Matrix Synapse
Recent Changes
Update synapse to 1.140.0
Add a new Media Query by ID Admin API that allows server admins to query and investigate the metadata of local or cached remote media via the origin/media_id identifier found in a Matrix Content URI. (#18911)
Add a new Fetch Event Admin API to fetch an event by ID. (#18963)
Update MSC4284: Policy Servers implementation to support signatures when available. (#18934)
Add experimental implementation of the GET /_matrix/client/v1/rtc/transports endpoint for the latest draft of MSC4143: MatrixRTC. (#18967)
Expose a defertothreadpool function in the Synapse Module API that allows modules to run a function on a separate thread in a custom threadpool. (#19032)
This package only provides the Matrix backend. A variety of clients are available here. Riot is a popular web frontend for Matrix and is available as a separate app.
About
Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP.
Matrix specifies a set of pragmatic RESTful HTTP JSON APIs as an open standard, which handle:
- Creating and managing fully distributed chat rooms with no single points of control or failure
- Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room state across a global open network of federated servers and services
- Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional) end-to-end encryption[1]
- Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members
- Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout)
- Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers, Facebook accounts to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix.
- Placing 1:1 VoIP and Video calls
What is Synapse?
Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted.
Install Matrix Synapse in a few minutes on your server with Cloudron. To install Cloudron first, follow our setup steps.