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A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

125 mentions on Hacker News by 68 people: 6 stories, 119 comments · first 2017-02-14 · latest 2026-04-15

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  1. …is open source. https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse The Element client is also open source. https://github.com/element-hq/element-web It does not actually need to be configured in a federated state and frankly scales better when it's…
    comment by hparadiz · 2026-02-13 · in Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification
  2. …breaks constantly. Right now I’m stuck in a fun loop of endlessly changing recovery keys: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/31392
    comment by goldsteinq · 2025-12-28 · in Gpg.fail
  3. …that Element Web has issues (i'm currently having to run a custom fork to stop it OOMing thanks to https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/27983#issue... ); hopefully switching to matrix-rust-sdk will be a huge improvement;…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-12-24 · in Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)
  4. …on matrix-js-sdk for encrypting room state (currently behind a labs flag on Element Web: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/blob/develop/docs/... ). Meanwhile more radical proposals like MSC4256 (…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-12-24 · in Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)
  5. …my job is mad about the remove of these "duplicative" metaspaces. Here's a GitHub issue about it: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/30849 I am a UI dev and I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but after using…
    comment by dcre · 2025-09-25 · in New Element Web and Desktop apps
  6. …of wehter the user posting the image is from my own home server or another one. Invite issue: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/29028 And several ones opened against synapse, but as it happens a fix was finally merged a day…
    comment by iforgotpassword · 2025-07-23 · in Giving Up on Element and Matrix.org
  7. …not shipping it in the first place. I actually wrote the notification panel in the first place: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/pull/2113 and when we shipped it, it worked fine. However, this was 2016, before Matrix had E2EE…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-06-27 · in Matrix v1.15
  8. …can't view any newly uploaded media from the web client. Here is the web implementation of MSC3916: https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/pull/27326
    comment by dkasak · 2025-02-27 · in Matrix Foundation to shut down bridges if it doesn't raise $100K
  9. …empty, text suddenly randomly overlaid on other text, randomly missing scroll bars, etc. 1: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/24392
    comment by reducible · 2023-09-21 · in Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
  10. …conclude that next week by moving everything into the matrix-rust-sdk crypto crate implmentation: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/21972#issuec... is the tracker. Then, we can address the harder server-controlled group…
    comment by Arathorn · 2023-09-21 · in Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
  11. …to the same rust implementation as Element X, hopefully next week - you can track the progress at https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/21972#issuec... . Hopefully this will make a much-needed massive improvement on encryption,…
    comment by Arathorn · 2023-09-21 · in Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
  12. …integrated jitsi meet call. It looks like some sort of prototype has been merged to develop though: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/21476
    comment by moojd · 2023-06-22 · in Revolt: FOSS Discord Alternative
  13. …updated too many times now for any user to downgrade to an old enough version - tough luck! [1] https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues?q=is%3Aissue... [2] https://github.com/flathub/im.riot.Riot/issues?q=is%3Aissue+...
    comment by UltimateEdge · 2023-02-24 · in KDE and GNOME seeks $100k to turn Flathub into a Store for the Linux desktop
  14. …(To be specific, the spec technically does provide a way, but clients use it for filenames instead: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/22100#issuec... ) > SSO access control; you just can't do that in a nice way if the client…
    comment by progval · 2023-02-15 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  15. https://github.com/vector-im/element-web
    comment by cp9 · 2023-02-14 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  16. …freely). You probably want to read the open-source software's installation instructions at: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web TLDR, check out the project, run `yarn install`, then edit the config file, then `yarn build`. And, yes,…
    comment by derin · 2023-02-13 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  17. …you're still hitting it, given encryption in Matrix is pretty stable these days. If you can file a bug on github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues (or element-ios or element-android, depending on what platform you're using) with the full…
    comment by Arathorn · 2022-11-18 · in The decentralized web and the future of Section 230
  18. …filed already which I think sounds similar enough, and from the referenced it obviously scales: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/20431 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/20143 I think the reason you don't see…
    comment by Legogris · 2022-07-14 · in Element (Matrix) launches Chatterbox, end-to-end encrypted embedded chat
  19. …Element Web and Synapse landed an hour ago: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/2524 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/pull/22242 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/13273
    comment by Arathorn · 2022-07-14 · in Element (Matrix) adds video/voice rooms
  20. …drivers; especially anything NVIDIA. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30983400 [1] https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/21147
    comment by rvz · 2022-07-08 · in Are We Wayland Yet?
  21. …be Linux, element-desktop, account with large amount of rooms. Been like this for a while now. [0]: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/21147
    comment by Legogris · 2022-07-07 · in Element (Matrix) launches Chatterbox, end-to-end encrypted embedded chat
  22. Ah, the joy of open source. Of the 20K issues on https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues i can only find one where someone (indirectly) asked for this: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/17072 . And it has no upvotes…
    comment by Arathorn · 2022-05-01 · in Adopting Matrix at the Gnome Foundation
  23. …threads immensely. Maybe i should toy with making my own Matrix client or something, heh. edit : https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349 looks like it might exist in some beta form. Depending on the client heh
    comment by lijogdfljk · 2022-03-05 · in Native Matrix VoIP with Element Call
  24. …I just thought of the single problem that I have with it - it doesn't support multiple identities. https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2320 Other than that it works great though.
    comment by brokenmachine · 2022-02-20 · in Ask HN: Why is MS Teams so slow, do devs test Teams on less powerful machines?
  25. …20046, 20005, 19929, 18458, 17838, 17218. Also there is this closed bug still attracting comments: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/15500#issuec... . As much as I hate NPS scores in the industry, I think these bugs are…
    comment by ldarby · 2022-01-11 · in Stories Are Coming to Signal
  26. …team for making a dream about decentralized www come true! But I have a great pain with that bug: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/469 Everytime I’m fighting with myself to not be sarcastic when speaking about this issue,…
    comment by onefootincode · 2021-12-22 · in This Year in Matrix
  27. …deployment. The underlying bug (i.e. don't validate the config until the user tries to log in) is https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11655 , and it simply hasn't got to the top of the list yet; we've been focusing on narrowing…
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-11-18 · in XMPP, a comeback story
  28. …it defaults to the client default. if you host your own Element-web instance you can change this. https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/blob/develop/docs/c... Or check out ma1sd. You don’t need to enable all the bells and whistles if…
    comment by 3np · 2021-11-18 · in XMPP, a comeback story
  29. …it checked the integration manager even if you weren't using it. This was fixed in June 2019 ( https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/6802 ). * Element has to query your server to find out what authentication mechanisms are…
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-11-17 · in XMPP, a comeback story
  30. I think this one is also pretty bad. And years later still not fixed. https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2527 In short? When you look at a room, your client sends a (public) read receipt. So stalkers get near-realtime data on…
    comment by foxfluff · 2021-11-04 · in Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019)
  31. …not been much progress on them unfortunately: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/1769 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11655 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2320…
    comment by ajvs · 2021-11-04 · in Notes on privacy and data collection of Matrix.org (2019)
  32. sneak’s pet issue is https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11655 : that element web assumes that you want to log into the matrix.org homeserver by default unless you change its config to default to a different one. The libremonde…
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-10-26 · in Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place
  33. …sidebar loud and clear. It wasn't a blocker for leaving Beta, but we are tracking that request in https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/18898
    comment by callahad · 2021-09-28 · in Spaces launch in Element
  34. …the unverified receivers only see an obscure error message. For more details, see my issue report: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/18255 Also +1 on Element's terrible UI and UX. It was designed by programmers instead of UI…
    comment by justshowpost · 2021-07-27 · in Element raises $30M to boost Matrix
  35. …about is that Element Web's default config specifies the identity lookup server at vector.im: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/blob/develop/config... . The identity server is optional, and just used for looking up matrix IDs based…
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-07-21 · in Germany's national healthcare system adopts Matrix for communication
  36. thanks; filed https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/17396 for widgets. Not sure what problems you're seeing with the Matrix API; it's lightyears ahead of Slack & Discord in my experience, but I guess i may be getting high on my…
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-05-19 · in The Matrix Space Beta
  37. …instead focus on fixing all the existing encryption usability issues instead of these new features: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues?q=label%3AA-... I would love to migrate my family to Element (and also friends, and…
    comment by ldarby · 2021-05-19 · in The Matrix Space Beta
  38. As per my comment at https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11655#issuec... , we'll switch auto-update checks to require user confirmation.
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-05-19 · in The Matrix Space Beta
  39. …Not sure if it's still happening, but it was concerning enough that it happened in the first place. https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/13942 https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/12712…
    comment by sneak · 2021-05-19 · in The Matrix Space Beta
  40. …only ever seen one bug fixed in response to a report I filed online. But hope springs eternal: < https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/16599 >. The stuck messages are still there, in a newly upgraded Android Element 1.1.0, same…
    comment by ncmncm · 2021-03-04 · in Element Matrix Services Announces Element Home
  41. Looking on Element Web/Desktop's issue tracker: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues?q=is%3Aissue... there are no open issues concerning segfaults currently. If you file a bug report with the details requested in the template…
    comment by Arathorn · 2021-03-02 · in Element Matrix Services Announces Element Home
  42. …does element web interface allow user to save their chat room to text files on their computer ? https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2630 This issue has 149 thumbs up, as I noted I don't know of any other chat software without…
    comment by guerby · 2021-02-15 · in How we hosted FOSDEM 2021 on Matrix
  43. Having to login every time is definitely a bug. You may want to make an issue for it at https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues .
    comment by gary-kim · 2021-01-16 · in Signal is having technical difficulties
  44. https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/11655 I'm hoping for more/better matrix clients before I can make the switch.
    comment by sneak · 2021-01-15 · in Running MatterMost as a Unikernel
  45. …continues to make folks smile when they make a coffee in the office (back when we had an office): https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/8752
    comment by Arathorn · 2020-12-27 · in Just Wanted to Say Thanks
  46. …requirements. Once Element is mature enough (and I'm sorry, but looking at the incoming issues on https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues?q=sort%3Aupd... , it doesn't look like it yet), then hopefully more companies will start…
    comment by ldarby · 2020-12-01 · in Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack
  47. …asked me how to send voice messages. I came across this ticket while searching for the feature: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/1358 From then on, it was clear to me that I could stop my attempts to bring people to Matrix.…
    comment by ahofmann · 2020-11-15 · in Using Matrix to replace proprietary and centralized chat apps
  48. …support for this a while ago BUT we are trying to design it back into the app, which you can follow https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/9264 And yeah as a developer on the project, getting users into rooms quickly and chatting…
    comment by decentralisedog · 2020-11-15 · in Using Matrix to replace proprietary and centralized chat apps
  49. Ugh, we had this and it got lost and needs to be re-added - please upvote https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/5469 . I've bumped the priority on it.
    comment by Arathorn · 2020-11-14 · in Using Matrix to replace proprietary and centralized chat apps
  50. There is some ongoing work on threading https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/2349 Apparently it's already in the protocol, just needs UI support from the clients. Not sure if they use Slack model though
    comment by karlicoss · 2020-11-14 · in Using Matrix to replace proprietary and centralized chat apps