Clients Matrix
To connect to the Matrix federation, you will use a client. These are some of the most popular Matrix clients available today, and more are available at try-matrix-now. To get started using Matrix, pick a client and join #matrix:matrix.org
Select your platform:
Platform Availability
| Riot Web/Desktop | Riot iOS | Riot Android | Quaternion | nheko Reborn | Fractal | Spectral | uMatriks | Seaglass | FluffyChat | weechat-matrix | gomuks | Pattle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Android | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| iOS | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Ubuntu Touch | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| Web | ✓ |
Details
| Riot Web/Desktop | Riot iOS | Riot Android | Quaternion | nheko Reborn | Fractal | Spectral | uMatriks | Seaglass | FluffyChat | weechat-matrix | gomuks | Pattle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repo | github.com | github.com | github.com | github.com | github.com | gitlab.gnome.org | gitlab.com | github.com | github.com | gitlab.com | github.com | github.com | git.pattle.im |
| Matrix Room | #riot:matrix.org | #riot:matrix.org | #quotient:matrix.org | #nheko-reborn:matrix.org | #fractal-gtk:matrix.org | #spectral:encom.eu.org | #seaglass:matrix.org | #fluffychat:matrix.org | #gomuks:maunium.net | #app:pattle.im | |||
| Language | JavaScript | Objective-C | Java | C++/QML | C++/Qt | Rust | C++/QML | C++/QML | Swift | QML | Python | Go | Dart |
| SDK | matrix-js-sdk, matrix-react-sdk | matrix-ios-sdk | matrix-android-sdk | Quotient | Quotient | libqmatrixclient | matrix-ios-sdk | matrix-nio | mautrix-go | matrix-dart-sdk |
Features
| Riot Web/Desktop | Riot iOS | Riot Android | Quaternion | nheko Reborn | Fractal | Spectral | uMatriks | Seaglass | FluffyChat | weechat-matrix | gomuks | Pattle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room directory | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Room tag showing | ✓ | Predefined | Predefined | ✓ | ✓ | Predefined | Predefined | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Room tag editing | ✓ | Predefined | Predefined | ✓ | ✗ | Predefined | Predefined | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Search joined rooms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Partial | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Room user list | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Display Room Description | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Edit Room Description | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Highlights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Pushrules | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Send read markers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Display read markers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only own | ✓ | ✗ | Only own | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sending Invites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Only when creating room |
| Accepting Invites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Typing Notification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| E2E | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Text only | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Replies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Display only |
| Attachment uploading | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Attachment downloading | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Images | ✗ |
| Send stickers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Send formatted messages markdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Rich Text Editor for formatted messages | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Display formatted messages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redacting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Display only |
| Multiple Matrix Accounts | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| New user registration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| voip | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
