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[[Category:Client_software]]
A Matrix client is a software program, often a GUI, which implements the [[Client-Server API]] specified by the [[Specification|Matrix specification]]. Messages and events are usually sent using a Matrix client.
A Matrix client is a software program, often a GUI, which implements the [[Client-Server API]] specified by the [[Specification|Matrix specification]]. Messages and events are usually sent using a Matrix client.
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=== CLI/TUI Clients ===
=== CLI/TUI Clients ===
The table below showcases which CLI and TUI clients are supported on which operating system:
The table below showcases which CLI and TUI clients are supported on which operating system.
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[[Category:Client]]
[[Category:Client-server]]

Latest revision as of 05:18, 13 April 2025

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[edit | edit source]

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 Yes
Matrix Viewer Yes
Cinny Yes Yes Yes Yes
Xinny Yes
Variance Yes
Nheko Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hydrogen Yes
FluffyChat Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fractal Yes
NeoChat Yes Yes Yes Yes
QuickMedia Yes
Thunderbird Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quadrix Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Commet Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gotktrix Yes Yes
Syphon Yes Yes Yes
Watch the Matrix WatchOS
Kazv Yes
Quaternion Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mirage Yes
Spectral Yes
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 Yes No Only Web and Desktop https://element.io/ https://github.com/element-hq/ iOS and Android editions will be replaced by Element X in the future.
Element X Swift, Kotlin Beta Yes No No No No No 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 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 No Yes No https://cinny.in/ https://github.com/cinnyapp/cinny
Xinny JavaScript Abandoned AGPL-3.0 Yes Yes No No https://github.com/array-in-a-matrix/xinny Fork of Cinny
Variance TypeScript AGPL-3.0 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 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 No No No
Nio Swift Beta HPL-2.0 No No No https://nio.chat/ https://github.com/niochat/nio
Ditto TypeScript Abandoned GPL-3.0 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
Gomuks Go Beta Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes https://github.com/tulir/gomuks/

CLI/TUI Clients[edit | edit source]

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
Iamb Yes Yes Yes Yes
Matrix-Commander
Ement.el Yes Yes Yes Yes
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
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