We’re excited to join [@osxp_paris]( ) next week, as part of the European Village alongside other open source organisations. 🎤 Join our sessions on 10 December: 17:10–17:30 — Public Money for Public Code: selling open-source software to government in Europe with @npub1p826...v0qt 14:50–15:10 — A blueprint for implementing CRA in an open-source business: Element’s journey with @npub1p826...v0qt & @npub1jmd9...k8fz Looking forward to meeting many of you there! 👋 image
🚀 At #MatrixConf2025, Danielle, David and Gaëlle revealed the journey behind Element X Web; our incremental rebuild of Element Web into a modular, high-performance, and accessible platform, powered by our Rust SDK. 🎥 Watch the full session to see live demos of the new room list, multi-room layouts, accessibility enhancements, and early Rust SDK-powered speed improvements. And get a glimpse of what’s next as we continue the journey.
🇪🇺 “Europe must achieve digital sovereignty as quickly as possible — with secure communication between multiple governments being one of the most important areas to address.” Having attended the Summit on Digital Sovereignty, @npub1p826...v0qt highlights the role of open standards in Susanne Ehneß’s write up for eGovernment. Digital sovereignty means control and freedom of choice, not dependence on proprietary, non-European platforms.
🇪🇺 At #MatrixConf2025, Alexander from @npub1u0ld...wvvv shared how openDesk combines multiple open-source office tools to build a digitally sovereign collaboration tool for the public sector, using Element and the @npub1m9z3...whzq open standard as part of the suite. openDesk powers a wide range of use cases - from the armed forces to public health and education - and is already being used in multiple countries. ▶️ Watch Alexander’s talk to learn more:
🚀 From the legacy ESS Classic distribution to our new Helm-based ESS stack! At #MatrixConf2025, Patrick Maier walked us through the evolution of Element Server Suite (ESS): our backend distribution for hosting and maintaining a Matrix-based system. ▶️ Explore Patrick’s talk in full; including how Synapse Pro unlocks massive efficiency gains and what’s next as we prepare migrations from ESS Classic to the new stack.
🇱🇺 At #MatrixConf2025, Patrick Weber shared how Luxembourg built LuxChat4Gov — a sovereign, secure and federated national messaging platform for the public sector. 🚀 Based on @npub1m9z3...whzq and using a fork of the Element app, it supports 11k+ public users; from ministers to firefighters and frontline staff! ▶️ Patrick’s talk revealed how a nation can move fast, adopt open standards and deliver trusted digital public infrastructure for everyone: