Matrix Synapse

**This package only provides the Matrix backend. A variety of clients are available [here](https://matrix.org/clients/). Riot is a popular web frontend for Matrix and is available as a separate app.** ## About Matrix is an ambitious new ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. Matrix specifies a set of pragmatic RESTful HTTP JSON APIs as an open standard, which handle: * Creating and managing fully distributed chat rooms with no single points of control or failure * Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room state across a global open network of federated servers and services * Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional) end-to-end encryption[1] * Inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning room members * Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout) * Using 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers, Facebook accounts to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix. * Placing 1:1 VoIP and Video calls ## What is Synapse? Synapse is a reference "homeserver" implementation of Matrix from the core development team at matrix.org, written in Python/Twisted.