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FOSDEM event "Adding Matrix for interoperability to existing chat apps"

Will Hunt and Eric Eastwood

Type devroom

How we added Gitter to Matrix, and how you can join too.

Starts on day 1 (2021-02-06) at 10:25 (Brussels time, UTC+1) in room Rtc (duration 00:25)

Matrix room #rtc:fosdem.org

Matrix (https://matrix.org) is an open protocol for secure, decentralised communication - defining an end-to-end-encrypted real-time communication layer for the open Web. Historically the network has been made up of newly written native Matrix clients, or bridges to 3rd party existing chat systems (e.g. Slack, Discord, Telegram).

This year, however, we added production-grade native Matrix support for the first time to a major 3rd party chat system: Gitter (https://gitter.im) over the course of about 5 weeks. This talk will explain how we did it it, and show how easily other existing chat systems can extend their reach into the whole Matrix ecosystem; breaking open those walled gardens forever.

FOSDEM schedule page