Thib reports
Earlier Today, the Matrix.org Foundation announced its plans to introduce Premium Accounts to fund the matrix.org homeserver. This requires little to no change for client developers.
The full announcement is at https://matrix.org/blog/2025/06/funding-homeserver-premium/
As we need to take more concrete steps to improve the financial situation of the Foundation, we will be rolling out a freemium offer for the matrix.org homeserver users. The alternative is to turn off the server, which we want to avoid doing. The goal is for the most active users to support the cost of the service. Free users will have limits on how they can use the service (mostly around media). The change can be supported by any client with limited to no development. Premium plans will be rolled out over the summer, and we will be iterating on the exact scope in the first few weeks. The Homeserver Terms and Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly and deployed in the coming weeks.
Matthew reports
The EU adopted the European Commission's proposal today for cybersecurity crisis management - which proposes Matrix for cross-EU communication: "On this basis, Union-level actors should use solutions based on the Matrix protocol for real-time communication". https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/eu-takes-step-further-cybersecurity-crisis-management
Robin Riley (m.org) reports
Voting for the Governing Board elections begins this weekend! 🎉 Watch your email inbox if you're an Individual Member, or the point of contact for a Silver, Gold, or Associate Member, as that's where your ballot will be sent. Visit our election center for more information.
Sumner Evans announces
I have decided that I will not stand for re-election in the upcoming Governing Board elections, however I have made a few endorsements for candidates. See my endorsement blog post.
HarHarLinks announces
The CfP is open until June 8th! Submit your talk or workshop idea now!
The Events Working Group is working hard on organising the Matrix Conference in an incredible venue in the gorgeous city of Strasbourg. Book your accommodation now, tickets will be available soon!
If you are interested in lending a hand, volunteer to help us organize the conference, or join the Events WG!
We're grateful to Element for committing to being our Anchor Sponsor for the Matrix Conference 2025. To make this an excellent event, we are looking for further sponsors! Many opportunities are still available, including booths to present your product, live stream and video recording for worldwide recognition, food, and more! Your ideas are possible; contact us at [email protected]!
Robin Riley (m.org) says
Meet the nominees for the Governing Board and swing by the election rooms to ask questions and get to know them better. Huge thanks to all of the nominees for stepping up to serve the community! Voting begins on May 31st.
The Matrix.org Foundation is happy to announce that the Matrix Conference 2025 will be held at Kaleidoscoop in Strasbourg, France, from October 15 to 18!
Last year the Conference was completely sold out, with more than 200 decision makers, experts and enthusiasts joining us for this very first edition! The rooms were so full, and we had such a long waiting list that we've decided to extend our capacity this year to 300 attendees, with flexibility for more.
We would like to thank our Anchor Sponsor Element for their dedication to the Matrix ecosystem and to the success of the Conference! Thank you, Element, for enabling us to make the Conference happen!
Hi all!
Another six months has passed since our last report, and elections are just around the corner. So that means it’s time for another Board report. We’ll be asking you to select some new board members, and it’s only right that you get some insight into the work that’s been going on with the ones we have!
Thib (m.org) reports
We are excited to announce that The Matrix Conference will happen in Strasbourg from October 15 to 18! Following last year's success, we bumped our capacity to accept more than 300 attendees this year.
- 🗣️ The Call for Proposals is now open until June 6
- 🤝 We have sponsorship packages ready for organizations interested in getting the right eyes on their products
- 🎟️ We expect to open registrations in the coming weeks
- 🌐 You can find all the information about the conference on https://2025.matrix.org
The Events Working Group and the Foundation at large are looking forward to meeting you in the flesh this year again!
HarHarLinks announces
The nomination period for this years's governing board elections ends tonight (UTC)! If you're an Individual, Silver, Gold, or Associate member, submit your nomination here!
Tomorrow (UTC), the 2 week campaigning period begins officially, but you are already allowed to campaign, for example in the official Governing Board campaigning rooms.
Robin Riley (m.org) reports
It's Governing Board election season and nominations opened last weekend! This year we're electing representatives for Gold, Silver, Individual, and Associate Members. Learn more on the 2025 election page and consider nominating yourself! You can also drop by the Office of the Governing Board to talk to current representatives and community members.
Matrix Authentication Service (MAS) is an OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Provider server developed by Element.
Andrew Morgan (anoa) {he/him} says
MAS v0.16.0 was released this week with a new migration tool! It's still called
syn2mas, but it's faster, more accurate and... written in Rust. 🦀 Running it against matrix.org showed users being migrated at a rate of 60k/s!More details around the new tool, and migrating your homeserver to next-generation auth, is available in the MAS documentation. Please give it a try and send feedback!
The Governing Board of the Matrix Foundation is an advisory board that is made up of elected representatives from all across the Matrix ecosystem.
Robin Riley (m.org) reports
It's time for our annual Governing Board elections! This year we're electing representatives from Individual Members, Associate Members, Gold Members, and Silver Members. Nominations open at midnight UTC as we move from Friday to Saturday, May 3rd. Learn more in our election announcement blog post.
Robin Riley (m.org) says
Please join me in welcoming Filament and infra.run as the newest Silver Members of the Foundation! The financial support we receive from members like them helps us steward the Matrix protocol as an unfragmented standard, facilitate open governance, and advance the state of Trust & Safety for the benefit of the entire ecosystem.
We're grateful for the outpouring of support from across the ecosystem. We still need a few larger organisations to step up. Do you rely on Matrix? Join us as a funding member.