# Conduit Matrix homeserver

15 Hacker News commenters recommended Conduit Matrix homeserver and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, lightweight Rust Matrix homeserver that people find simpler to configure than Synapse and fast enough for self-hosting.

## Why people recommend it

- Simpler to configure than Synapse (2 comments): "a lot simpler to configure than Synapse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902896)) "I very much prefer conduit to synapse." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46113667))
- Small footprint and fast messages (2 comments): "rust-native homeservers like Conduit which are beta but smaller footprint" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591743)) "I self host a Conduit server and I don't ever notice messages being slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46903307))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Synapse Matrix homeserver](https://hackerapproved.com/p/synapse.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Conduit Matrix homeserver", https://hackerapproved.com/p/conduit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).