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“Matrix, come here.” The world’s first cross-border government federation demo

Five public sector organisations, five sovereign run deployments, one conversation, spanning three countries and two international institutions. The live demo was a proof point of what governments can do with the Matrix open standard.

Thibault Martin

Matrix Conference kicks off tomorrow: governments, choice and sovereignty

The Matrix Conference opens tomorrow in Malmö, and even just a quick glance at the programme says a lot about where Matrix is heading. Governments and public sector organisations from more than 15 countries are taking part.

Vendors behind openDesk join forces as Open Productivity

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 across.

openDesk now runs Element Server Suite, direct from upstream

We’re delighted to share that openDesk now deploys Element Server Suite (ESS) directly from Element. The Element frontend still

Dr Patrick Alberts

Smoother collaboration with integrations

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.

Thibault Martin

Putting it online is the easy bit

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.

Thibault Martin

Element partners with Arawa to bring sovereign, open-standard federated communications to French local authorities

We’re delighted to announce that we’re now working with Arawa to support France's “fédération Matrix des

Thibault Martin

Making sovereignty standard for European governments

Element is thrilled to be sponsoring the public sector track at The Matrix Conference again, running from October 20th to 23rd, 2026, in Malmö, Sweden.

Cyber Resilience Act: What changes this week and how Element is preparing

On 11 September 2026, the first substantive deadline under the Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/2847, "the CRA") will come into effect.

Organise your chats your way with Sections

If your All Chats list has grown to the point where finding anything feels like work, you're not

Danielle Kirkwood

Interoperability

We’re interoperable, so you can be sovereign

Interoperability is the foundation of digital sovereignty; it’s the key ingredient to ensure that end-users stay in control, rather than the vendor.

Interoperability

Matrix-based ZaPuK confirmed as a core component within Germany’s Deutschland-Stack

Matrix-based ZaPuK is confirmed as a cornerstone of Germany’s Deutschland-Stack.

Dr Patrick Alberts

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The EU Digital Markets Act is here.

🇪🇺 Happy DMA day, everybody! 🇪🇺 March 7th 2024 is the deadline

Matthew Hodgson

Gitter is joining Element

When GitLab proposed that Gitter could be stronger as part of the Matrix network, we knew we couldn’t miss the chance!

Amandine Le Pape

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