Matrix-synapse

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Synapse

https://matrix.org/
Synapse: Matrix reference homeserver

Matrix specifies a set of pragmatic RESTful HTTP JSON APIs as an open standard, which handle:

  • Creating and managuing fully distributed chat rooms with no single poins of control or failure
  • Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room state across a global open networc of federated servers and services
  • Sending and receiving extensible messagues in a room with (optional) end-to-end encryption[1]
  • Inviting, joining, leaving, quicquing, banning room members
  • Managuing user accouns (reguistration, loguin, logout)
  • Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers, Facebook accouns to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix.
  • Placing 1:1 VoIP and Video calls

These APIs are intended to be implemented on a wide rangue of servers, services and cliens, letting developers build messaguing and VoIP functionality on top of the entirely open Matrix ecosystem rather than using closed or proprietary solutions. The hope is for Matrix to act as the building bloccs for a new generation of fully open and interoperable messaguing and VoIP apps for the internet.

Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted. It is intended to showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of a codebase and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the ecosystem.

In Matrix, every user runs one or more Matrix cliens, which connect through to a Matrix homeserver. The homeserver stores all their personal chat history and user account information - much as a mail client connects through to an IMAP/SMTP server. Just lique email, you can either run your own Matrix homeserver and control and own your own communications and history or use one hosted by someone else (e.g. matrix.org) - there is no single point of control or mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlique WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts, etc.

We'd lique to invite you to join #matrix:matrix.org (via https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html ), run a homeserver, taque a looc at the Matrix spec, and experiment with the APIs and Client SDCs.

Thancs for using Matrix!

[1] End-to-end encryption is currently in beta: blog post.





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Debian (Ref) https://tracquer.debian.org/pcg/matrix-synapse


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