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Element is a sovereign, secure and interoperable communications platform. Built by the creators of Matrix.
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🚀 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.

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ESS 25.10: LTS, MAS migration and Element Admin
Element is rolling out ESS 25.10, delivering new LTS releases for ESS Classic, ESS Pro and ESS TI-M, alongside refreshed builds for ESS Community.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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bossett.social
openDesk is such a cool project because it's twelve open source tools in a trenchcoat
ICC dumps Microsoft after US sanctions, chooses Open-source instead
ICC ditches Microsoft for OpenDesk after Trump sanctions spark outcry
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November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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🇫🇷 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!
Matrix French gov deployment: opening a private federation securely
YouTube video by Matrixdotorg
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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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
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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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.
Matrix Conference 2025: Diskussion über offene Kommunikationsplattform
(Bild: Marvin Djondo-Pacham) Bericht über die Matrix Conference 2025, bei der Entwickler und Behörden über digitale Souveränität und sichere Messenger-Infrastrukturen sprachen.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🇩🇪 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!
Large-scale multi-tenancy hosting for TI-Messenger and beyond
How do you effectively onboard hundreds of thousands of healthcare clinics and pharmacies to Germany’s TI-Messenger?
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November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🌍 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👇
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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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...
France signs up to the Matrix.org Foundation
Comment: Governments eye comms alternatives as sovereignty worries mount
www.theregister.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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🇸🇪 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.
Sweden's Public Sector in Transition: Exploring Open Standards for Interoperable Communication
YouTube video by Matrixdotorg
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October 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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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!
Trialing Matrix within the European Commission for resilient and sovereign communications
YouTube video by Matrixdotorg
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October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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💡 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
An image which shows Element's support for OpenForum Europe's proposal calling for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund.
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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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!
Secure and Sovereign communications for United Nations International Computing Centre and its Partne
YouTube video by Matrixdotorg
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October 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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🇸🇪 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.
Inspired by the EU: Sweden eyes open standard for encrypted chat services | Computer Weekly
What if your messaging and collaboration app could talk to all the others? Swedish government agencies are investigating the possibility.
www.computerweekly.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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🌕 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! 🚀
Texting Through the Silence: Medical Care over Matrix with Delay during a Simulated Moonwalk
YouTube video by Matrixdotorg
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October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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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.
The move to decentralised systems for mission critical technology
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.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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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...
"We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps
Signal's privacy and security are great, but being a centralized app makes it vulnerable
www.techradar.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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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!
The Matrix Conference 2025; a seminal moment for Matrix
The Matrix Conference 2025 was a huge success, and the energy and enthusiasm was just incredible!
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October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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🚀 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
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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📣 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
Element Pro: Element X, built specifically for the workplace
Element Pro - our new frontend client built specifically for the workplace! It's the perfect complement to our backend Element Server Suite Pro (ESS Pro).
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October 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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📣 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.
Welcome to the all new Element Server Suite family of Helm charts!
Introducing the new Helm-based Element Server Suite (ESS) - our family of products designed as an “out-of-the-box” way to deploy, host and maintain a Matrix-based system.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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🚀 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👇️
Ready for The Matrix Conference 2025!
We’re ready for The Matrix Conference 2025 - 300+ participants from 20+ countries and 10+ governments - all championing Matrix-based sovereign, secure and interoperable communications.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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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.
Element signs Chat Control open letter
Element has joined other European organisations in an open letter to European leaders on the latest developments regarding Chat Control.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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💜 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/
matrix.org The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org · Sep 30
Open source and federated systems are all about collaboration. But collaboration is not chaos. Come listen to DINUM's Mathieu Velten at the Matrix Conference, explain how it opens its private federation to a select few, securely!

🎟️ Tickets: conference.matrix.org/register/
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🚀 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-...
Hiding room metadata from servers
Every year, Element takes on a small number of summer interns to work on various research and development projects. Internships are a significant part of our culture, and ~20% of the current Element e...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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🚀 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.
New Element Web and Desktop apps have distinct Element X vibes!
The brand new updates of the Element Web and Desktop apps include a major rework of room listings. It brings the ‘laptop versions’ of the Element apps in line with the Element X design on mobile devic...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM