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title: Hosted Matrix Chat |
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subtitle: Easy, decentralised & end-to-end encrypted chat |
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image:/u/image/cards/zerocarbonmatrix.jpg |
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headline1: Open, Secure |
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headline2: Decentralized Chat |
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header_background_color: #1BC0A1 |
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header_text_color: text-light |
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nav_classes: navbar-dark |
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description1: |
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<h2>What is Matrix?</h2> |
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<p><a href="https://matrix.org/">Matrix</a> is a modern and decentralised, |
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open-source chat solution backed by a dynamic community. It provides advanced user-focused features such as end-to-end encryption, bridging or audio |
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& video calls.</a></p> |
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<div class="container"> |
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<div class="row"> |
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<img style="width: 100%; position: relative; top: 25%; margin-bottom: 25%;" src="/u/image/matrix-logo.png" /> |
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The strongest point of Matrix is <b>federation</b>: a Matrix homeserver allows you to manage your own community and to join the whole |
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Matrix network. You will be able to exchange with users on any other Matrix |
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server without any special configuration! |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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You can enable end-to-end encryption (E2EE): only the sender and |
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intended receiver(s) will be able to read the messages. Even ungleich, who |
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manages the matrix server, will not be able to access the content of E2EE |
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messages. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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Our Matrix servers are provided with a TURN server: you'll be |
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able to use voice and video calls out of the box. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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You can bridge to other networks: Mattermost instances, IRC, |
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Slack, Telegram and more via <a |
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href="https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge">Matterbridge</a>. |
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</ul> |
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feature1_title: Open |
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feature1_text: |
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The evolution of Matrix is managed through an open governance process, |
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supervised by [The Matrix.org Foundation](https://matrix.org/foundation). |
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All the software backing the network is [Free and Open |
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Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software), which |
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guarantees quality and security. |
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feature2_title: Secure & decentralized |
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feature2_text: |
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Both end-to-end encryption and federation are *built-in* into Matrix. The |
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former will be enabled by default in the near future, making it a valuable tool |
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for activists and privacy-minded people all across the world. |
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feature3_title: Zero Carbon |
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feature3_text: |
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We host your Matrix homeserver in our [own |
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datacenter](/u/projects/data-center-light/) in Switzerland, which we believe to |
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be as ecologically-friendly as a datacenter can get: we use old factory halls, |
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recycled servers, passive cooling and our servers are directly plugged into a |
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hydroelectric power plant. |
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description3: |
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<div class="container" style="padding: 0;"> |
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<div class="row"> |
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<img style="width: 100%;" src="/u/image/penguin-matrix.jpg" /> |
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</div> |
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<div class="col-md-3"> |
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<h2>Growing fast!</h2> |
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<p>As of February 2020, the Matrix network supports ~13.5M visible |
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accounts, ~5.0M messages a day, ~40.000 federated servers and even <a |
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href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/matrix_french_state/">governments</a>!</p> |
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<p>A lot of privacy, security and usability work is going on: Matrix will get even more awesome in the coming months!</p> |
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<p>You can follow the <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/posts">Matrix.org |
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blog</a> to get frequent updates on Matrix's development, and chat with |
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us on <a |
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href="https://matrix.to/#/%23matrix:ungleich.ch">#matrix:ungleich.ch</a>! |
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</div> |
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</div> |
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</div> |
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<hr /> |
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<div class="container" style="padding: 0;"> |
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<div class="row"> |
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<h2>Hosted Matrix Chat</h2> |
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<p>We will provide you with your own dedicated Matrix home server, as well as |
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a hosted web client. Matrix requires a domain name in order to join the global |
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networks, which will appear in your username (e.g. |
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<i>@penguin:example.0co2.cloud</i>): you can either use a subdomain of |
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<i>0co2.cloud</i> (e.g. <i>example.0co2.cloud</i>) or your own domain name. We |
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will deploy a <a href="https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge">Matterbridge</a>) |
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instance (bridging to Mattermost, IRC, Slack, Telegram, ...) on demand. |
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</p> |
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<p>There are <a href="https://matrix.org/clients/">many Matrix |
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clients</a>, although we <b>strongly recommend</b> <a |
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href="https://element.io/features">Element</a> which is the most |
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advanced at the moment. Be aware, however, that you might be a bit |
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confused with its UI/UX at first (there is ongoing work to improve |
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onboarding): we encourage you to <a href="https://app.element.io/">try |
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Element/Matrix</a> first if your are not already familiar with it. |
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<h2>How the pricing works</h2> |
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<p>We try to be as transparent as possible for our Matrix pricing. The pricing is made of 2 essential parts. |
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a one-time set up fee for initially setting up the Matrix instance for you. We set up the Matrix and also customize* the login page with your own logo and text. |
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a monthly maintenance fee that includes the price of a dedicated virtual machine(VM)** and the fee for maintaining the service. |
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You're all set with above 2 costs for starting your own Matrix. |
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</p> |
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* Further customization such as favicon, background and more is possible at additional fee, get in touch with us to learn more. |
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** The number of users or size of rooms depend on the size of your VM, and you can scale them anytime you want. The extention will be done according to <a href="https://datacenterlight.ch">our standard VM pricing.</a> |
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Your usecase doesn't fit the offers below? We do custom-sized deployment for you. Get in touch with us by |
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email or even on matrix, via <a |
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href="https://matrix.to/#/%23matrix:ungleich.ch">#matrix:ungleich.ch</a>! |
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</div> |
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</div> |
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<p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"> You will find more details |
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on our <a href="https://redmine.ungleich.ch/projects/open-infrastructure/wiki/Ungleich_Matrix-as-a-Service_(MaaS)">Matrix-as-a-Service FAQ</a> and on <a href="https://matrix.org/discover"> Matrix's official documentation</a>. |
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<div class="alert alert-secondary"> |
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You might be also interested in our <a |
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href="../zero-carbon-chat">Mattermost-based chat offer</a>, which might be |
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closer to what you expect for a enterprise team chat at the moment. We use both |
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at ungleich, since Matrix is especially convenient to reach out to the world! |
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offer1_title: Matrix-S 36 CHF/Month |
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offer1_text: |
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* VM with 1 Core, 2 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD and 100 GB HDD |
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* Maintenance fee 20 CHF/month included |
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* Application firewall included |
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* [Initial setup fee 30 CHF](https://ungleich.ch/product/0carbonchat-setup/) |
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offer1_link: https://ungleich.ch/product/hosted-matrix-s/ |
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offer2_title: Matrix-M 63 CHF/Month |
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offer2_text: |
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* VM with 2 Core, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD and 500 GB HDD |
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* Maintenance fee 30 CHF/month included |
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* Application firewall included |
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* [Initial setup fee 30 CHF](https://ungleich.ch/product/0carbonchat-setup/) |
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offer2_link: https://ungleich.ch/product/hosted-matrix-m/ |
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offer3_title: Matrix-L 157 CHF/Month |
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offer3_text: |
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* VM with 8 Core, 16 GB RAM, 10 GB SSD and 1000 GB HDD |
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* Maintenance fee 50 CHF/month included |
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* Application firewall included |
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* [Initial setup fee 30 CHF](https://ungleich.ch/product/0carbonchat-setup/) |
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offer3_link: https://ungleich.ch/product/hosted-matrix-l/ |
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description4: |
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## Additional offers |
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* Bridging to other networks using |
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[matterbridge](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge) is a 10 CHF |
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setup fee and 5 CHF/month maintenance fee. It supports the following protocols: |
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** Discord |
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** Gitter |
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** IRC |
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** Keybase |
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** Matrix |
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** Mattermost 4.x, 5.x |
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** Microsoft Teams |
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** Rocket.chat |
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** Slack |
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** Ssh-chat |
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** Steam |
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** Telegram |
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** Twitch |
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** WhatsApp |
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** XMPP |
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** Zulip |
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## Matrix UI/UX development support program |
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On 2020-04-21 we started our new support program to specifically |
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enhance the UI and UX of Matrix. With this program we want to enhance |
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the usability of the web client and the apps. |
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### How the matrix support program works |
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If you want to support UI/UX improvements of Matrix, |
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you can support the work financially with 15 CHF (roughly about 15 |
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USD) as a one time or monthly payment (below 15 CHF is costing too |
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much in transfer fees). |
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To do so, write an email with the subject "I want to support the |
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Matrix UI/UX improvements" to **support -at- ungleich.ch** and include |
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the amount that you are willing to contribute and whether you want to |
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pay via credit card or wire transfer. |
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Also mention whether you want to be publicly listed as a supporter on |
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this website. |
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### Development and transparency |
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All money that comes in will only be used to finance development and |
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design work related to Matrix. We will continuously |
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update this website with contributions and which tasks we work on. |
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### Why is ungleich doing this? |
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We at ungleich think that Matrix has one really, really huge edge over |
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almost all other solutions: it is really decentralised and |
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federated. It finally solves the problems of **data silos** that |
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exists in many places in IT. |
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However we do acknowledge that Matrix can benefit a lot from UI/UX |
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improvements and thus we wanted to create an easy way for anyone to |
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contribute to it. |
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### List of tasks / work |
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* [UI/UX improvement suggestions for |
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matrix](https://redmine.ungleich.ch/issues/7876)
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