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Next generation Matrix client for iOS built with SwiftUI on top of matrix-rust-sdk.

18 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 1 story, 17 comments · first 2022-10-27 · latest 2026-07-11

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    Element 26.07.3, a Matrix client, adds content scanning infrastructure
    story by nickslaughter02 · 2026-07-11 · 3 comments
  2. yup. https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/3151 is a real wart; we're finally at the point now where the push notification process can synchronise with the main process to get the badge count right. Sorry it's taken so long to…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-12-24 · in Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)
  3. ah right - that sounds very plausible; sorry for the confusion. have filed it as a likely bug at https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/4810 - thanks for the report :)
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-12-03 · in Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years
  4. …waiting for content to load, even if it's just for a second. Is this the best Issue to watch?: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/4102 Because I really hope speed does not regress for people already with very fast load…
    comment by entrepy123 · 2025-10-20 · in Matrix Conference 2025 Highlights
  5. …crashes that they've introduced when existing apps run. The notification badge issue is this mess: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/3151 and is almost solved (but not deployed yet). Spoilers is…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-10-20 · in Matrix Conference 2025 Highlights
  6. …fine? Obviously it does need to talk to the server to retrieve new data. I guess there was the https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/4102 issue, but that was fixed 3 weeks ago. > The Matrix.org service, especially its…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-07-20 · in Giving Up on Element and Matrix.org
  7. …Here’s a screen recording of send performance (on fast internet, a few ms ping to the homeserver): https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/3810 The first msg does take a little longer to clear the composer, but it’s barely…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-02-21 · in Matrix Foundation to shut down bridges if it doesn't raise $100K
  8. That's ended up becoming a global setting, which merged a few days ago ( https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/pull/3467 ) so hasn't been released yet. We're catching up on features as rapidly as possible - meanwhile i'm surprised…
    comment by Arathorn · 2024-11-04 · in Matrix 2.0 Is Here
  9. > honestly, without annotated screenshots filed in github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues to highlight precisely what the problem is (ideally comparing with an equivalent app which you feel gets it correct) i’m not sure we’re going to…
    comment by Klonoar · 2024-09-23 · in We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready
  10. honestly, without annotated screenshots filed in github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues to highlight precisely what the problem is (ideally comparing with an equivalent app which you feel gets it correct) i’m not sure we’re going to be…
    comment by Arathorn · 2024-09-21 · in We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready
  11. …PRs to fix stuff - we'd much much rather fix them ourselves. Meanwhile, you can see the issue stats at github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues and github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/issues - it's not like we're ignoring or failing…
    comment by Arathorn · 2024-09-20 · in We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready
  12. …spacing/padding issues" you're talking about? Similarly on the timeline views... Can you link to a bug on github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues please?
    comment by Arathorn · 2024-09-20 · in We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready
  13. …but obviously that also needs the ability to enter recovery keys too. Eitherway, it's being fixed: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/issues/2424 EDIT: looks like a fix landed on Friday: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/…
    comment by Arathorn · 2024-02-18 · in Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy
  14. …They use Jetpack on Android https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android And SwiftUI on iOS https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios But both use the same underlying Matrix Rust SDK https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk So they…
    comment by SushiHippie · 2023-11-24 · in Flutter seems to be having bad times internally
  15. …Riot). When this happens it will be an absolute game-changer for the messaging ecosystem. ———— [1] https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios [2] https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android [3] https://www.beeper.com/
    comment by noname120 · 2023-09-21 · in Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
  16. …flag to notify once the client has caught up with the server, rather than guessing via heuristics: https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios/issues/1269#issue... ). As a result, the implementation (which is in golang) is being kept…
    comment by Arathorn · 2023-07-06 · in Element X Matrix client now on iOS early release
  17. Element X is an entirely new client written in Rust + Swift UI/Jetpack Compose ( https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios and https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-android ) which will eventually replace the legacy Element apps (…
    comment by Arathorn · 2023-02-13 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  18. …ecosystem is moving in the right direction though, and so thankful for the amount of choice. [1]: https://github.com/vector-im/element-x-ios [2]: https://gitlab.com/famedly/fluffychat/-/issues/881 [3]: https://schildi.chat/
    comment by jakecopp · 2022-10-27 · in Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption