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4 self-hosted Element alternatives

Element is a hosted Matrix-based messaging and collaboration service offering decentralized, federated team chat with end-to-end encryption, group rooms, file sharing, WebRTC voice/video calls, bridges to other networks, and integrations for organizations.

Alternatives to Element

Libervia is a modular XMPP-based communication suite offering chat, microblogging, file sharing, and other social features across web, desktop, and CLI interfaces.

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Salut à Toi (SàT) is a self-hostable, XMPP-based communication suite with web, desktop, and CLI frontends, supporting chat and collaborative features via plugins.

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Hubzilla is a federated server platform for social networking, groups, publishing, and file sharing with strong privacy controls, nomadic identity, and SSO across hubs.

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What replacing Element actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 1 of 4 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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