French local authorities to deploy a ‘sovereign’ end-to-end encrypted messaging service in a move away from US big tech.

We’re delighted to announce that we’re now working with Arawa to support France's “fédération Matrix des collectivités.” Arawa has just started working with Adullact, the non-profit coordinating the ...

Join us for The Matrix Conference this October. The four day conference will take place in Malmö, Sweden. Talks will be streamed live and virtual attendees will be able to ask speakers questions.

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

If your All Chats list has grown to the point where finding anything feels like work, you're not alone. A long, flat list of rooms and DMs doesn't scale — the important conversations get buried, the n...

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

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

We're pleased that Element has been recognised as a Digital Public Good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), a multi-stakeholder initiative endorsed by the United Nations.

Element partners with CompuGroup Medical (CGM) to help build a new generation of secure, interoperable communication tools for healthcare using the open Matrix standard.

Sweden increasingly relies on Matrix for government communication. OpenMLS passes important security audit.

Tech sovereignty is Europe’s ability to act independently in the digital world by developing and controlling key technologies, data, and infrastructure, while reducing reliance on non-EU providers.

Sweden's public sector just went live with Matrix-based federation!

Nu tar offentlig sektor i Sverige ett konkret steg mot en gemensam digital kommunikationsinfrastruktur. Federation mellan Försäkringskassans chattverktyg Element och Trafikverkets Rocket.Chat. är nu i...

Seamless encrypted history sharing arrives in Element

WHO WE AREElement was founded by the team behind the Matrix protocol, a groundbreaking project redefining how the world communicates through open, secure and decentralised messaging.The mission behind...

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We are officially releasing the first version of the ESS Migration Tool.

Belgium is rolling out its own secure messaging platform, as European states step up efforts to bring sensitive communications under

Spaces have landed on Element X! Spaces bring a faster, cleaner and more intuitive way to organise conversations. Gone are the long, overwhelming room lists as you can now navigate discussions by depa...

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Meedio partners with Element to deliver sovereign communications across Europe Meedio will use Element Server Suite Pro (ESS Pro) as the server backbone for its new Matrix-based communications platfor...

It’s great to see another European government, this time Belgium, using the Matrix open standard as the foundation for digitally sovereign communications. Matrix enables digital sovereignty through de...

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is set to reshape digital product security in Europe. Applying from 2027, the CRA introduces security-by-design requirements for any product with digital elements placed...

On Monday the General Dutch ⁠Intelligence Agency (AIVD) and Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) announced a sustained Russian-backed campaign targeting Signal and WhatsApp users.  ...

At FOSDEM 2026, Neil Johnson explained why sustainability is essential for open source software - and why it matters even more for decentralised networks like Matrix.

Members of Element’s VoIP team shared a deep dive into MatrixRTC, the framework bringing real time communication natively into Matrix rooms.

(Bild: KI-generiert) Die Multi-Tenancy-Implementierung von „Synapse Pro“ durch Element hat in einem von der Gematik beauftragten Penetrationstest die Bewertung „Gut“ erhalten. Das Ergebnis wird als wi...

The Digital Omnibus: opportunities and risks for open source

Gematik’s pentest confirms ESS Pro for TI-M as a multi-tenancy server-side solution that’s ready for a TI-M Pro solution.

Digital sovereignty isn’t about buying European software - it’s about control and choice. Open source and open standards give governments the ability to operate independently, avoid vendor lock-in, an...

At FOSDEM 2026, the world’s largest open source conference, David Baker and Florian Duros presented an inside look at Element Web - from its early days to the bold plans shaping its future.

FOSDEM 2026: One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all

The Matrix protocol is being lined up as a sovereign backup to Microsoft Teams

Real time communication is mission-critical, but legacy systems and consumer apps put defence operations at risk. Here's why national security needs a different approach.

Decoding end-to-end encryption: Privacy vs. Usability. Read more about the trade-offs and how we work to solve them

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Multi-room monitoring, made simple. Element Pro Web now has Grid View, so that you can see, send and track messages across multiple rooms at once.

As limits land on some free self-hosted collaboration tools, more teams are turning to ESS Community - our free-use, open source Matrix distribution.

ESS Community Helm Chart 25.12.2 (2025-12-19) Security Fix critical security issue tracked as ELEMENTSEC-2025-1670. This release is a critical security update to address an issue affecting all ve...