SmsMatrix

A simple SMS <--> Matrix bridge.

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What it is

A simple SMS <--> Matrix bridge.

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2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

What Hacker News says

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jlkuester7·May 31, 2022

I use it as a one-stop-shop for messaging. I setup a Synapse server ~5 years ago and since then have convinced many of my close family and friends to join my server (or another). Now many of the folks I want to chat with are regular users of Matrix. For some of my stone-age friends that are still on WhatsApp, I run a bridge [1] so that I don't need to look beyond my Matrix client to see WhatsApp messages. For other random SMS messages, I use the dated SmsMatrix [2] to push text messages so I can see/reply from Matrix. Beyond that, I also use Matrix to connect to several open source communities (e.g. Mailu.io [3]). 1. https://github.com/mautrix/whatsapp 2. https://github.com/tijder/SmsMatrix 3. https://matrix.to/#/!RJFCFtixHgPhzacdhW:tedomum.net?via=ghos...

In Welcoming Rocket.Chat to Matrix

motiejus·Apr 26, 2021

I am running my own home server, everyone in my family has an account they use there (the domain is our last name). Non-techy people use it and like it (past the initial setup, since setting up a custom domain requires a few more clicks than :matrix.org account). I am not waiting for the day, though, when they will need to set up a new device without access to the old one because of E2E setup. I would like Matrix to provide a setting to advise UIs to not use e2e encryption for the same domain -- that's useless if you trust the home server (my family do trust my home server). > I personally haven't met any "real" people who are even aware of Matrix. When I broached it with a non-IT friend, they were actively uninterested in unifying messaging applications as they had "facebook friends" and "whatsapp friends" and interacted with them differ

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ently. I tried to sell it too with the "unify your messaging apps", but this is a wrong selling point to new users. First they need to start using matrix as their messaging app, realize that it works well, including VoIP and video calls. Once trust is there, only then start thinking about using bridges. Because there will be rough edges (e.g. federated voice/video calls do not work). Because of the way bridges integrate to third-parties, they are not bug-free. Reliability is just not great yet. Maybe except a hosted service, Beeper[1], which is run by people who know most about these bridges and can provide support. To sum up, I am using Matrix for my family network, and some bridges personally; I am not yet planning to spread the use of bridges beyond myself. Besides the encryption setup, I like the UI a lot. I also use gomuks[2] from time to time, which is a terminal matrix application. I have not stumped into server-side problems. I am donating monthly to Tulir[3], the most prolific Matrix bridge developer (and, to my knowledge, co-founder of beeper). Because I started using Matrix thanks to his bridges. Oh, and I love the Matrix sms bridge[4]. I set it up to see if it works, and I am not going back. It's great. [1]: https://www.beeper.com/ [2]: https://github.com/tulir/gomuks [3]: https://github.com/tulir [4]: https://github.com/tijder/SmsMatrix

In Signald: Unofficial daemon for interacting with Signal

DenseComet·Jun 2, 2020

There is an sms bridge that already exists, however, I'm not sure how well it works. https://github.com/tijder/SmsMatrix If you're on iOS, there is also an iMessage bridge that exists. https://github.com/matrix-hacks/matrix-puppet-imessage

In P2P Matrix

mikenew·Dec 22, 2018

There is one. I'm using it, it works, but it's a little buggy: https://github.com/tijder/SmsMatrix. I haven't been able to ignore my message app and trust the bridge 100% yet. I'm hoping to spend some of my christmas break contributing some work to the project. I agree, bridging SMS into a chat service that you can use from anywhere is a killer feature.

In An Apology and an Update

driminicus·Jul 1, 2018

I use the one by tijder: https://github.com/tijder/SmsMatrix It works well enough for me, though I don't use SMS too often though. What I did like is that I can add another account to a room such that I can monitor texts from both matrix accounts.

In SMS over IRC