Bromal

Overview

Bromal is a lightweight opensource messaging server, that uses the Matrix protocol. It is being developed for the efficient deployment of federated messaging systems with modest resource requirements, as a result, it could be deployed even on small servers, including VPS, without sacrificing essential functionality. The project aims to support server-to-server federation, state resolution for different room versions, end-to-end encryption, a full-featured messaging module, built-in VoIP, automatic TLS certificate acquisition via Let's Encrypt using the ACME protocol, as well as the ability to create a cluster for larger installations.

Current status

This software is under active development. Stay tuned for more rock'n'roll!

Requirements

Bromal currently depends on the following packages:

• Elixir 1.18+
• Erlang 26+
• PostgreSQL 15+
• ImageMagick (for image manipulation)

Build instructions

mix deps.get
mix compile

Run tests

Bromal tests require access to a PostgreSQL database, so it must be properly installed and configured beforehand. Tests can then be executed as usual:

mix test

Under Guix System

See this link for more information.

Contributions

Contributions are always welcome, however they are always welcome without ANY use of generative AI/LLMs.

Sponsors

Bromal is funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet program. Learn more at the NLnet Bromal page.

Many thanks to them! ❤️

License

Bromal is licensed under the AGPLv3 or later. Please consult the LICENSE file for more details.