliver sovereign messaging for local healthcare providers. www.healthcare-digital.de/ti-messenger...

⚖️ EU’s Digital Omnibus: help or harm for open source? At @fosdem.org, @denisersa.bsky.social shared a practitioner’s view. ✅ Less bureaucracy (unified incident reporting, shared DPIAs) ⚠️ Risk of GDPR deregulation via changes to personal data definition 🗓️ Consultation is open until 11 March

ESS Pro for TI-M, our multi-tenancy backend, is now externally validated by a @gematik.bsky.social commissioned pentest. It delivers: 💶 Huge savings from resource efficiency 🛡️Strong tenant isolation ⚡Reliable performance 🔒 Secure Matrix & server APIs

Digital sovereignty isn’t about buying European software - it’s about control and choice. Open source and open standards give governments the freedom to switch vendors, operate independently and strengthen Europe’s economy 🇪🇺 New blog by @amandine.bsky.social👇

🚀 At @fosdem.org 2026, David Baker & Florian Duros shared how Element Web is evolving - faster, more reliable, and more flexible 💻 See what’s next: element.io/blog/an-elem...

Vintage article from Liam Proven @theregister.com. Tasting notes: Part retrospective, cram-packed with lively facts, notes of real life examples, and with a wry finish. Match with sovereign, interoperable and secure communications. www.theregister.com/2026/02/09/m...

We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy! Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence. Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.

Pleased to see @maximilian-henning.bsky.social at @euractiv.com covering @ec.europa.eu's use of Element and @matrix.org. A government cannot be digitally sovereign if it’s locked into using a specific vendor. Matrix solves that problem.

🚨 Real time communication is mission-critical, but legacy systems and consumer apps put defence operations at risk. Our new paper explores the messenger challenge for defence organisations and shows how to build a sovereign, interoperable and secure solution on the @matrix.org open standard.

🔒 Decoding E2EE: Privacy vs. Usability E2EE keeps your messages private - but can make adding devices, recovering lost data, or keeping your identity tricky. We make it seamless with unlimited devices, full history, and easy recovery. Read about the trade-offs and how we work to solve them.

👏 Excellente présentation de @guillaumegrallet.bsky.social pour @en.france24.com sur les alternatives sécurisée et souveraines aux services BigTech. Super de voir @amandine.bsky.social expliquer Element et @matrix.org, avec @gaelduval.bsky.social (Murena et /e/OS) pour un smartphone sans tracker.

Element co-founder and COO, @amandine.bsky.social, participates in @openforumeurope.org's panel debate on Europe’s Software Challenge, discussing how openness underpins digital sovereignty.

Only 2 days left until the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026. The panel “Europe’s Software Challenge” examines how openness can underpin a European software policy that strengthens competitiveness and digital sovereignty. 📍Brussels, 30 January 2026 More information: summit.openforumeurope.org.

We’re proud to sponsor the EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026 tomorrow in Brussels hosted by @openforumeurope.org @amandine.bsky.social joins the opening panel to discuss how open source drives innovation and strengthens Europe’s digital sovereignty. 💻 Register to watch: summit.openforumeurope.org

🚨 Multi-room monitoring, made simple Element Pro Web now has Grid View allowing you to see, send and track messages across multiple rooms at once. 🟩 Custom grids | ⏱️ Live timelines | 📩 Unread messages highlighted Built for control rooms, contact centres and cyber operations.

💬 When chat history matters most As limits hit free self-hosted tools, more teams are turning to ESS Community - our free, open-source Matrix distribution. ✔️ Unlimited history ✔️ Voice & video ✔️ E2EE ✔️ Open & sovereign by design Built on Matrix, with advanced org controls available in ESS Pro👇

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!