The Community Summit this summer, a roadmap for Draupnir, and a Discord-like bot for Matrix.
That and more happened This Week in Matrix!
https://matrix.org/blog/2026/04/17/this-week-in-matrix-2026-04-17/
📣 The Call for Proposals for #MatrixConf 2026 is open!
Whether you're working on decentralisation, encryption, digital sovereignty, UX, or just built something fun with Matrix, we want to hear from you!
🗓️ Oct 20–23, 2026 | Malmö, Sweden
Submit your talk
https://cfp.2026.matrix.org/matrix-conference-2026/cfp
A new page to Try Matrix, a new client for macOS, and policyserver improvements.
That and more happened This Week in Matrix!
https://matrix.org/blog/2026/04/10/this-week-in-matrix-2026-04-10/
A major release of Draupnir, Synapse Admin becoming Ketesa, and a Call for Proposals for the Matrix Conference.
That and much more happened Last Week In Matrix!
https://matrix.org/blog/2026/04/07/this-week-in-matrix-2026-04-07/
Matrix Conf 26 will be on 20-23 Oct. in Malmö, Sweden!
Our Call for Proposals is open, and we want to hear from
🙋 Individuals
👔 Organisations
⌨️ Authors of toys & hacks
🤝 Contributors to sovereignty
🫵 You!
Read the full announcement on our blog
Lots of Demos, our first annual report, Matrix spec v1.18 release, MatrixRTC for Trixnity - this and more happened This Week in Matrix!
https://matrix.org/blog/2026/03/27/this-week-in-matrix-2026-03-27/
🥁 The Matrix.org Foundation has published its first Public Annual Report! 📊
👀 Have a peek into our day-to-day and check out what we’ve been working on in 2025. It also includes a report of our finances and the plan for 2026!
➡️ The blog: https://matrix.org/blog/2026/03/annual-report/
➡️ The report: https://matrix.org/foundation/reports/2025%20Public%20Annual%20Report.pdf
We hope you will find it a useful read! ☕
Hey all, another Matrix release is here! Matrix 1.18 brings quite a lot into the protocol, including policy servers, invite blocking, other safety improvements, and 16 total MSCs.
Check it out on the blog => https://matrix.org/blog/2026/03/26/matrix-v1.18-release/
A governance WG meeting, breaking changes upcoming in Draupnir, more polish for the Nexus client...
That and much more happened This Week in Matrix!
https://matrix.org/blog/2026/03/20/this-week-in-matrix-2026-03-20/
Last day to respond to the Sovereign Tech Agency Survey on Standards Engagement!
Open standards are key to a digitally sovereign future, we need ways to support the contributors and maintainers building them. Time to share your experience with the STA!