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vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Element</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Element_textlogo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Element_textlogo.svg/120px-Element_textlogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Element_textlogo.svg/180px-Element_textlogo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Element_textlogo.svg/240px-Element_textlogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="81" data-file-height="16" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png/220px-Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png/330px-Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png/440px-Element_1.11.80_screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="1310" data-file-height="648" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Screenshot of Element 1.11.80</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li>Riot (2016–2020)</li><li>Vector<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t3n.de-slack-rivalen_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t3n.de-slack-rivalen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2016)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vector Creations Limited<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">New Vector Limited<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">trading as</a> Element</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">July 2016 (Beta)</td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release(s)</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="margin:0px;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Android</th><td class="infobox-data">1.6.22<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-dc99123e6b58b62a37dd64512d12af2d0e65c858-v18_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-dc99123e6b58b62a37dd64512d12af2d0e65c858-v18-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 23 September 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">iOS</th><td class="infobox-data">1.11.18<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-dc958e91f1f29957db74ce880494376a4f34dc9b-v18_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-dc958e91f1f29957db74ce880494376a4f34dc9b-v18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 17 September 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Linux</th><td class="infobox-data">1.11.80<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-6eed48b3aff777c5782d05020d4c4a52e2b496d9-v18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-6eed48b3aff777c5782d05020d4c4a52e2b496d9-v18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 8 October 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">macOS</th><td class="infobox-data">1.11.80<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-6eed48b3aff777c5782d05020d4c4a52e2b496d9-v18_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-6eed48b3aff777c5782d05020d4c4a52e2b496d9-v18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 8 October 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Windows</th><td class="infobox-data">1.11.80<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-6eed48b3aff777c5782d05020d4c4a52e2b496d9-v18_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-6eed48b3aff777c5782d05020d4c4a52e2b496d9-v18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 8 October 2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Web</th><td class="infobox-data">1.11.80<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-dad0c08ad996f820602bb2e94e1e84bab26b9827-v18_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-dad0c08ad996f820602bb2e94e1e84bab26b9827-v18-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> / 8 October 2024</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/vector-im/element-web.git">github<wbr />.com<wbr />/vector-im<wbr />/element-web<wbr />.git</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47004029#P1324" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/wiki/Objective-C" title="Objective-C">Objective-C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swift_(programming_language)" title="Swift (programming language)">Swift</a>, <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kotlin_(programming_language)" title="Kotlin (programming language)">Kotlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Web_app" class="mw-redirect" title="Web app">Web platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">25 languages<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="background-color: transparent;">List of languages</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="">Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English (UK), English (US), Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Voice_over_IP" title="Voice over IP">VoIP</a> communications, <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a>, <a href="/wiki/Videoconference" class="mw-redirect" title="Videoconference">Videoconferences</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-riot-features_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-features-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>, and other App Integrations</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Apache_License" title="Apache License">Apache-2.0</a><sup id="cite_ref-license_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-license-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://element.io">element<wbr />.io</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Element</b> (formerly <b>Riot</b> and <b>Vector</b><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">free and open-source software</a> <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> client implementing the <a href="/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)" title="Matrix (protocol)">Matrix protocol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-itsfoss-riot-desktop_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itsfoss-riot-desktop-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Element supports <a href="/wiki/End-to-end_encryption" title="End-to-end encryption">end-to-end encryption</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> private and public groups, sharing of files between users, voice and video calls, and other collaborative features with help of bots and widgets. It is available as a <a href="/wiki/Web_application" title="Web application">web application</a> that can be accessed through any modern <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>, as desktop apps for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">Mac</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, and as a mobile app for <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> and <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-riot-features_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-features-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Element is changing its license from Apache-2.0 to AGPLv3 only with CLA.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Element_(software)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Element was originally known as Vector when it was released from <a href="/wiki/Beta_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta software">beta</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t3n.de-slack-rivalen_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t3n.de-slack-rivalen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The app was renamed to Riot in September of the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riot.im_logo_2019.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The letter "R" in a round blue shape." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Riot.im_logo_2019.svg/128px-Riot.im_logo_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Riot.im_logo_2019.svg/192px-Riot.im_logo_2019.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Riot.im_logo_2019.svg/256px-Riot.im_logo_2019.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="334" data-file-height="293" /></a><figcaption>Logo of Riot from 2019 to 2020.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2016 the first implementation of the Matrix end-to-end encryption was implemented and rolled out as a beta to users.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2020, the developers announced enabling end-to-end encryption by default in Riot for new non-public conversations.<sup id="cite_ref-riot-blog-e2ee-default_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-blog-e2ee-default-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2019, a new application was released on the Google Play Store in response to <a href="/wiki/Cryptographic_key" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryptographic key">cryptographic keys</a> used to sign the Riot Android app being compromised.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2020, Riot was renamed to Element.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2021, Element was briefly suspended from Google Play Store in response to a report of user-submitted abusive content on Element's default server, <code>matrix.org</code>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-androidpolice_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-androidpolice-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Element staff rectified the issue and the app was brought back to the Play Store.<sup id="cite_ref-androidpolice_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-androidpolice-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2023, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s government banned 14 messaging apps, including Element. The ban was enacted on the recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs, citing terrorism in <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> as the main cause.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technology">Technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Element_(software)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Element is built with the Matrix React SDK,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is a <a href="/wiki/React_(JavaScript_library)" class="mw-redirect" title="React (JavaScript library)">React</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Software_development_kit" title="Software development kit">software development kit</a> to ease the development of <a href="/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)" title="Matrix (protocol)">Matrix</a> clients. Element is reliant on web technologies and uses <a href="/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)" title="Electron (software framework)">Electron</a> for bundling the app for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>. The Android and iOS clients are developed and distributed with their respective platform tools. </p><p>On Android the app is available both in the <a href="/wiki/Google_Play_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="Google Play Store">Google Play Store</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the free-software only <a href="/wiki/F-Droid" title="F-Droid">F-Droid</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archives, with minor modifications. For instance, the F-Droid version does not contain the proprietary <a href="/wiki/Google_Cloud_Messaging" title="Google Cloud Messaging">Google Cloud Messaging</a> plug-in.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Element_(software)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Element is able to bridge other communications into the app via Matrix,<sup id="cite_ref-itsfoss-riot-desktop_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itsfoss-riot-desktop-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slack_(software)" title="Slack (software)">Slack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telegram_(software)" title="Telegram (software)">Telegram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jitsi_Meet" class="mw-redirect" title="Jitsi Meet">Jitsi Meet</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, it integrates voice and video peer-to-peer and group chats via <a href="/wiki/WebRTC" title="WebRTC">WebRTC</a>. </p><p>Element supports <a href="/wiki/End-to-end_encryption" title="End-to-end encryption">end-to-end encryption</a> (E2EE) of both one-to-one and group chats.<sup id="cite_ref-riot-features_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-features-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Element_(software)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Media compared Element to <a href="/wiki/Slack_(software)" title="Slack (software)">Slack</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t3n.de-slack-rivalen_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t3n.de-slack-rivalen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/WhatsApp" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a><sup id="cite_ref-t3n.de-slack-rivalen_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t3n.de-slack-rivalen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other instant messaging clients.<sup id="cite_ref-golem-willkommen_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golem-willkommen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, German computer magazine <a href="/wiki/Golem.de" class="mw-redirect" title="Golem.de">Golem.de</a> called Element (then Riot) and Matrix server "mature" and "feature-rich", but criticized its <a href="/wiki/Key_authentication" title="Key authentication">key authentication</a> at the time to be not user-friendly for communicatees owning multiple devices. A co-founder of the project, Matthew Hodgson, assured the key verification process was a "placeholder" solution to work on.<sup id="cite_ref-golem-willkommen_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golem-willkommen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Element added key cross-signing to make the verification process simpler, and enabled end-to-end encryption by default.<sup id="cite_ref-riot-blog-e2ee-default_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-riot-blog-e2ee-default-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Element_(software)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matrix_(protocol)" title="Matrix (protocol)">Matrix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services" title="Rich Communication Services">Rich Communication Services (RCS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol" title="Session Initiation Protocol">Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XMPP" title="XMPP">XMPP</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Element_(software)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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