protocols

Supported protocols

Matterbridge supports many protocols, although not all of them support all features. Here's a list of officially-maintained and 3rd-party-maintained networks for matterbridge.

Please let us know if you are able to regularly test and maybe maintain a specific protocol here.

Natively supported

• Discord
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • discord docs
    • discord settings
  • Channel format:
    • by name: channel_name (without the leading #)
    • by ID: ID:channel_id
• IRC
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • irc docs
    • irc settings
  • Channel format: #channel_name (it's all lowercase, and don't forget the leading #)
• Jabber is the same as XMPP
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • xmpp docs
    • xmpp settings
  • Channel format: channel_name (for channel_name@muc.server.org where muc.server.org has been configured as Muc for the corresponding xmpp account)
• Mastodon
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • mastodon docs
    • mastodon application
• Matrix
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • matrix docs
    • matrix settings
  • Channel format: #channel_name:server.org
• Mattermost (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • matterbridge docs
    • matterbridge settings
  • Channel format:
    • by name: channel_name as seen in the URL https://yourmattermostserver/yourteam/channels/channel_name
    • by ID: ID:channel_id
• Microsoft Teams (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge msteams docs
  • Channel format: 19:82caxx@thread.skype as seen in the URL ?threadId=19:82caxx@thread.skype
• Mumble
  • Matterbridge mumble docs
  • Channel format: channel_id as seen in the channel's Edit window
• Nextcloud Talk (no active maintainer) - Matterbridge nctalk docs
  • Channel format: channel_id as seen at the end of URL (eg. xs25tz5y)
• Rocket.chat (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • rocketchat docs
    • rocketchat settings
  • Channel format: #channel_name (don't forget the leading #, even on private channels)
• Slack (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • slack docs
    • slack settings
  • Channel format:
    • by name: channel_name (without the leading #)
    • by ID: ID:channel_id (does not work with webhooks!)
• Ssh-chat (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge sshchat docs
  • Channel format: Only a single sshchat channel is supported
• Telegram
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • telegram docs
    • telegram settings
  • Channel format:
    • for channels/groups: -channel_id where channel_id is a large number (see FAQ)
    • for forum topics (sub-groups): -100channel_id/topic_id (see FAQ), except the first General topic which is -100channel_id (not -100channel_id/1)
• Twitch (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge twitch docs
  • Channel format: #channel_name (it's all lowercase, and don't forget the leading #)
• VK (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge vk docs
  • Channel format: channel_id (see FAQ)
• WhatsApp
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • whatsapp docs
    • whatsapp settings
  • Channel format:
    • by JID: channel_id@g.us (if Channel="", matterbridge will list all channels known to the bot)
    • by name: channel_name (not recommended, and matterbridge will warn you against it because group names can change over time)
• XMPP
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • xmpp docs
    • xmpp settings
  • Channel format: channel_name (for channel_name@muc.server.org where muc.server.org has been configured as Muc for the corresponding xmpp account)
• Zulip (no active maintainer)
  • Matterbridge docs:
    • zulip docs
    • zulip settings
  • Channel format: stream/topic:channel_name (where channel_name has no leading #)

Dropped official support

• Keybase
  • Dropped because noone is maintaining it on our side
  • Reach out here if you want to help bring it back
• Gitter
  • Has moved to matrix protocol
• Harmony
  • Does not exist anymore?
• Steam
  • Not supported anymore, see here for more info.

3rd party via matterbridge api

• Delta Chat
• Minecraft
• Minecraft
• MatterLink (Matterbridge link for Minecraft Forge server chat, archived)
• MatterCraft (Matterbridge link for Minecraft Forge server chat)
• MatterBukkit (Matterbridge link for Minecraft Bukkit/Spigot server chat)
• pyCord (crossplatform chatbot)
• Mattereddit (Reddit chat support)
• ServUO-matterbridge (A matterbridge connector for ServUO servers)
• beerchat (Matterbridge link for minetest)
• nextcloud talk (Integrates matterbridge in Nextcloud Talk)

Past 3rd party projects

• Discourse
• Facebook messenger
• Facebook messenger
• Minecraft
• Reddit
• MatterAMXX: Counter-Strike, half-life and more
• Vintage Story (last commit: February 4th 2021)
• Ultima Online Emulator
• Teamspeak
• ts-matterbridge (Integrate teamspeak chat with matterbridge) (archived September 25th 2022)