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🐳 Matrix (An open network for secure, decentralized communication) server setup using Ansible and Docker

80 mentions on Hacker News by 50 people: 2 stories, 78 comments · first 2019-02-22 · latest 2026-01-30

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  1. You might get a kick out of Matrix if you haven't tried it yet. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy is probably still the best way to get it and the bridges you need setup. It is far from perfect but decent.
    comment by fartfeatures · 2026-01-30 · in Software Pump and Dump
  2. With this project ( https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/ ), setting up the bridges gets a lot easier. After the initial setup, upgrading the bridges is painless.
    comment by zufallsheld · 2026-01-25 · in BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
  3. …that's easy to set up and keep updated with all the trimmings like bridges to other networks. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by wkat4242 · 2025-12-26 · in Mattermost restricted access to old messages after 10000 limit is reached
  4. …way different than people logging into the matrix.org server or in extremely populated rooms? (0): https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by fooqux · 2025-12-24 · in Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024)
  5. …I just think it’s cool). This playbook is awesome and it’s pretty easy to set up and keep running: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by nehal3m · 2025-12-01 · in Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years
  6. …github.com/element-hq/element-docker-demo is a very simple template for getting going. Alternatively, https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy is quite popular as a 3rd-party distro using ansible-managed docker…
    comment by Arathorn · 2025-09-02 · in Matrix.org – Database Incident
  7. …with bridges, which is basically what's underneath beeper. I use this ansible role to deploy it: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/
    comment by zufallsheld · 2024-11-22 · in Pidgin 3.0.0 Experimental 1 Announcement
  8. …or self-host ( https://github.com/beeper/bridge-manager ) or you can host plain matrix using https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/
    comment by ptman · 2024-11-07 · in XMPP: The Gem of Instant Messaging
  9. …for you for when you need help. Disclaimer: I'm the author of the matrix-docker-ansible-deploy ( https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy ) playbook
    comment by spantaleev · 2024-11-04 · in Matrix 2.0 Is Here
  10. …that provides plenty of benefits. Disclaimer: I'm the author of the matrix-docker-ansible-deploy ( https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy ) playbook
    comment by spantaleev · 2024-11-04 · in Matrix 2.0 Is Here
  11. …with reproducible deployment, and the documentation walks through any decision you need to make. 1. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by alwayslikethis · 2024-11-03 · in Matrix 2.0 Is Here
  12. …Ansible playbook that will set up the whole thing for you on whatever VM or VPS you point it at: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/b...
    comment by nehal3m · 2024-10-01 · in Matrix-Libera IRC Bridge Temporary Shutdown, a Retrospective (2023)
  13. …friends. And I guess they have some backoffice with a glossy web UI for account/user management. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy is a good starting point!
    comment by 3np · 2024-09-20 · in We have lift-off Element X, Call and Server Suite are ready
  14. …still periodic annoying maintenance and it's still way more resource intensive than it should be: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy EDIT: I run it on a hetzner dedi, I have run it on Apple fusion drives in the past…
    comment by joecool1029 · 2024-08-09 · in XMPP vs. Matrix
  15. …(monitoring, bridges, ...) [0]. The bridges espacially make it fun to play around with. [0] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by xxmarkuski · 2024-08-09 · in XMPP vs. Matrix
  16. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by brokenmachine · 2024-05-30 · in Let yourself be monitored: EU governments to agree on Chat Control
  17. …rooms. The playbook is controlled from a single config file and sets up all the bridges you need. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by _dmn7 · 2024-03-02 · in Don't Use Discord for FOSS (2021)
  18. …well for me for bridging Discord and Telegram, among other things, running off a Hetzner box. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy Personally I've never seen any significant amount of spam on Matrix.
    comment by _dmn7 · 2024-03-02 · in Don't Use Discord for FOSS (2021)
  19. …required relatively little effort on my part. 1. https://github.com/FreeLanguageTools/vocabsieve 2. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by _dmn7 · 2024-03-02 · in Don't Use Discord for FOSS (2021)
  20. Check out https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/
    comment by brokenmachine · 2024-02-16 · in The Matrix Trashfire
  21. As some others have said, matrix is great at this. I use this ansible playbook to set it all up: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy it supports slack and discord too. There's not a lot it doesn't support actually,…
    comment by wkat4242 · 2024-01-08 · in Ask HN: Recommendations for an alternative native chat client? (Slack, Discord)
  22. The quickest way to do a lot of bridges is this Ansible playbook: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy . I set up Discord, Telegram, Facebook, Instagtam, Slack, IRC without too much trouble. Though if you need a…
    comment by alwayslikethis · 2023-11-28 · in Shutting down the Matrix bridge to Libera chat
  23. …than 15min. Highly recommend. If you are starting fresh, I recommend using the Ansible playbook: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by alwayslikethis · 2023-11-28 · in Shutting down the Matrix bridge to Libera chat
  24. …Sliding Sync proxy involves just adding one line to your configuration (for the most common setup). https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/b...
    comment by CyberShadow · 2023-09-22 · in Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
  25. …I highly recommend matrix-docker-ansible-deploy[0]. Enabling sliding-sync is one config entry. [0] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by thedanbob · 2023-09-21 · in Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix
  26. …talks about subdomains, but it should work across domains. Possibly also with the SRV header. [0]: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/b...
    comment by Semaphor · 2023-07-31 · in Conduit: Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix
  27. …hardly b2b lol. --- [0]: https://matrix.org/ A good starting point if you're tech literate is this: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by lannisterstark · 2023-06-23 · in Revolt: FOSS Discord Alternative
  28. …mobile apps because I have heard reports the web client struggling on mobile. edit: forgot link [1] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by osamagirl69 · 2023-05-22 · in Ask HN: Is anyone hosting their own Jitsi server?
  29. Yeah sorry I was on mobile when I wrote that so I didn't have it to hand. Here it is: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by wkat4242 · 2023-05-22 · in KDE is ready to deprecate IRC, XMPP, and Telegram in favor of Matrix
  30. Yes. Self-host using this Ansible playbook has been a joy. https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy A top notch well managed Ansible setup! It hasn’t integrated in a good iMessage bridge yet last I checked. Hopefully soon!
    comment by zwilliamson · 2023-03-30 · in I built an iMessage bot using Beeper
  31. …bridging all the chat interfaces I use. This is managed by an awesome open source Ansible playbook https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy Pihole
    comment by zwilliamson · 2023-03-06 · in Self-Host All the Things?
  32. Man at this point you're just looking for excuses. You can host bridges yourself too https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/
    comment by lannisterstark · 2023-02-14 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  33. There's not much complexity really. This handbook takes care of most stuff for you: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/ Been hosting it alongside some bridges(like irc) for a while now.
    comment by lannisterstark · 2023-02-14 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  34. …you host a server yourself you can hook in coturn (it's enabled by the linked playbook by default): https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/b... https://github.com/coturn/coturn
    comment by nehal3m · 2023-02-13 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  35. …for size. That said I'm excited for the new version. I used this Ansible/Docker setup, easy as pie: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by nehal3m · 2023-02-13 · in Matrix 2.0: How we’re making Matrix go voom
  36. This amazing playbook spins up a ton of dockers: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by wkat4242 · 2023-02-06 · in How much can you get out of a $4 VPS?
  37. …one single client), avoiding switching windows. I do believe it saved me hundred of hours... [1] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by silasdb · 2022-12-20 · in Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
  38. …to set up a Matrix server here: https://matrix.org/docs/guides/free-small-matrix-server and here: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/b... If you use the Ansible playbook, all you should really need to do is run…
    comment by jeroenhd · 2022-10-19 · in I asked Signal motivations for SMS removal
  39. https://etke.cc/order/ https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy this suggests etke which have a $25/onetime to install on your server. this is VERY VERY cheap instead of spending 3 days or whatever. I mean, if the author…
    comment by 2Gkashmiri · 2022-09-19 · in Matrix was worth the effort to self host
  40. If you want to quickly deploy Matrix (and all the related goodies) on your server,I highly recommend https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy . It's one of the best maintained project I've seen, a pleasure to install,…
    comment by geekuillaume · 2022-09-19 · in Matrix was worth the effort to self host
  41. …See https://www.beeper.com/ or https://element.io/element-one for a hosted product, or use https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy to self host.
    comment by jakecopp · 2022-07-19 · in Slack Price Increase beginning Sep 2022
  42. …on that project this weekend for myself. I grabbed this resource from Beeper's landing page: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy Is that what you're using?
    comment by ibeckermayer · 2022-05-28 · in Rocket.chat leverages the Matrix protocol for interoperable communications
  43. …(with bridges for Skype, Instagram DM, etc), but decided it was too much work and deleted it. 1: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by 0x38B · 2022-05-25 · in Cat S22 Flip Phone
  44. …set a Matrix server up on a $5/month VPS, and maintenance involves running one setup command again: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by jakecopp · 2022-01-09 · in Some people want to run their own servers
  45. …switch your family yet. But for using it you don't have to care - and there are great projects like https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy that solve most of the problems out of the box and mobile clients and web…
    comment by nisa · 2021-12-22 · in This Year in Matrix
  46. …my hair trying to manually set things up. Now the hard part of getting them to migrate... [0]: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by AndroidKitKat · 2021-12-22 · in This Year in Matrix
  47. …are plenty of clients in case you don't like Element [3]. [1]: https://element.io/communities [2]: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/ [3]: https://matrix.org/clients/
    comment by jakecopp · 2021-11-09 · in Discord Is Integrating Ethereum
  48. You can self-host. I suspect they use this: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by Iv · 2021-10-26 · in Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place
  49. …to the quite nice 5 euros a month pricing here. If you want to give it a try, this is what I used: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
    comment by pimeys · 2021-10-26 · in Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place
  50. They don't even need to sell this package, it's free and a lot of people do it: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/ The benefit to hosting by a company is it should be more reliable.
    comment by jakecopp · 2021-10-26 · in Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place