Matrix

We believe:

• People should have full control over their own communication.
• People should not be locked into centralized communication silos, but instead be free to pick who they choose to host their communication without limiting who they can reach.
• The ability to converse securely and privately is a basic human right.
• Communication should be available to everyone as a free and open, unencumbered, standard and global network.

‍The Matrix.org Foundation exists to act as a neutral custodian for Matrix and to nurture it as efficiently as possible as a single unfragmented standard, for the greater benefit of the whole ecosystem, not benefiting or privileging any single player or subset of players.

‍Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralized communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers with no single point of control. Uses include Instant Messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) signaling, Internet of Things (IoT) communication, and bridging together existing communication silos - providing the basis of a new open real-time communication ecosystem.To propose a change to the Matrix Spec, see the explanations at Proposals for Spec Changes to Matrix.

The specification consists of the following parts:

• Client-Server API
• Server-Server API
• Application Service API
• Identity Service API
• Push Gateway API
• Room Versions
• Appendices