Element

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Element

Privacy-focused messenger using the Matrix protocol. The Element client allows for group chat rooms, media sharing voice and video group calls.

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Element Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Summary

  • This service collects your IP address, which can be used to view your approximate location
  • The service provides information about how they intend to use your personal data
  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at the users' sole risk
  • This service does not force users into binding arbitration
  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection.
  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.
  • You are solely responsible for claims made against the service and agree to indemnify and hold harmless the service.
  • You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service
  • The service has a no refund policy
  • Users should revisit the terms periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will notify
  • This services gives no guarantee regarding quality
  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents
  • You authorise the service to charge a credit card supplied on re-occurring basis
  • The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers
  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet the users' expectations or requirements
  • The court of law governing the terms is in location England and Wales
  • You cannot distribute or disclose your account to third parties
  • The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service
  • Users are responsible for any risks, damages, or losses they may incur by downloading materials
  • The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected
  • Tracking cookies refused will not limit your ability to use the service
  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder
  • Other applicable rules, terms, conditions or guidelines
  • User logs are deleted after a finite period of time
  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision
  • You can request access and deletion of personal data
  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account
  • This service allows you to retrieve an archive of your data
  • The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you
  • Your personal data is used for limited purposes
  • The service provides details about what kinds of personal information they collect
  • Your personal data is aggregated into statistics
  • The user is informed about security practices
  • This service gathers information about you through third parties
  • Third parties are involved in operating the service
  • The service provides a complete list of all cookies set by its website
  • A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data
  • The service may use device fingerprinting on users.
  • User accounts can be terminated after having been in breach of the terms of service repeatedly
  • User-generated content is encrypted, and this service cannot decrypt it
  • If you are the target of a copyright holder's take down notice, this service gives you the opportunity to defend yourself
  • This service is only available to users over 16 years of age
  • You maintain ownership of your data
  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security
  • The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable
  • This service assumes no liability for any losses or damages resulting from any matter relating to the service
  • This service provides archives of their Terms of Service so that changes can be viewed over time
  • Provides instructions on how to submit a copyright claim
  • The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.
  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
  • The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

Score

B

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Element Source Code

Author

element-hq

Description

A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

#hacktoberfest#matrix

Homepage

https://element.io

License

AGPL-3.0

Created

22 Jul 15

Last Updated

16 Jun 26

Latest version

v1.12.22-rc.0

Primary Language

TypeScript

Size

548,671 KB

Stars

13,216

Forks

2,661

Watchers

13,216

Language Usage

Language Usage

Star History

Star History

Top Contributors

Recent Commits

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update vite to v4.1.9 (#33873) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update rust:bullseye Docker digest to e12c121 (#33860) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update testcontainers docker digests (#33861) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update Node.js to 21f403a (#33858) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:alpine-slim Docker digest to 762e8e4 (#33857) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • Michael Telatynski (16 Jun 26)

    Switch from prettier to oxfmt (#33844) * Switch from prettier to oxfmt * Make knip happy * Make knip happy * Apply suggestion from @t3chguy * Rename .oxfmtrc.json to .oxfmtrc.jsonc * Make oxfmt happier

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update storybook to v10.4.4 (#33850) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • David Baker (16 Jun 26)

    User status in user menu (#33797) * Add user status on user profile icon Currently unstyled & no tests * Style the user status icon * Update snapshot for avatar wrapper * More snapshot updates * add if braces * Split out user status functions to avoid circular dep which has the weird effect of just breaking jest's mocking. * type imports * Update imports * Update snapshot * Tests * baseline image * Just snapshot the component itself * User status in user menu first pass, unstyled * fix export * superstylin' * snapshots * Add story & test * Snapshots and re-use the repeated rules * Tests * Fix jest lcov projectRoot config * Change tooltip text to just 'clear' * Add comment & fix console warn * Remove all options screenshot as it's not really particularly useful as a preset story * remove stale screenshot * fix imports --------- Co-authored-by: Michael Telatynski <[email protected]>

  • Michael Telatynski (16 Jun 26)

    Tweak modules to be disabled if config is missing (#33806) * Consolidate modules vitest coverage * Use vite-common as base for modules vitest config * Make knip happier * Fix coverage paths * Place modules unit tests alongside src * Switch to defineProject for better type safety * Consolidate vitest CI & coverage Kills off vite-common * Update comment * Update lockfile * Fix shared-components vitest config * Soften eslint config for tests in modules * Run eslint on modules/playwright dir too * Make tsc happy * Tweak modules to be disabled if config is missing * Restore blank line * Improve coverage * Potential fix for pull request finding 'Unused variable, import, function or class' Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <223894421+github-code-quality[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <223894421+github-code-quality[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (16 Jun 26)

    Update github-actions non-major dependencies to v6.0.9 (#33849) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (15 Jun 26)

    Update definitelyTyped to v3 (#33852) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (15 Jun 26)

    Update testcontainers docker digests (#33848) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • Florian Duros (15 Jun 26)

    Room list: add notifications to section headers (#33826) * feat(sc): add notification decoration to header * feat(vm): add notification decoration to vm * test(e2e): add test

  • Michael Telatynski (15 Jun 26)

    Replace `require` calls for image uris with imports (#33847) * Replace `require` calls for image uris with imports In prep for vitest * Fix copyright

  • Michael Telatynski (15 Jun 26)

    Use vitest for some EW unit tests (#33816) * Use vitest for some EW unit tests * Ensure library builds are done before unit tests * Stabilise jest tests * Move more tests over * Make sonar happier * Update types/node for happy-dom compat again * Decrease max-workers to stabilise jest tests * Split jest over 3 runners to alleviate memory woes * Switch jest to runInBand * Attempt to deflake jest tests * tweak coverage * tweak coverage

  • Michael Telatynski (15 Jun 26)

    Apply html utils sanitiser to embedded page (#33842) * Apply html utils sanitiser to embedded page * Write tests

  • Zack (15 Jun 26)

    Refactor UnreadNotificationBadge to shared MVVM view (#33672) * Refactor notification badge to shared MVVM view * Bage icons Images * Narrow unread notification badge refactor scope * Align unread badge MVVM pattern * Reduce unread badge viewmodel duplication * Document unread badge viewmodel props * Remove legacy badge classes from shared view * Update css for knocked door * Update thread badge e2e selector * Update read receipt badge e2e selectors

  • ElementRobot (15 Jun 26)

    [create-pull-request] automated change (#33841) Co-authored-by: t3chguy <[email protected]>

  • Michael Telatynski (12 Jun 26)

    Use PR labels to request additional CI to run (#33829) * Run all desktop platform tests on PR with `A-Electron` label * Run modules tests on PR with `A-Modules` label * Fix matrix configuration * Iterate

  • ElementRobot (12 Jun 26)

    [create-pull-request] automated change (#33830) Co-authored-by: t3chguy <[email protected]>

  • Florian Duros (11 Jun 26)

    Room list: fix keyboard navigation on sections (#33809) * fix: keyboard navigation on sections * test: add e2e test for keyboard navigation * fix: add more keyboard navigation * test: add e2e tests * chore: remove useless check

  • renovate[bot] (11 Jun 26)

    Update storybook to v10.4.2 (#33823) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (11 Jun 26)

    Update Element Call to v0.20.1 (#33820) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (11 Jun 26)

    Update eslint-plugins (#33824) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (11 Jun 26)

    Update matrix-org to v0.36.1 (#33821) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (11 Jun 26)

    Update testcontainers docker digests (#33818) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • renovate[bot] (11 Jun 26)

    Update electron-builder to v26.15.2 (#33819) Co-authored-by: renovate[bot] <29139614+renovate[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

  • Florian Duros (11 Jun 26)

    Room list: hide the empty/collapse icon when the room list is empty (#33814) * fix: don't display the empty/collapse icon when the room list is empty * Fix jest lcov projectRoot config --------- Co-authored-by: Michael Telatynski <[email protected]>

  • Michael Telatynski (11 Jun 26)

    Fix modules dir tsc not running in CI (#33811) * Fix modules dir tsc not running in CI * Switch to nx run-many for ci task This has smarter scheduling logic for dependant tasks

  • Florian Duros (11 Jun 26)

    feat: remove logic to expand a section when a filter is selected (#33785)

Element Security

Security Advisories (5)

  • medium Patched

    CVE-2025-59161 A malicious room can hide an unrelated room and cause it to be left when the malicious room is left

  • medium Patched

    CVE-2025-32026 Element Web could load a malicious instance of Element Call leaking media encryption keys

  • high Patched

    CVE-2024-51750 A malicious homeserver can modify events leading to unrenderable events or rooms

  • low Patched CVSS 3.5

    CVE-2024-51749 Thumbnails can be abused to misrepresent the content of an attachment

  • high Patched

    CVE-2024-47779 Potential exposure of access token via authenticated media

Element Website

Website

307 Temporary Redirect

Redirects

Redirects to https://element.io/en/

Security Checks

All 65 security checks passed

Server Details

  • IP Address 172.66.165.154
  • Location San Francisco, California, United States of America, NA
  • ISP CloudFlare Inc.
  • ASN AS13335

Associated Countries

  • US US
  • FR FR
  • CA CA

Safety Score

Website marked as safe

100%

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element.io was found on 0 blacklists

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Element Android App

APK Info

De-Googled Compatibility

Native 3.74 / 4 23 ratings
microG 3.89 / 4 19 ratings
  • GrapheneOS Native 3.8 / 4 (17)
  • CalyxOS microG 3.9 / 4 (12)
  • LineageOS Native 3.8 / 4 (4)
  • LineageOS microG 3.8 / 4 (4)
  • iodeOS microG 4.0 / 4 (2)
  • crDroid Native 3.5 / 4 (2)

Tested on Android 12–16 · Updated 13 May 26 · View on Plexus →

Trackers

  • Sentry

Permissions

  • Access Coarse Location
  • Access Fine Location
  • Access Network State
  • Access Wifi State
  • Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth Connect
  • Camera
  • Foreground Service
  • Internet
  • Manage Own Calls
  • Modify Audio Settings
  • Post Notifications
  • Read Calendar
  • Read Contacts
  • Read External Storage
  • Receive Boot Completed
  • Record Audio
  • Request Ignore Battery Optimizations
  • Request Install Packages
  • System Alert Window
  • Use Biometric
  • Use Fingerprint
  • Use Full Screen Intent
  • Vibrate
  • Wake Lock
  • Write Calendar
  • Write External Storage
  • Dynamic Receiver Not Exported Permission

Element iOS App

App Info

Element Classic

Element Classic is the previous-generation of Element mobile app. Friends, family and communities should use the free and open source Element X app which is faster, easier to use, and more powerful. New users of public sector organisations, enterprises and professional teams users should use the Element Pro app that is built for work and organizations. Element Classic is available at least until the end of 2025 and will receive critical security updates but no further enhancements or new features.

Rating

Rated 3.31 out of 5 stars by 575 users

Version Info

  • Current Version 1.11.38
  • Last Updated 01 Jun 26
  • First Released 05 May 16
  • Minimum iOS Version 15.1
  • Device Models Supported 127

App Details

  • IPA Size 170.42 Mb
  • Price Free (USD)
  • Age Advisory 17+
  • Supported Languages 45
  • Developer Vector Creations Limited
  • Bundle ID im.vector.app

Screenshots

  • App screenshot
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Change History

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