Fractal

Chat on Matrix Source

Description

Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects, and will fit all screens, big or small.

Highlights:

Find rooms to discuss your favorite topics, or talk privately to people, securely thanks to end-to-end encryption
Send rich formatted messages, files, or your current location
Reply to specific messages, react with emoji, mention users or rooms, edit or remove messages
View images, and play audio and video directly in the conversation
See who has read messages, and who is typing
Log into multiple accounts at once (with Single-Sign On support)

Source

Notice

Was GTK3/libhandy before 5.0. Supports End-to-End encryption since 5.0.

Project links:

Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: mature

This project has been in development for a long time and is usually well beyond its 1.0 release. It should work fine.

Features

✔ Every feature of this app can be accessed via touch screen, no mouse or keyboard needed.

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

Is this app packaged for my distribution?

green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.

Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Fractal.flatpakref

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita

Backend: Matrix Rust SDK

Programming languages: Rust

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/fractal/-/raw/main/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in