"FOSDEM 2026 Amid growing interest in digital sovereignty and getting data out of the corporate cloud and into organizations' ownership, the Matrix open communication protocol is thriving. The project was co-founded by Matthew Hodgson and Amandine le Pape, and The Reg FOSS desk met both at this year's FOSDEM for a chat about what's happening with Matrix. The Register has covered Matrix and its commercial Element side quite a few times over the years,"
"The Matrix project has two main public faces: Matrix.org represents the nonprofit foundation behind the Matrix protocol, while Element (formerly Vector and later Riot) is the name of the client app. Element the company, originally called New Vector Ltd, was spun out of Amdocs in 2017. A for-profit business, it rebranded as Element in 2020. Element.io provides both client apps and server software that run the Matrix protocol."
Matrix is an open communication protocol co-founded by Matthew Hodgson and Amandine le Pape. Matrix separated from telecoms vendor Amdocs in 2014. Two public faces exist: Matrix.org, the nonprofit foundation, and Element, the client app and company spun out in 2017 and rebranded as Element in 2020. Element.io offers FOSS client apps and server software alongside paid commercial products such as Element Pro and the Element Server Suite Pro. The open protocol allows alternative implementations, and Thunderbird added native Matrix support in version 102 (2022). Growing EU interest in digital sovereignty has increased adoption and visibility for Matrix.
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