Matrix 4 Download Telegram Link
Gabriel Molle
To use Matrix: create an account (at matrix.org is easiest, but if you have an OSGeo account you can also use your OSGeo id as matrix id), install a client (Elements is easiest, but see -matrix-now/#clients for more), OR point your browser to :osgeo.org
If the vouching process on Mozillians were to work a bit more like friends, and create social links, then we could use the Mozillians API to replicate this sort of notification that a friend has made an account. Also the idea of remembering contacts is not a feature of IRC servers, but could probably be done with matrix.
The instructions here: show how to bridge a Telegram channel with a Matrix room. This allows people using Matrix clients to join Telegram conversations, and vice-versa. This was tested using the Element matrix client, on the #general:osgeo.org Matrix room and the OSGeoorg Telegram group
If you already have a Matrix room which is not accessible with an :osgeo.org address, you can make it so by adding other 'Addresses' ('Aliases') of the room. For example, the #OSGeoUK:matrix.org room now also has #uk:osgeo.org and #OSGeoUK:matrix.org as additional addresses. To add aliases to the osgeo.org server, you need to be logged in there ( via your osgeo.org account ). Publishing aliases to the osgeo.org matrix room directory requires to have at least "Moderator" status in the room.
In addition to minimal content moderation policies, Telegram offers a number of compelling technical features that can make the platform an ideal selection for extremist actors. This blog highlights a few of the most important product features that arose in analysis of the literature and interviews: 1) varied chat sizes, 2) encryption and self-destructing chats, 3) file-sharing and cloud storage, 4) URL links.
Of appeal to extremist recruitment, public channels and groups on Telegram have their own URL links. Rather than having to manually invite each user, extremists can simply share a link to their Telegram channel or group on another platform (e.g., in a YouTube comments section or in a Twitter post). Additionally, in anticipation of bans from mainstream platforms, extremist groups share and post the URL links to their Telegram group or channel for their followers to join as a backup.[37]
Each platform should increase examination of how their features are being used within a cross-platform extremist web, for example recruitment via URL links that link to alternative platforms. Product designers, and policy teams should proactively assess how new features will be exploited by extremists: How will this change in a feature or policy increase or decrease the ability to recruit or operate secretly on the platform? How will the feature or policy change impact the use of this platform in tandem with other platforms? Does the impact differ depending on the context of each extremist group?
The room settings show that @MacAdder:matrix.org is the room admin. If they are unavailable or have left the room, is there no way to elevate someone else to the Admin role? I suppose the matrix.org admins could do it, but my guess is that they will direct you to Element Home
However, this presents an opportunity to establish a proper Space such as #syncthing-project:matrix.org wherein there are two rooms #syncthing-general:matrix.org and #syncthing-support:matrix.org. The room list could expand/shrink in the future as needed, but with this approach the project can take advantage of the Matrix Space hierarchical permissions system.
FYI the #syncthing-space:matrix.org space contains, since a few days, a new read-only room Forum Topics #syncthing-forum-topics:matrix.org, in which new topics from the forum.syncthing.net are published periodically (through a lightweight, read-only integration between [matrix] and Discourse, set up and configured by @manning-ncsa ).
a new read-only room Forum Topics #syncthing-forum-topics:matrix.org, in which new topics from the forum.syncthing.net are published periodically (through a lightweight, read-only integration between [matrix] and Discourse
Oh I see, it looks like I have joined the space but it looks just like a room so I don't know if things are working. I've sent a message also to #Zorin_OS_General:matrix.org, are you seeing it? It may be the client issue as well, so maybe I'll try element later as well.
Either way, the article you've shared is basically a rehab of things that Telegram already states in their FAQ; Something that people actually interested to find out what the usecase for something like Telegram would be would've hopefully read. And also, the first archive of the link you've sent was on April 1st 2021, making me almost immediately dismiss the credibility of this secondary source.
In other words, I don't believe you've read the article that you've linked fully, checked it's primary sources, or even read my initial thread where the only mention of Telegram was that I am an Admin of the Telegram Chat.
They also link to this post on Matrix.org from 2022 which addresses the concerns and urges users to upgrade:
Matrix.org - Upgrade now to address E2EE vulnerabilities in matrix-js-sdk, matrix-ios-sdk and matrix-android-sdk2
From what I gather, search is done server-side (so, on matrix-synapse if using this homeserver implementation) for non-encrypted channels; encrypted channels are done client-side on Element or any other client that implements it.
bridge between mattermost, IRC, gitter, xmpp, slack, discord, telegram, rocketchat, twitch, ssh-chat, zulip, whatsapp, keybase, matrix, microsoft teams, nextcloud, mumble, vk and more with REST API...
If you need further help with your LiberaChat connection, try issuing the command !help in your chat with @appservice:libera.chat. If that doesn't work, you can try asking for help in the #irc:matrix.org room, where people who maintain the IRC bridge code hang out.
Currently, only the reference Matrix homeserver Synapse is packaged for NixOS. It has an associated module exposing the services.matrix-synapse.* options. See the NixOS manual entry for a complete configuration example.
The appservice automatically creates a registration file under /var/lib/matrix-appservice-irc/registration.yml and keeps it up to date. If your homeserver is not located on the same machine and NixOS installation, you must absolutely make sure to synchronize that file over to the home server after each modification and keep both in sync.
I already subscribed to the Mastodon RSS Feed, an advantage of your own RSS Feed would be, that the RSS Feed has the Techlore Icon and you could provide directly in the RSS Feed more information instead of just a link.
In terms of bridging, I believe Pine64 uses GitHub - 42wim/matterbridge: bridge between mattermost, IRC, gitter, xmpp, slack, discord, telegram, rocketchat, twitch, ssh-chat, zulip, whatsapp, keybase, matrix, microsoft teams, nextcloud, mumble, vk and more with REST API (mattermost not required!) to bridge IRC, Discord, Telegram, and Matrix. My experience is very limited, but interacting with remote users on Discord was much better than my experiences with using Matrix.
Using a Matrix client like Element or Nheko you can simply join the LibreOffice Space ( #libreoffice-space:matrix.org ) and from there easily join the bridged LibreOffice topic IRC channels. Some native language communities also are not present on IRC but created Matrix rooms instead, or bridged Telegram groups, which are listed in the space as well.
So, we decided to use a forum instead. The Discourse is working in real time like a chat, but have a much better experience for support or troubleshooting because of possibility to have separate threads for every discussion and ability to split or join them, give links to threads and much more (voting, announcements, community-driven moderation, etc).
Wow! The process of bridging Matrix and Telegram rooms is completed. You can now read Telegram group messages in Matrix/Riot rooms and vice versa. The bridging service is available to any matrix servers. The custom server is only needed to connect the services.
Please welcome Riot/Matrix the new internet communication system. It's a software/service similar to Telegram and WhatsApp, but without phone number registration and with wonderful connection to other services feature. The Riot software we use to communicate is available gratis for web browser, GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS. The Matrix service behind the scene is the real communication protocol which is secure and universal (open, decentralized, federated, bridged). Riot/Matrix offers you end-to-end encryption as well as anonymity, federated servers, with private chats as well as group chats, and support to bots creation, and ability to read and write other networks namely Twitter, Discord, Skype, Gitter, IRC, and email and more. The naming I use here "Riot/Matrix" is an analogue to "GNU/Linux" where Riot is the software and Matrix is the service to make everything easier to understand. I will try to introduce you Riot/Matrix in a friendly manner with as little as possible saying technical things. Okay, let's dive into Riot/Matrix!
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Summary
- It's Gratis
- Download Riot
- Chatting Features
- Let's Try Chatting
- Let's Try More Chatrooms
- Let's Try IRC from Matrix
- Let's Try Other Networks from Matrix
- Let's Add More Integration
- Real World Purposes
- More and More
1. It's Gratis
Riot/Matrix is gratis.
All Riot applications are libre software (under Apache License) and you can download them gratis. Account registration is unlimited. The Matrix service is provided by the official Matrix.org and it's also gratis.
2. Download Riot
Just like Telegram or WhatsApp, Riot software is available in:
- GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS desktop
- Android phone
- iOS phone
- Web chat
3. Chatting Features
Riot/Matrix as a combination offers you exact features like what you found in Telegram or WhatsApp but with more excellent additions:
- Gratis account, no phone number required(*)
- Access from any device seamlessly (desktop, mobile, web)
- Text chat, voice and video call, unlimited
- Notifications, with granular settings
- End-to-end encryption
- Anonymity by default(*)
- Full history and full search in all groups for all members (history saved on server side)(**)
- Create unlimited groups, public or private, with full administration and privacy controls
- Unlimited group members and history(**)
- Search worldwide groups without any account(*)
- Upload files and pictures and share them (files are stored on server side(***))
- Mentions people's names, and permanent link to every public message
- Invite links (like in Telegram)
- Bots (like in Telegram)
- Bridges(*), you can read and write to other Networks from within a Matrix group (currently available bridges for Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, email, IRC, Gitter, and more)
- Integration(*), you can combine your group chat with Travis CI, GitHub, Etherpad, Google Calendar, or such online services.
(Other networks that are supported by Matrix Network, picture screenshoted from )4. Let's Try Chatting!You can start from Riot Web. It's very similar to Telegram Web or WhatsApp Web. The user interface is even very close. Don't worry, Riot itself firstly popular because of this web chat.
- Register new account
- Chat
- Upload files and pictures
- Voice and video calls
- Delete and edit messages
- Forward and share messages
- Join more groups
Go to and click Register. You will get username and password as identifier.
Login:
After successfully registered, go to and login with your username and password.
Chat:
Welcome to Riot/Matrix! For the first time you will see Riot-bot chats with you in a private group. You can try everything here.
(Riot Web joined to a chatroom)
Upload:
You can upload files, documents, pictures, audios, videos, and many more. Click the folded paper icon, number two from left.
Voice and video calls:
Click the phone or camera logo to start. Your browser will notify you about mic or cam activation.
Delete message:
Click the ellipsis (...) button and select Remove.
Forward or share message:
Click the ellipsis (...) button and select Forward and then select target group.
Share a particular message as external link:
Click the ellipsis (...) button and select Share Message. The choices are plenty: permanent URL, QR Code, Facebook, Twitter, or Email.
Join more chatrooms:
To search more chatrooms, go to Riot Directory or just click the Directory button on bottom-left. Just lick the name to join a chatroom.
(Riot/Matrix Directory showing list of chat groups)5. Let's Join More Matrix Chatrooms!
Do you know that many libre software projects now have their own Matrix chatrooms? See, for example:
- Matrix Headquarter :matrix.org
- KDE -welcome:matrix.org
- Fedora :matrix.org
- F-Droid :f-droid.org
- GamingOnLinux :matrix.org
Note that the URL of original Matrix chatrooms (not IRC's, not Slack's, not anything's else) is clear in format #chatroom:server.domain like in example #matrix:matrix.org meaning the chatroom is "#matrix" and the server is "matrix.org". If you create new chatroom, your address will also look like that.
(Riot Web joined to #matrix:matrix.org chatroom)6. Let's Join IRC Chatrooms from Matrix!
IRC and Matrix are two separate networks. But with Riot/Matrix, you can join IRC servers and chatrooms, and search and see and read-write into IRC chatrooms. Imagine you use Telegram but you can search and join WhatsApp groups and vice versa. Amazing, no? Then here are some IRC channels from the most famous Freenode server:
- Ubuntu _#Ubuntu:matrix.org
- Ubuntu Indonesia _#ubuntu-indonesia:matrix.org
- KDE _#kde:matrix.org
- GIMP _#gimp:matrix.org
- Inkscape _#inkscape:matrix.org
(Riot Web joined to #kde IRC chatroom from Freenode server)
7. Let's Join Other Networks from Matrix!
Telegram and Matrix are clearly two separate networks. Same thing goes with Slack, WhatsApp, Skype, Discord, Gitter, and others. We better call them "non-Matrix groups". The secret is, Matrix can connect you to those non-Matrix groups! The Matrix "bridge" makes this works for us: a Telegram group could be "bridged" to a Matrix group so everybody in any of both groups can read-write each others. What you post in one group will be seen by everybody in the bridged group. What needed is the admin of respective group to (1) create a Matrix group (2) add some bot into both Matrix and non-Matrix groups. If you wish you could ask your Slack group admin to create a new Matrix group and bridge Slack into Matrix. That's it! To make it easier to understand, you can join examples of Matrix groups that are "bridged" to non-Matrix groups outside.
- MatrixTelegram example: :maunium.net (see "bridged to Telegram" on top)
- MatrixGitter example: :matrix.org
- MatrixSlack example: -belgium:matrix.org
- MatrixDiscord example: :half-shot.uk
- MatrixTelegramSlackIRCDiscord example: :matrix.org
- For Telegram: see T2Bot Telegram
- For Email: see T2Bot Email
- For Discord: see T2Bot Discord
- Special for webhooks: see T2Bot Webhooks
- WhatsApp bridge -whatsapp
- Slack: see Matrix Appservice Slack -org/matrix-appservice-slack
- Gitter: see Matrix Appservice Gitter -org/matrix-appservice-gitter
- Facebook bridge -hacks/matrix-puppet-facebook
- Twitter bridge -Shot/matrix-appservice-twitter
- Mastodon bridge
- Rocket.Chat bridge -rocketchat
Riot/Matrix provides so many integration you can add into a group.
See picture above. Currently, Riot/Matrix provides things like Etherpad, Google Docs/Calendar, GitHub, Wikipedia Search, Google Image Search, RSS Feed, even Travis CI, and more (see -bots-and-bridges). It's still counting and programmers could develop custom widgets.
Now let's try to add a widget to support your team work. Etherpad is the best example.
- 1) click the 3x3 box button on the top
- 2) click Etherpad and type the name textbox
- 3) close the widget dialog
- 4) a text box widget appears on top area of group
- 5) you can write text together with group members in real-time
- 6) you can share finished text by clicking "" button
- 7) to delete Etherpad widget, click 3x3 box button again and Delete Etherpad
Here's some real life problems you may encounter and you can solve it easily now thanks to Riot/Matrix.
- Employee case: your company uses Slack to collaborate but you don't want to use Slack. Riot/Matrix is the solution: just bridge and continue your job.
- Project manager case: your team is too diverse that one member uses Slack, one uses IRC, one uses Gitter, one uses Telegram, one uses WhatsApp, and the last one uses Jitsi. Riot/Matrix is the solution: just create a Matrix room with those integration.
- Teacher case: you want to create online teaching that is simple and easy for everybody but it's flexible for you. You want an universal chatroom with calendar and unlimited student tasks upload. In short, you want an Edmodo alternative. Again, Riot/Matrix is your solution: simply add Calendar widget to group and invite all your students to join.
- IRC user case: you want to save all your chats on server side without having IRC bouncer. Plus, you want prettier user interface than common IRC clients have. The solution is clearly Riot/Matrix.
- A Telegram user case: actually it's for myself as I am teaching GNU/Linux via Telegram. I've been satisfied Telegram user since the very beginning but how if someday I need to replace it? What is the best replacement which is still libre- and privacy-respecting? My answer is Riot/Matrix.
10. A Brief About Matrix
Matrix is a protocol which unites different communication networks into one.
That's why it's called Matrix: because it's decentralized, federated, and bridged to be used by everybody. In other words, Matrix is like email. Please distinguish between Matrix and Riot here as Matrix is the protocol and Riot is the software.
- Matrix is "decentralized" in sense that no central company holds the whole connections and data --without other choices-- from the users.
- Related to internal Matrix networks, there are servers, and in them there are chatrooms. The secret is, every of different servers could connect ("federated") to other servers around the world. Users from one server could connect to users from another server. Think about email, you can always send @gmail.com mail to @hotmail.com user and vice versa, despite the servers and providers are different. Compare this to non-federated one while, for example, Twitter user can never send message to Facebook user and vice versa.
- Related to external networks, Matrix is "bridged", so users from Matrix could communicate (see, join, read, write) to other networks, among them are Telegram and Facebook.
- Matrix is an "open" protocol. Unlike Microsoft Skype, this protocol is free (libre) and gratis (without paying) for everybody to re-implement into the form of software. In this manner, it means everybody could create their own "Riot" software if they wish and won't be banned and never need to reverse engineer Matrix protocol.
- Fractal: official Matrix desktop client from GNOME. It's actively developed and can be viewed as good alternative to Riot Desktop for GNU/Linux users.
- Quaternion: cross-platform desktop Matrix client. It's developed in C++/Qt.
- Spectral: Matrix desktop client for macOS. It developed using Swift4.
- Specification of Matrix Protocol is open
- Synapse, -org/synapse, the Matrix server software, is available so you can deploy your own Matrix server and join the federation.
- Basic documentations of Matrix, Riot, Synapse are tidily collected here
- Modular.im, , a hosting service for Matrix server with Riot et. al. integration with friendly price. It's provided by Matrix developers themselves.
- Matrix FAQ, , answers many important questions such as what is federation and why Matrix is an open standard.
See the stats then.
These statistics and graphs are calculated by Voyager Project by deploying a bot to wander across Matrix chatrooms worldwide. You can help the project by donating here.
14. Donate to Matrix
- Patreon
- Liberapay
- Paypal
- Bitcoin 1LxowEgsquZ3UPZ68wHf8v2MDZw82dVmAE
- Ethereum 0xA5f9a4f9E024F6D727f7afdA9257e22329A97485
15. Donate to RiotThere is no donation information opened on Riot.im as well as Vector.im websites. There is job vacancies, though, -vector.workable.com, for you who are capable in developing Riot/Matrix. If you join them you could help the whole community.16. My Personal ThoughtsIt has been a long time since my first encounter to my favorite article about privacy/security Why privacy is more than crypto on FSF Europe website. I kept looking for libre- and privacy-oriented solution so then I found out Tox, Wire, and GNU Ring (now GNU Jami), after a long time being a satisfied Telegram user. I found Riot/Matrix for the first time at PRISM-Break Wiki and PrivacyTools.io. I got very nice stream of information about it from Trisquel GNU/Linux Forum and anything from libre distros communities. I think Matrix is what I am looking for. I really admire the wise idea: instead of making new thing, Matrix joins existed things. It tends to solve problems without creating new problem. I can recommend Matrix happily to everybody and I can say that it does not have problems they find on their existing network. Thank you all Riot and Matrix developers! Happy chatting for you all!
17. Reasons to Migrate to Riot/Matrix
You may want to read more reasons to switch to Riot/Matrix from your current ones. These links are good as starting point.
- -locke/2016-12/yet-another-messaging-platform-why-riot
- -year-using-matrix/
- -invests-5m-in-riot-im-4e3026a8bd50
- -no-more-why-you-should-use-riotim-and-matrixorg
- -no-to-slack/
- -community-chat-migration-to-riot-e6037163c2af
18. Further Readings
- -help/ "Riot FAQ and User Manual"
- "Riot uses the end-to-end encryption baked in Matrix in order to protect conversations."
- -research/matrix-olm-cryptographic-review/
- "The Audit Result"
- @RiotChat
- _implementation.html "Implementing End-to-End Encryption in Matrix clients"
- @RiotChat/exciting-new-riot-release-get-ready-for-chatting-securely-acc93ecfe0a "Riot releases end-to-end encryption: get ready to chat securely!"
- -book-matrix-and-riot-manual/6430
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