<div dir="ltr"><div><div>You guys may have noticed the "call to arms" post on Reddit1 and HackerNews2 where users can start supporting the development of the federated Matrix3 chat/team collaboration system. If you haven't kicked the tires, it's a fast developing platform that stands to possibly match the feature set of Slack and other networks, in an open, decentralized system. <br><br>Interestingly, it bridges transparently with many IRC networks and Slack rooms, so you may already be chatting with people on Matrix without knowing it (in fact, in a few cases, IRC users may be talking with Slack users over Matrix without either knowing it). Many more bridges are being worked on, including one that federates directly with XMPP. The "flagship" client is Riot (formerly Vector), and you can, for example, join the #kwlug IRC channel (Freenode) by opening the following in a web browser: <a href="https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#kwlug:matrix.org">https://riot.im/app/#/room/#freenode_#kwlug:matrix.org</a><br><br></div>Even if you don't use all the features of Matrix, Riot already works well as a web-based IRC client with built in bouncer (for those networks that are bridged).<br><br>1. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6ltmm9/a_call_to_arms_supporting_matrixorg/">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6ltmm9/a_call_to_arms_supporting_matrixorg/</a><br>2. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14717965">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14717965</a><br></div>3. <a href="https://matrix.org">https://matrix.org</a><br><div><div><div><div> <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Enjoy your morning folks!<br></div></div>
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