The requirement regarding matrix.org blacklists will be suspended for currently listed homeservers until further notice.
This is a list of public Matrix homeservers as compiled by the author of this guide. Support for this list is provided at #public_servers:tchncs.de. Remember:
Disclaimer:
See Legends for column explanations.
Alphabetically-ordered by the homeserver name.
| Homeserver name | Jurisdiction (and Server location) | Rules | Privacy Policy | Privacy concerns | Note | Registration method | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0wnz.at | Austria | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| activism.international | Germany | Yes | Yes | Left-wing; accounts serve as SSO for other services | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| alpenbunker.ch | Switzerland | No | No | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| altertek.org | France | Yes | Sort of | matrix.altertek.org |
1.49.0 | ||
| antifash.gay | US? | No | No | Left-wing | antifash.gay |
1.30.1 | |
| arcticfoxes.net | US (UK) | Sort of | Sort of | reCaptcha | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| aria-net.org | Italy? | Yes | Yes | reCaptcha; Email | Throwaway email addresses forbidden | In-house Element | 1.52.0 (b=aria-net) |
| arrayinamatrix.xyz | Canada | Yes | Yes | Residential | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| asozial.org | Germany | No | No | In German; left-wing | In-house Element | Dendrite 0.5.1+e81ef164 | |
| awau.uk | UK (Germany) | No | Unclear | Cloudflare | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| bachgau.social | Germany | Yes | Yes | In German; region-specific | In-house Element | Error!! | |
| badstuebner.biz | Germany | No | Unclear | In German | In-house Element | 1.49.2 | |
| bdsm2.pl | Poland? (Sweden) | No | No | BDSM-oriented (implies 18+) | See here | Error!! | |
| buyvm.net | US | No | No | reCaptcha | Accessory | In-house Element | 1.51.0 |
| catgirl.cloud | Germany | Yes | Yes | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| chatcloud.net | Austria (Germany) | Yes | Yes | Web analytics; reCaptcha; Email | Relationship-oriented? | In-house Element | 1.49.0 |
| chatwave.org | Germany | No | Yes | In German; operated by yatrix.org | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| club1.fr | France | No | No | reCaptcha; Email1 | In French | See info page | 1.52.0 |
| community.rs | US | No | No | Cloudflare | In-house Element | 1.47.1 | |
| converser.eu | France | No | No | In French | See info page | 1.51.0 | |
| crossbach.de | Germany | No | Yes | In German | In-house Element | 1.50.1 | |
| cubebuilder.me | US? | Yes | No | See info page | 1.49.2 | ||
| cuum.space | Russia | Yes | Yes | NSFW-inclined | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| dalek.zone | Germany? | No | No | In-house Element | Error!! | ||
| danskungdom.dk | Denmark (Germany) | No | No | In Danish | In-house Element | 1.41.1 | |
| dark.fi | Germany? | No | No | Accessory; crypto | In-house Element | 1.44.0 | |
| das-labor.org | Germany | No | Sort of | In German | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| decred.org | US? | No | No | Accessory; crypto | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| demoicracy.org | US? | Sort of | No | Diversity-oriented | In-house Element | 1.39.0 | |
| devass.su | Russia? | No | No | Cloudflare; Email | In Russian | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
| duesen.chat | Germany | No | Yes | In German; operated by yatrix.org | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| e2e.zone | Germany? | No | No | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| egora.org | Finland? | No | No | Right-wing / libertarian-oriented | See here | 1.34.0 | |
| envs.net | Germany | CoC and ToS | Yes | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| erfurt.chat | Germany | No | Yes | In German; region-specific | In-house Element | 1.0.0 | |
| exarius.org | France | No | Sort of | See info page | 1.47.1 | ||
| filik.eu | Czech Republic | No | No | reCaptcha or SSO2; Email | chat.filik.eu |
1.52.0 | |
| flieger.chat | Germany | No | Yes | In German; operated by yatrix.org | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| freiburg.social | Germany | Yes | Yes | In German; region-specific | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| freitrix.de | Germany | No | Yes | reCaptcha; Email1 | In German | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
| fulda.social | Germany | No | No | reCaptcha | matrix.fulda.social |
1.52.0 | |
| g24.at | Austria | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In German; region-specific (Graz, Austria) | In-house Element | 1.51.0 |
| gemeinsam.jetzt | Austria | No | Yes | In German; activism-oriented | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| glasgow.social | UK | No | No | AWS; Email | Region-specific | See info page | 1.46.0 |
| grin.hu | Hungary | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| inetd.xyz | Netherlands | Sort of | Same as matrix.org | reCaptcha | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| jonasled.de | Germany | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In German | jonasled.de |
1.52.0 |
| jupiterbroadcasting.com | US? | No | No | Accessory | See info page | 1.51.0 | |
| kreatea.space | Turkey (Germany) | Yes | No | matrix.kreatea.space |
1.51.0 | ||
| ladiv.org | Switzerland | No | No | Residential? | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| liberta.casa | Germany? | Yes | No | In-house Element | 1.47.1 | ||
| librem.one | US | No | Unclear | SSO | 1.38.1 | ||
| librosphere.org | France | No | No | In French | See info page | 1.47.1 | |
| llamarific.social | US? | No | No | In-house Element | 1.45.1 | ||
| magaya.org | Australia | Yes | Yes | 18+ | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| magdeburg.jetzt | Germany | Yes | Yes | In German; region-specific | SSO | 1.47.1 | |
| mailstation.de | Germany | CoC and ToS of matrix.org | No | reCaptcha | mailstation.de |
1.52.0 | |
| matrix.im | Germany | No | Yes | reCaptcha | In German | matrix.im |
1.52.0 |
| melroy.org | Netherlands | No | No | reCaptcha | Accessory | melroy.org |
1.49.2 |
| milkte.ch | Switzerland? | Yes | Yes | matrix.milkte.ch |
1.41.1 | ||
| mint.lgbt | US? | Yes | Yes | Left-wing | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| monero.social | US | Yes | No | 18+; accessory; crypto | See info page | 1.52.0 | |
| mtrx.nz | New Zealand | No | No | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| mux.re | France? | No | No | reCaptcha | In French | In-house Element | 1.50.1 |
| nibbana.jp | Japan | No | No | Oriented towards Japanese culture | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| nitro.chat | Germany | No | Yes | reCaptcha | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| nixbitcoin.org | Germany? | No | No | Accessory; crypto | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| nltrix.net | Netherlands | Yes | Yes | In Dutch | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| noagenda.chat | US? | No | No | reCaptcha | In-house Element | 1.49.2 | |
| nolog.chat | Czech Republic | No | No | Left-wing | In-house Element | 1.48.0 | |
| oblak.be | Germany? | Sort of | Sort of | SSO does not work | In-house Element | 1.46.0 | |
| ohai.su | Germany | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| okash.it | US? | No | No | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | ||
| ombreport.info | France? | No | No | reCaptcha | In French | In-house Element | 1.51.0 |
| pcriot.org | Germany? | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In-house Element | 1.51.0 | |
| perthchat.org | Australia | No | No | reCaptcha | 18+; region-specific | In-house Element | 1.49.2 |
| phillymesh.net | US | No | No | Accessory | In-house Element | 1.38.0 | |
| planetdecred.org | US? | No | No | AWS | Accessory; crypto | In-house Element | 1.51.0 |
| poenisch.info | Germany | No | Unclear | See info page | 1.24.0 | ||
| privex.io | Belize? (Sweden) | No | No | reCaptcha | Accessory | In-house Element | 1.51.0 |
| pub.solar | Germany | No | Yes | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| pwoss.org | US | Unclear | Unclear | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| qoto.org | US? | Yes | No | AWS | 3 | In-house Element | 1.45.1 |
| radicle.community | Switzerland | No | No | Accessory | In-house Element | 1.48.0 | |
| ru-matrix.org | Russia | No | No | reCaptcha; Email | In Russian | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
| rumatrix.org | Russia (Netherlands) | No | No | In Russian | rumatrix.org |
1.52.0 | |
| scyldings.com | UK? (US) | No | No | reCaptcha | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| sibnsk.net | Russia (Germany) | No | No | reCaptcha | In Russian | See info page | 1.52.0 |
| socialnetwork24.com | Germany | No | No | Email1 | In German | In-house Element | 1.50.1 |
| studichat.de | Germany | No | No | In German; student-oriented | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| sudo.is | Germany | No | No | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| synod.im | Germany | Yes | Yes | Email1 | In German | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
| tauasul.net | ? (Germany) | No | No | In Arabic | tauasul.net |
0.24.1 | |
| tchncs.de | Germany | Yes | Yes | reCaptcha; Email | Only stores messages for a year | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
| techsaviours.org | Germany | Yes | Yes | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | ||
| tedomum.net | France | Yes | Yes | In French | SSO | 1.52.0 | |
| the-apothecary.club | Germany? | Yes | No | Left-wing | In-house Element | 1.50.1 | |
| tomesh.net | Canada (US) | Unclear | No | Accessory | In-house Element | Error!! | |
| trygve.me | Norway | No | No | In Norwegian | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| ungleich.ch | Switzerland | No | Unclear | SSO | 1.47.0 | ||
| unredacted.org | US (Romania) | No | No | reCaptcha | In-house Element | 1.48.0 | |
| utc.chat | China? (US) | No | No | Google Cloud | In Chinese; crypto | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
| utwente.io | Netherlands | Yes | Yes | Region-specific | In-house Element | 1.50.2 | |
| virto.community | ? (Germany) | No | No | Accessory; crypto | In-house Element | 1.52.0 | |
| yatrix.org | Germany | No | Yes | In German | In-house Element | 1.52.0 |
Servers with technical restrictions first, then servers that require manual approval, and finally servers that require payment. Within each type, the servers are listed in alphabetically order by the homeserver name.
| Homeserver name | Jurisdiction (and Server location) | Rules | Privacy Policy | Note | Registration method | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fachschaften.org | Germany | Yes | Yes | In German; requires a German university email address | SSO | 1.52.0 |
| pikaviestin.fi | Finland | Sort of | Yes | In Finnish; requires a Finnish email address | SSO | 1.51.0 |
| aletheia.moe | Iceland? | Yes | Yes | Contact | 1.51.0 | |
| bitma.st | US | Yes | Yes | Contact | 1.47.1 | |
| deuxfleurs.fr | France | No | No | In French | Contact | 1.50.2 |
| hingst.net | Sweden | Yes | Yes | In Swedish | Contact | 1.52.0 |
| libreon.fr | France | Yes | Yes | In French | Contact | 1.52.0 |
| fsfe.org | Germany | Yes | Yes | Accessory | Membership (10+€/month) | 1.51.0 |
| hadoly.fr | France | Yes | No | In French | Membership (7~25€) | 1.51.0 |
| sans-nuage.fr | France | No | No | In French | Membership (15€) | 1.51.0 |
Email address is said to be optional for registration, but is actually required. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
No reCaptcha needed if using SSO, but email address is used as MXID username (eg. @bob=40example.com:filik.eu). ↩
The rules for their Mastodon instance (which are believed to apply to the Matrix homeserver as well) states that a user “must be […] a S.T.E.M. student or professional to join,” however the operator’s stance is that the rule is only enforced on users who “appear to be anti-STEM” such as promoting anti-science conspiracy theories. ↩
Ideally you would host your own homeserver, but not everyone has the means… Anyway, you should use a homeserver other than the default matrix.org because…
The absolute criteria are:
example.com is acceptable, but matrix.example.com is not).matrix.org nor operated by Element Matrix Services (previously known as Modular).m.room.rule.server) on:
#matrix-org-coc-bl:matrix.org: matrix.org Code of Conduct ban list. It is used on many popular public rooms.#matrix-org-hs-tos-bl:matrix.org: matrix.org Homeserver Terms of Service ban list.Some homeservers are excluded from this list on content grounds.
From left to right:
@austin:tchncs.de, where austin is my username and tchncs.de is the display name of the homeserver. See here for a technical explanation./_matrix/consent). An “unclear” or “sort of” (colored yellow) means that the rules’ scope or wording is unclear./_matrix/consent), and is not a copy of the aforementioned notice. An “unclear” or “sort of” (colored yellow) means the privacy policy’s scope or wording is unclear.https://) to create an account on this homeserver. This discrepancy is usually due to the misconfiguration of .well-known.>=1.47.1 (coloured green) is recommended to address a security issue. Homeservers running older versions are coloured yellow.This list was originally located at AustinHuang.me.
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