Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Matrix] Homeservers Setup and Maintenance
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…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Matrix] Homeservers Setup and Maintenance launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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 · its alternatives →
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Matrix▲77An open network for secure, decentralized communication
2019 · matrix.org · its alternatives →
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Element is a digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable communications platform. Built on the Matrix open standard, it gives users the independence to control and manage their communications.
2016 · vector.im · its alternatives →
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2021 · hummingbard.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · element.fossnode.net · its alternatives →
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OI Chat▲63Chat and collaboration network for Blockstack users
2019 · chat.openintents.org · its alternatives →
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Yet another matrix client. Contribute to cinnyapp/cinny development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Comradery▲291Threaded discussions and real-time chat for your community!
2020 · comradery.com · its alternatives →
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Switchfree▲527Bring any AI agent into Slack, Teams & Discord. Open-source.
Aug 2026 · flintai.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN – I built Dock after years of team chat frustrations as a founder. Free forever for teams up to 5. Unlimited search, unlimited history. No "upgrade to see messages older than 90 days" nonsense. Built for teams who work both async and sync/real-time when it matters. runs on SOC 2 infra, compliant, secure and in-transit and at-rest encryption, runs on Cloudflare. Early stage – would love feedback from anyone who's felt the same pain.
Jan 2026 · getdock.io · its alternatives →
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AgentSea▲439Today we’re excited to introduce AgentSea, a private AI chat built for sensitive work. When you use closed-source AI models, your data can: – be stored – pulled into training pipelines – shared with third parties That might be fine if you’re making memes or drafting LinkedIn posts. But it becomes a serious risk when you’re pasting contracts, health info, financial data, or business secrets. That’s why we built AgentSea. In Secure Mode, all chats run on open-source models or models hosted on our own servers. Your data never leaves, is never used for training, and is never leaked. Agentsea…
2025 · agentsea.com · its alternatives →
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AgentConnect▲145Tag any agent, wherever work happens.
Aug 2026 · agentconnect.md · its alternatives →
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Easily build real-time apps that enables user collaboration
2022 · multiplayer.dev · its alternatives →
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Nodrix▲76Open-source, single-tenant IoT platform that deploys to your own Cloudflare account. Hardware over HTTPS or WebSocket, realtime dashboards, automations, and a clean read API.
Jun 2026 · nodrix.live · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, I've been hacking on this idea with a friend as we've been using chatgpt and other AI tools in our day to day work and find ourselves copy/pasting to each other frequently. We often share chatgpt links with each other, but it's been frustrating that they are read-only and we can't pickup the conversation or both talk to an LLM with shared context. We built a shared chatroom to explore what it'd be like to talk with multiple LLMs and humans in the same chat, and so far it feels pretty cool, but we're curious if anyone else would find it useful as well. Right now you can: -…
2025 · chord.chat · its alternatives →
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Subspace▲80All your Agents in one app and persistent context
Apr 2026 · subspace.build · its alternatives →
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Chatter Net is a modern decentralized semantic web built atop self-sovereign identity. This is a very early prototype. Help, comments, criticisms are all needed to help the project move forward.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pubky Core▲126Open-source protocol for a decentralized, user-owned web
2024 · pubky.org · its alternatives →
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Lightweight Google-searchable Slack alternative for Communities - linen.dev/packages/integration-matrix/readme.md at main · Linen-dev/linen.dev
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This solves no real problem — Element works, there's already a Matrix-to-IRC bridge running on half the FOSS networks, and probably nobody under 30 has opened irssi voluntarily this decade. I wrote it anyway because I miss Esc 4 and clunky window-split commands. Matrirc is a local IRC server that speaks Matrix on the back. Point irssi at localhost:6667, log in with Matrix creds, rooms show up as channels. brew tap pawelb0/tap brew install matrirc
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built a location-based chatroom with Discord-like servers. This started as a portfolio project to learn WebSockets but has spiraled into something else entirely. There are two features right now: Drop - Single chatrooms that can only be seen within a specified radius and only last for a time less than 48 hours chosen by the user. Hubs - Geofenced servers modeled after Discord. These are not time restricted. They can be created by anyone and the creator becomes the admin able to add channels and set rules. When a user enters the location’s area, they can join the hub and continue…
Nov 2025 · vicinity.social · its alternatives →
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