Client

A Matrix client is a software program, often a GUI, which implements the Client-Server API specified by the Matrix specification. Messages and events are usually sent using a Matrix client.

GUI Clients

Table below lists Matrix clients with which operating systems or platforms supported.

Platform support

Client	PC/desktop				Mobile		Web	Others
	Windows	macOS	Linux	BSD	Android	iOS
Element	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Element X					Yes	Yes
Beeper	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
SchildiChat	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes
SchildiChat Next					Yes
BeboConnect	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Matrix Static							Web
Matrix Viewer							Web
Cinny	Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes
Xinny							Yes
Variance							Yes
Nheko	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
Hydrogen							Yes
FluffyChat			Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Fractal			Yes
NeoChat	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
QuickMedia			Yes
Thunderbird	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
Quadrix	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Commet	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Gotktrix			Yes	BSD
Syphon			Yes		Yes	Yes
Watch the Matrix								WatchOS
Kazv			Yes
Quaternion	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
Mirage			Yes
Spectral				BSD
SmallTalk					Yes
Chooj								KaiOS
Tensor	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Ma's Trix								fx-CG50
Nio						Yes
Ditto					Yes	Yes	Yes
Neo							Yes
Scylla							Yes
Continuum		Yes	Yes
Seaglass		Yes

The table below lists graphical clients with their supported features:

Feature matrix

Client	Language	Development Cycle	License	E2EE	Voice over IP (VoIP)	Spaces	Threads	Single Sign On (SSO)	Multi-Account	Localization	Custom Image Reactions	Custom Text Reactions	Sliding Sync	Website	Source Code	Comments
Element	TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin	Stable		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes	No	Only Web and Desktop	https://element.io/	https://github.com/element-hq/	Will be replaced by Element X in the future.
Element X	Swift, Kotlin	Beta		Yes	No	No	No	No	No	style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes	No	Yes	https://element.io/	https://github.com/element-hq/
Beeper														https://www.beeper.com/		Can only be used with Beeper's homeserver.
BeboConnect														https://beboconnect.com/		Based off of Element
SchildiChat	TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin	Stable		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes	Yes	No	https://schildi.chat/	https://github.com/SchildiChat/	Fork of Element. Will be replaced by SchildiChat Next.
SchildiChat Next	Kotlin	Beta		Yes									Yes	https://schildi.chat/	https://github.com/SchildiChat/	Fork of Element X
Matrix Static	Go	Abandoned	Apache-2.0	No	No			No	No					https://view.matrix.org/	https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-static	Deprecated in favor of Matrix Viewer.
Matrix Viewer	JavaScript	Stable	Apache-2.0	No	No			No	No						https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-viewer
Cinny	TypeScript	Stable	AGPL-3.0	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	style="background:#FFC7C7;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No	Yes	No	https://cinny.in/	https://github.com/cinnyapp/cinny
Xinny	JavaScript	Abandoned	AGPL-3.0	Yes						style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes	No	No		https://github.com/array-in-a-matrix/xinny	Fork of Cinny
Variance	TypeScript		AGPL-3.0	Yes						style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes	Yes	No	https://variance.matdoes.dev/	https://github.com/mat-1/variance/	Fork of Cinny
Nheko	C++	Stable		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	No
Hydrogen				Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	style="background:#9EFF9E;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes	No	No
FluffyChat				Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes			No
Fractal				Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes			No
NeoChat				Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes			No
Quickmedia													No
Thunderbird				Yes	No	No		Yes	Yes	Yes			No
Quadrix				No	No	No		No	No	No			No
Commet				Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes			No
Gotkrix				No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No			No
Syphon				Yes	No	No		Yes	Yes	Yes			No
Watch the Matrix				No	No	No		No	No	Yes			No
Kazv				Yes	No	No		No	No	Yes			No
Quaternion				No	No	No		Yes	Yes	No			No
Mirage													No
Spectral													No
SmallTalk													No
Chooj	TypeScript		Mixed	No	Yes								No		https://github.com/farooqkz/chooj
Tensor	C++	Abandoned	GPL-3.0										No		https://github.com/davidar/tensor
Ma's Trix	C	Alpha		No	No					style="background:#FFC7C7;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No	No	No
Nio	Swift	Beta	HPL-2.0							style="background:#FFC7C7;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No	No	No	https://nio.chat/	https://github.com/niochat/nio	No active development
Ditto	TypeScript	Abandoned	GPL-3.0							style="background:#FFC7C7;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No	No	No	https://www.dittochat.org/	https://gitlab.com/ditto-chat/ditto
Neo	JavaScript	Abandoned	AGPL-3.0										No	https://neo.pixie.town/	https://git.pixie.town/neo/neo
Scylla	Elm	Abandoned	MIT										No	https://scylla.danilafe.com/login	https://github.com/DanilaFe/Scylla
Continuum	Kotlin	Abandoned	GPL-3.0										No		https://github.com/koma-im/continuum-desktop
Seaglass	Swift	Abandoned	GPL-3.0										No		https://github.com/neilalexander/seaglass?tab=readme-ov-file

CLI/TUI Clients

The table below showcases which CLI and TUI clients are supported on which operating system:

Platform support

Client	PC/desktop				Mobile		Web	Others
	Windows	macOS	Linux	BSD	Android	iOS
Mnotify
Gomuks	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iamb	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
Matrix-Commander
Ement.el	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
Miitrix								Nintendo 3DS
Miitrix-NX								Nintendo Switch
Mnotify

The table below lists CLI and TUI clients with their supported features:

Feature matrix

Client	Language	Development Cycle	License	E2EE	Voice over IP (VoIP)	Spaces	Threads	Single Sign On (SSO)	Multi-Account	Localization	Website	Source Code	Comments
Mnotify
Gomuks				Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Iamb				Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Matrix-Commander				Yes	No	No		Yes	No	No
Mnotify	Rust		MIT	No	No	No		No	No	No		https://github.com/rumpelsepp/mnotify
Ement.el
Miitrix	C++		Apache-2.0									https://github.com/Sorunome/miitrix
Miitrix-NX	C++		Apache-2.0									https://github.com/RoblKyogre/miitrix-nx	Fork of Miitrix