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The product is an end-to-end encrypted messenger and collaboration app for real-time messaging, voice and video calls built on the decentralized Matrix open standard to provide interoperable, resilient communication without vendor lock-in and with data ownership. It sells to government departments, public institutions and enterprises as well as teams and individual users needing sovereign and compliant communication. It is positioned as an open-source, open-standard alternative to proprietary vendor-locked platforms, delivered as self-hosted software or through a hosted service.

Key features

• End-to-end encryption for messages
• Federation across multiple networks
• Decentralised with no single point of failure
• Data sovereignty and ownership
• Spaces for group chat rooms
• Border gateways between networks
• Cross domain solutions for air-gapped networks
• Device verification and revocation
• Unlimited 1:1 and group voice and video calls
• Bridges, bots and widgets for collaboration
• LDAP/AD authentication
• Single Sign-On via OIDC
• Advanced Identity and Access Management
• In-room auditing and reporting
• Retention policies for messages and media
• Data export and migration
• Admin interface single pane of glass
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified
• WCAG AA 2.2 accessibility compliance
• Long Term Support releases every 6 months