Element is a combined secure messaging app and collaboration tool, designed to provide interoperable and scalable communication for unilateral and multinational use.
Discover how BWI and the German Armed Forces built on Matrix for its secure messaging and collaboration app, BwMessenger.
Read the case studyBased on the Matrix open standard, Element makes it easy for national security operators to communicate across a secure and resilient network. It can even integrate with traditional systems, such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, Signal and WhatsApp.
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TDEM
Element delivers communication for disaster recovery situations.
DINUM
Element partners with the French government to support 300K users.
BUNDESWEHR
Germany's Bundeswehr use Element for secure communications.
G7
Matrix-based Tchap was used to help secure the G7 Summit in Biarritz.
Element can connect cross-department and international teams, thrown together to respond to emergencies.
Enables HQs to establish easy-to-scale secure communication networks.
Element supports peer-to-peer and ultra-low bandwidth to increase C2 resilience across oceans.
Secure and interoperable, Element provides a robust primary or contingency communication platform.
End-to-end encrypted
Available both on-premise and in the cloud
Open standard for easy connectivity
Open network
(No walled garden, no vendor lock-in)
Peer-to-peer connectivity
(For Extreme Environments)
Native-feel bridging
(to other platforms and apps)
The decentralised Matrix open standard supports both closed and open federation, and preserves each partner’s digital sovereignty.
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Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralised communication, connecting 42M+ users over 80K+ deployments.
Governed by The Matrix.org Foundation, the Matrix protocol is an open standard with open source implementations, supporting a vibrant developer ecosystem. Element was founded by the team behind Matrix as a way to bring it to the mainstream.
Element is incredibly proud to build in the open, sharing almost all of our own code with everyone.
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