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title = "Hosting"
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template = "ecosystem/hosting.html"
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weight = 4
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extra.summary = """
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Everyone can host their Matrix server, but not everybody wants to. These are the providers the Matrix.org Foundation knows about.
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"""
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## Why not matrix.org?
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Matrix could be described as what happens when email, instant messaging and
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encryption meet. To be able to use Matrix, you need a Matrix account which is
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provided by... a provider! The matrix accounts identifiers look like
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`@username:example.com`. People on different providers can talk to one another,
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in the same way you can send emails to someone using another email provider.
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Matrix.org is the largest, free provider of Matrix accounts. Many people have an
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identifier like `@username:matrix.org`. This also means that the Matrix.org
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servers are crowded. Using your own provider **as an individual** can not only
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make your Matrix experience snappier, but also give you access to a set of
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pre-configured [bridges](/ecosystem/bridges/) to talk to friends on other networks such as Signal
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or WhatsApp.
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**Organisations and community managers** will be interested in providers for two
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main reasons: they can proudly display their identity with their own domain
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in username and rooms identifiers, and their administrators remain in control
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of the data of their organisation.
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The following providers have been brought to the attention of the Matrix.org
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Foundation. Please note that the Matrix.org Foundation doesn't endorse them,
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nor provides any warranties for using them.
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## Known providers
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{{ hosting_providers() }}
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