Element
Provides secure collaboration with end-to-end encryption, supporting chat, voice, and video calls. Available on all major platforms, it enables digital sovereignty with a decentralized design and interoperability through bridges to systems like Slack and Teams. Includes enterprise-grade SaaS.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Matrix.org
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
- Snapcraft
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Clean design
- Lightweight
Features
- End-to-End Encryption
- Decentralized
- Federated
- Team Collaboration
- Encrypted Chat
- Video Calling
- Matrix Protocol
- Voice Chat
- Direct Messaging
- Federation
- Cross-Platform
- Simple installation
- Cloud Hosting
- No Tracking
- Community-based
- Dark Mode
- Text chat
- Encrypted calls
- Add-ons
- VoiP Calls
- Per-room avatars
- Multiple languages
- Custom widgets
- Voice messages
- Ad-free
- Self-hosted search
- Cloud Sync
- Real time collaboration
- File Versioning
- Support for MarkDown
- Support for @mentions
- Two-factor Authentication
- DRM Free
- Multi Device Support
- Mobile friendly
- Moderation tools
- Web-Based
- LDAP support
- Read receipts
- User mentions
Slack integration- Message redaction
- Simple import
- File Sending
- Video Conferencing
- Encrypted VoIP calls
- Typing notifications
- User Management
Active Directory integration- Chat Bot
- Server Moderation
- Server side history
GitHub Integration- Integrated File Sharing
- Audio Conferencing
Tags
- Security & Privacy
- Video Chat
- FOSS
- Enterprise
- Live Chat
- Bridging
- Encrypted
- Decentralised Encrypted Chat
- secure-messaging
- digital-sovereignty
- Matrix
- interoperability
- Matrix Client
- Chat Rooms
- data-sovereignty
- workplace-messenger
- unifiedpush-compatible
- on-premise
- decentralised-messaging
Element News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Element Pro
Element launches Element Pro, a Matrix-based enterprise messaging client for organizationsElement has launched Element Pro, a new Matrix-based frontend messaging client designed for workpla...
- Maoholguin published news article about Element
Element Web and Desktop add redesigned room list with new filters & clearer notificationsElement Web and Desktop have received a major interface update with a redesigned room list inspired...
- Maoholguin published news article about Element X
Element X is now available on the long-term support version 24.10 of ESSThe Element Server Suite (ESS) has released its latest Long-Term Support version, 24.10, including ...
Recent activities
- sebastianpaczoski updated Element
- Vartmor liked Element
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What is Element?
Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) secure collaboration and messaging app.
It provides instant messaging, voice and video calls, screen sharing and file sharing; for 1:1s to huge chat rooms. It’s available to use across Web, Android, iOS, macOS, Windows & Linux.
Its decentralised design delivers digital sovereignty, enabling deployment on-premise or through any cloud provider.
Element Matrix Services (EMS) is the most popular SaaS for corporate use of Element. EMS provides fast performance and enterprise-grade add-ons.
Being Matrix-based, Element provides interoperability between traditional siloed apps. It can bridge into proprietary ‘walled garden’ systems such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Discord to enable easy connections between different organisations.
End-to-end encryption is provided by default to keep users’ conversations and files safe. Cross-signed device verification uses QR codes or emoji comparisons to guard against imposters and eavesdropping.
Element is built on the 
Matrix open standard which provides bridges to other systems such as Slack, IRC and a lot more soon.
Element information
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Element Licensing
Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free Personal product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $3 and $4 per month.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.4Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
This excellent project is in beta but it has already the following features:
It's exciting to see what this will be in a year from now. There are still a few niggles to sort out:
*Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't have to be like that. Turtl and other show text in encrypted clients can be searchable. Have an index file, decrypt it locally and search it locally. Don't understand why it's not done more often.
Also, I'm quietly hoping that ghastly green colour won't be the default and put people off. (Don't worry - you can pick different colours for different rooms.)
Does it have Team Viewer-like remote control, Teams-like file history and ability to lock contact lists, i.e. contacts controlled by admin only? Looking for something for a little business.
#coth -no, it has no remote control (yet), but Wire has (or only viewer, i am not sure) try it
Actually i think it is very complicated for skype-like users.
I hope they change something on it to be more efficient.
Are you ignoring the null key of RC4 cipher used by Skype for years?
Microsoft monitoring doesn't bother you?
I don' use Skype or M$. I was talking about their users.
Since (15.07.2020) Riot updated to Element, verification participant and UI are much better now. Its worth a second look!
@relaud
Yeah i've seen that, nicely done. I hope they do something about the database 'cleanup' too.
It uses the Matrix protocol, which along with XMPP and email, sppear to be the only interoperable and decentralised communication protocols. The Element Matrix clients have encryption, video calling and cross platform support so it's simpler for people to adopt.
with a unique interface and growing features. It integrates with services like Discord and Telegram, but currently has fewer features than the desktop client.
It has many features, doesn't require a phone number and decentralized.
I use Element X on my phone and the UI is great.
Element is a messaging app. Is it compatible with regular SMS messaging? I searched for SMS in the knowledge base, but I didn't get any results.
https://ems-docs.element.io/
Instant messenger with the best privacy/security vs. usability ratio