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Section: Matrix · is a secure messaging application similar to Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
SlowScore 64
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Matrix
Appears in 10 awesome lists
is a tool that gives you simple HTTP APIs and SDKs (iOS, Android, Web) to create chatrooms, direct chats and chat bots, complete with end-to-end encryption, file transfer, synchronised conversation history, formatted messages, read receipts and more.
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Awesome Decentralized Web
Section: Federation & Social Protocols · Open specification for federated, persistent communication rooms whose history is replicated across every participating homeserver rather than owned by one; bridges connect it to other chat networks.
FreshScore 83
Awesome Free Software
Section: Communication · Open standard for decentralised, persistent, and interoperable communications. (Apache License 2.0)
SlowScore 57
Awesome Mac
Section: Collaboration and Team Tools · An open network for secure, decentralised communication!
FreshScore 94
Awesome Windows
Section: Communication · Network for secure, decentralized communication.
FreshScore 85
Deploy Your Own Saas
Section: Deploy your own Chat server · Ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP.
FreshScore 88
Awesome Privacy
Section: Encrypted Messaging · Matrix is a decentralized open network for secure communications, with E2E encryption with Olm and Megolm. Along with the Element client, it supports VOIP + video calling and IM + group chats. Note th…
FreshScore 91
Awesome Privacy
Section: Decentralized · An open network for secure, decentralized communication.
ActiveScore 84
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Section: Social · is a tool that gives you simple HTTP APIs and SDKs (iOS, Android, Web) to create chatrooms, direct chats and chat bots, complete with end-to-end encryption, file transfer, synchronised conversation history, formatted messages, read receipts and more.
SlowScore 61
Hacker News Tools of the Trade
Section: Group Communication/Chat Tools · Decentralised Open Source chat protocol with bridges to everywhere
ActiveScore 78
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