Conduit Matrix homeserver
Hacker ApprovedMatrix homeserver in Hosting & cloud
Free, lightweight Rust Matrix homeserver that people find simpler to configure than Synapse and fast enough for self-hosting.
Free, lightweight Rust Matrix homeserver that people find simpler to configure than Synapse and fast enough for self-hosting.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 79%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simpler to configure than Synapse
“a lot simpler to configure than Synapse”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams” “I very much prefer conduit to synapse.”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years” Small footprint and fast messages
“rust-native homeservers like Conduit which are beta but smaller footprint”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “XMPP and Metadata” “I self host a Conduit server and I don't ever notice messages being slow”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synapse Matrix homeserver | 28 | 33 | 46% | 8 | 2 yrs7 owners | — |
| Conduit Matrix homeserverThis page | 15 | 4 | 79% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
19 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Stealing all my brain waves is called non-invasive now.”
“something with so much potential to be made”
“Conduit gained support for SS fairly recently so that's good.”
“jump hosts are behind a Pro plan with an account it's a no go”
“Make standalone Windows version”
“It looks good. Will test it out.”
“if you want to compose pipelines of them you just use Conduit”
“Not 'here is pipes, here is conduit, here is streaming, here is foldl library'”
“each requiring adapters between them”
“mobile experience as robust as anything I get from Anthropic”
“With Conduit and Tailscale providing the last layer so I can have a mobile experience”
“I self host a Conduit server and I don't ever notice messages being slow”
“a lot simpler to configure than Synapse”
“those are powerful enough to express anything you want to”
“which is an easy-to-use Psiphon proxy node”
“rust-native homeservers like Conduit which are beta but smaller footprint”
“this doesn't fit my usecase”
“Conduit has retention policies for media and attachments!”
“I very much prefer conduit to synapse.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.