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
| | weechat-matrix | Element Web/Desktop | Element (Android) | Spectral | Element (iOS) | gomuks | Quaternion | matrixcli | nheko Reborn | Ditto Chat | Mirage | Fractal | Nio | Pattle | FluffyChat | Seaglass | Miitrix |
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| Linux | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | | | | |
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | | | ✓ | |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | | | | | | | | |
| Android | | | ✓ | | | | | | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | ✓ | | |
| iOS | | | | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | |
| Ubuntu Touch | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Web | | ✓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ | | |
| Nintendo 3DS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ✓ |
Details
Features
| | weechat-matrix | Element Web/Desktop | Element (Android) | Spectral | Element (iOS) | gomuks | Quaternion | matrixcli | nheko Reborn | Ditto Chat | Mirage | Fractal | Nio | Pattle | FluffyChat | Seaglass | Miitrix | |
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| Room directory | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Room directory |
| Room tag showing | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Room tag showing |
| Room tag editing | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Room tag editing |
| Search joined rooms | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Search joined rooms |
| Room user list | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Room user list |
| Display Room Description | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Display Room Description |
| Edit Room Description | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Edit Room Description |
| Highlights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Highlights |
| Pushrules | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Pushrules |
| Send read markers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Send read markers |
| Display read markers | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Display read markers |
| Sending Invites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Sending Invites |
| Accepting Invites | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Accepting Invites |
| Typing Notification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Typing Notification |
| E2E | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | E2E |
| Replies | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Replies |
| Attachment uploading | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Attachment uploading |
| Attachment downloading | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Attachment downloading |
| Send stickers | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Send stickers |
| Send formatted messages markdown | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Send formatted messages markdown |
| Rich Text Editor for formatted messages | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Rich Text Editor for formatted messages |
| Display formatted messages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | Display formatted messages |
| Redacting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Redacting |
| Multiple Matrix Accounts | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Multiple Matrix Accounts |
| New user registration | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | New user registration |
| voip | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | voip |
| Reactions | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Reactions |
| Message editing | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Message editing |
| Room upgrades | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Room upgrades |
| Localisations | ✗ | 10 | 10 | ✗ | 10 | 1 | ✗ | ✗ | 9 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | 3 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Localisations |
| SSO Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | SSO Support |
