Element
https://element.io/
London, UK
2015
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A faster, rustier Element Web
  |  By Thibault Martin
Dave Baker and Florian Duros (Element) at The Matrix Conference 2026. Element Web is moving onto the Matrix Rust SDK, the same foundation that powers Element X on mobile. Our team isn't doing it as one big rewrite. They're rebuilding the app one piece at a time as reusable shared components that don't care which SDK sits underneath.
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Operator, I need an exit from Big Tech calls
  |  By Steve Loynes
MatrixRTC has landed and Element Call takes off! All good things come to those who wait! MatrixRTC is finally here: the world’s first decentralised, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), multiparty VoIP protocol. For messaging, decentralisation is a strength. Messages get through even when servers drop offline or networks split, and everything syncs when they reconnect. Voice and video also need low latency, though: a word that arrives two seconds late is no use to anyone.
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"Matrix, come here." The world's first cross-border government federation demo
  |  By Thibault Martin
On 10 March 1876, in a Boston laboratory, Alexander Graham Bell spoke into his new instrument: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." Thomas Watson, in the next room, heard every word. Two people, separated by a wall, had spoken through a wire for the first time, and the world's communications have never been the same. On 21 October 2026, in a Malmö hotel, we saw a similar breakthrough demonstration.
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Vendors behind openDesk join forces as Open Productivity
  |  By Steve Loynes
Six of the vendors behind openDesk, including Element, have formed Open Productivity: a joint venture that brings the sovereign digital workplace to businesses and critical infrastructure operators. openDesk was created for German public administration. It brings together established open source applications for documents, email, calendars, file sharing, knowledge management and secure real-time communications into a single sovereign workplace suite.
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openDesk now runs Element Server Suite, direct from upstream
  |  By Dr Patrick Alberts
We’re delighted to share that openDesk now deploys Element Server Suite (ESS) directly from Element. The Element frontend still reflects the openDesk product and branding, but now openDesk deploys Element Server Suite (ESS) directly from Element, the original manufacturer and product owner of the software. It brings hardened Kubernetes deployments, next-generation OIDC-based authentication and the complete ESS feature set to Germany’s sovereign office productivity suite.
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Smoother collaboration with integrations
  |  By Thibault Martin
People do their best work in a state of flow, when they can move from a conversation to a document to a task without breaking their train of thought. That puts the onus on productivity vendors to make their tools work together seamlessly. Customers running sovereign stacks tell us exactly that. As one put it: "It isn't a problem that the apps are named different things, or that they're made by different vendors.
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Putting it online is the easy bit
  |  By Thibault Martin
TL;DR When deploying a service on your infrastructure, it can be tempting to just grab open source containers and roll them out with simple tools. Docker compose or ansible playbooks can do a fantastic job at rolling out a few containers in no time. But putting simple services online is the easy bit. The more containers in your stack, the more difficult it becomes to deploy them consistently, and the more chances for it to break.
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Element partners with Arawa to bring sovereign, open-standard federated communications to French local authorities
  |  By Thib
We’re delighted to announce that we’re now working with Arawa to support France's “fédération Matrix des collectivités.” Arawa has just started working with Adullact, the non-profit coordinating the usage of open source software within local authorities, and Déclic, the federation of OPSN (Public Digital Service Operators), to deliver and support its “Matrix pour les collectivités” project.
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Cyber Resilience Act: What changes this week and how Element is preparing
  |  By Denise Almeida
On 11 September 2026, the first substantive deadline under the Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, "the CRA") will come into effect. This Regulation entered into force on 10 December 2024, but it applies in stages, and this week’s date is the second of three stages. As from 11 September, manufacturers of products with digital elements placed on the EU market become subject to the reporting obligations set out in Article 14.
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Organise your chats your way with Sections
  |  By Danielle Kirkwood
If your All Chats list has grown to the point where finding anything feels like work, you're not alone. A long, flat list of rooms and DMs doesn't scale — the important conversations get buried, the noise is always visible, and keeping on top of it all requires more effort than it should. Introducing sections!
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Introducing Riot - A new way to communicate
  |  By Element
Open, secure and interoperable communication for work and home.
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What is Riot?
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Open, secure and interoperable communication for work and home.
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Element is the fast, simple and private way to communicate with family, friends, teams, colleagues, organisations and the wider world.

All-in-one secure chat app for teams, friends and organisations. Keeps conversations in your control, safe from data-mining and ads. Talk to everyone through the open global Matrix network, protected by proper end-to-end encryption.

Element gives you the privacy you expect from a conversation in your own home, but with everyone across the globe:

  • Keep it personal: Group chat, video calls and sharing to stay in touch and coordinate with family and friends.
  • Revolutionise the workplace: Highly effective teamwork within a company, across a business ecosystem or an entire government.
  • Host your community: From clubs to social movements, keep everyone together with a platform everyone can use.

Millions of people rely on Element.

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