Element Server Suite Community.
Element’s official open source distribution for non-commercial Matrix deployments.
It is intended for non-professional use, evaluations, and small to mid-sized deployments (1–100 users).
Not intended for production in commercial environments: ESS Community comes with no performance guarantees, no certifications, no Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and is not Cyber Resilience Act compliant. There is no vendor responsibility, or security update management. ESS Community is distributed under AGPLv3.
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Core components.
Ease of use.
Official Matrix distribution from Element; the creators of Matrix
Suitable for non-professional use and evaluation
Vendor supported best practice deployment, LTS, advanced security advisories
Supply chain security guarantee for CRA compliance with vendor Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)
SLAs-backed, high availability and dynamic scaling
Low resource footprint and multitenant support via Synapse Pro
Integrate with existing directory services, role-based access based control
Admin interface, audit capability, antivirus, Border Gateways and other enterprise critical features
MDM, certificate pinning, branding and server-pushed configuration support
