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  • sydent

    Sydent: Reference Matrix Identity Server

  • Most of that comes from the fact it uses the Matrix instant messaging protocol with federated architecture, there are other clients / apps whose users all can talk to each other, but probably Element is a most feature-complete one.

  • Element

    A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

  • Element

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  • Synapse

    Discontinued Synapse: Matrix homeserver written in Python/Twisted.

  • The permanence is a difficult issue, there are some description here and here, and some proposed solutions here and here , but the main point is that in a federated system you can not be sure about that the others will work in a good faith. If you have shared or sent something to someone outside the infrastructure you control, you can not reverse that. Like if you have sent an email from protonmail to a gmail address, you can not force google to delete that.

  • matrix-spec-proposals

    Proposals for changes to the matrix specification

  • The permanence is a difficult issue, there are some description here and here, and some proposed solutions here and here , but the main point is that in a federated system you can not be sure about that the others will work in a good faith. If you have shared or sent something to someone outside the infrastructure you control, you can not reverse that. Like if you have sent an email from protonmail to a gmail address, you can not force google to delete that.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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