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An open network for secure, decentralized communication

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   Matrix-CRDT – real-time collaborative apps using Matrix as backend▲320

   Hi HN! Matrix-CRDT connects the worlds of Yjs [1] (a proven, high performance CRDT) with that of Matrix.org [2]. It started as an experiment, asking myself; can we store "state updates of a datastore" in Matrix instead of chat messages? Now, I'm convinced it's actually a really powerful combination to develop real-time, collaborative software. I'm using it for a new project and so far didn't have to write a backend yet. Matrix takes care of a lot of stuff: Authentication, E2EE, federation, hosting, etc. - so I can focus on the client. I love the ideas of Local First [3] software. Personally,…

   2022 · github.com

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   Strix▲186

   Open-source AI hackers for your apps

   Oct 2025

3. 3MH
   Matrix] Homeservers Setup and Maintenance▲5

   Hi Hacker News, Preamble: Matrix [0] is a protocol for real-time communication, most known as secure federated chat with client named "element". If you want to join Matrix you may use any public server, but any features, bridges, integrations, etc. configured by server admin, so if you want to add/change or remove something, you can't do that. In most cases, it's question about bridges - like slack, telegram, discord, facebook messenger, etc. That's why I started https://etke.cc/ What is it? Actually, it's html form ( https://etke.cc/#contact ) where you…

   2021

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   Fossnode – Free Matrix server for free and open source projects▲52

   2020 · element.fossnode.net

5. 5AW
   A web-based matrix client: Cinny▲163

   2021 · github.com

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   Pubky Core▲126

   Open-source protocol for a decentralized, user-owned web

   2024

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   Swetrix▲85

   Ultimate open-source analytics to satisfy all your needs

   2022

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   MiMo Code▲117

   A coding agent with explicit long-term memory architecture

   Jun 2026

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   Strix Agents▲98

   AI Hackers to secure your vibe-coded apps

   Apr 2026

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    Phase▲159

    Open-source secrets management for developers

    2023

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    Nodrix▲76

    Your own IoT cloud, deployed to your Cloudflare account

    Jun 2026

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    Comma Neo▲227

    Open source self-driving car platform

    2016

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    MatrixEase▲83

    A visualization and analysis tool for large matrix data

    2022

14. 14VA
    Vector: a Matrix-powered open-source collaboration Web/Android/iOS app▲186

    2016 · vector.im

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    OpenBox▲171

    See, verify, and govern every agent action.

    Apr 2026

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    OpenWork▲61

    Open-source Claude Work alternative, powered by OpenCode

    Jan 2026

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    A2A Protocol▲109

    Open standard for AI Agent2Agent collaboration

    2025

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    ROMA▲121

    The backbone for open-source meta-agents

    Sep 2025

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    Matrix Playground▲161

    A glimpse inside the Matrix

    2021

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    Numa▲165

    A federated social network, built on Ethereum and IPFS.

    2018

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    Matrix, a fast and flexible blogging engine▲7

    Still pretty rough ... Emphasizes: 1) Simple, no-frill dashboard for managing posts (files). 2) Lightweight markdown editor 3) Relationships: taxonomy (file tagging) and fast linking (content to other posts) Some of the important key bindings I have are ctrl+c for code, ctrl-L for linking text to other posts. Right now this is baked in but I'd want to allow users to customize it. It's still pretty beta but let me know what ya'll think! Here's the github page if you want to help out: https://github.com/keera/matrix

    2014 · ec2-54-83-122-123.compute-1.amazonaws.com

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    Ring▲83

    A free software for distributed and secured communication

    2015

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    TankWork▲53

    Framework to deploy desktop computer-use agents

    2025

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    AgentConnect▲145

    Tag any agent, wherever work happens.

    28d ago · agentconnect.md

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