The Universal Communication Bus

7 hours ago

The proliferation of chat apps has made communication more complicated, requiring users to manage multiple networks and remember which friends are on each platform.
Technology should fade into the background to enable seamless communication, and a universal communications bus is needed.
Matrix is an open-source, federated, encrypted, and decentralized protocol that uses bridges to connect different chat networks, allowing users to chat across platforms from a single client.
Beeper is an app being built to simplify the use of Matrix, aiming to become the best chat client for ambi-social people, similar to how Gmail works with email.
Using Matrix and Beeper enables features like unified search, cross-network organization, continuous conversation timelines, hackable extensions, portable identities, and support for non-display devices.

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