Security News > 2021 > January > Slack has entered the Matrix: Element builds a bridge to realm of encrypted, decentralised comms

Element Matrix Services is adding a bridge between hipster chat platform Slack and the open-source world of Matrix messaging.

To ease the journey from the centralised world of Slack, Element Matrix Services - a hosting platform for Matrix - is adding a managed bridge for connecting Slack to the Matrix ecosystem.

"The integration happens on the server side, so it's available on all of the clients both on the Matrix side and also on the Slack side," he said.

Matrix users appear as bots in Slack, and authorised Slack users appear in the Matrix.

Matrix is effectively a decentralised conversation store, with messages replicated over the servers whose users are taking part in the chatting Bridges have been implemented by both the core Matrix team and the wider community to connect to the likes of Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp.

With Slack taking a tumble in recent weeks, and Signal struggling under the load, joining the 27 million on the Matrix network and 60,000 deployments has a certain appeal, with the ability to connect to existing platforms a handy bonus.

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