# Matrix protocol for chat

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780 "2021-12-01T22:02:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/matrix-protocol-for-chat/210780/54 "2024-03-06T20:21:05Z")

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> [@volanar](#):
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> Rocket.chat does not require an additional server, it supports the matrix itself.

> **[Welcoming Rocket.Chat to Matrix!](https://matrix.org/blog/2022/05/30/welcoming-rocket-chat-to-matrix/)**
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> Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

> Aaron from Rocket.Chat just published an [excellent guide & video tour](https://geekgonecrazy.com/2022/05/30/rocketchat-and-the-matrix-protocol/) for how to actually set up your Rocket.Chat instance with Dendrite to get talking Matrix!

Dendrite … that is not native, it is via a bridge that does the matrix protocol heavy lifting.

In case I am missing some newer announcement…

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