Matrix bridges

• https://matrix.org/blog/2017/03/11/how-do-i-bridge-thee-let-me-count-the-ways
• https://matrix.org/bridges/
• beeper: All Your Chats In One App Example of many available bridges bundled together to one app

Multi-chat bridges

Matterbridge

• Github
• Cons:
  • Only bridges rooms, no private conversations/direct messages
• no helm chart found so far
  • Only an unmaintained, 3y-old one: https://github.com/openci/matterbridge/tree/master/chart
  • https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/using-kubernetes-to-deploy-a-chat-gateway-or-when-technology-works-like-its-supposed-to-a169a8cd69a3/
• No appservice, means no own homeserver required
• https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Deploy:-Docker
• docker image

Testing:

cd ~/projects/im/matrix/bridges/matterbridge
docker-compose up

IRC bridges

Comparism of different IRC bridges

• heisenbridge: a bouncer-style Matrix IRC bridge

matrix.org IRC bridge

https://medium.com/@agathver/staying-always-online-in-irc-using-riot-the-right-way-d4c4ff2f43d0 https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/blob/develop/README.md#usage

• Room notations: i.e. #leap: #freenode_#leap:matrix.org
• Users:

Identify an freenode server and join a room:

• Set nick by sending a direct message !nick varac to @appservice-irc:matrix.org
• Identify at freenode server by sending a direct message identify FREENODE_USERNAME FREENODE_PASSWORD to @freenode_NickServ:matrix.org
• Join room with either one of:
  • /join #freenode_#beancount:matrix.org
  • Click on the + sign next to rooms in the left navigation bar, then Explore pulic rooms, choose Freennode rooms as network, enter #beancount and hit enter.

To permanently store you freenode account password so you can get automatically reconnected send this to @appservice-irc:matrix.org:

!storepass chat.freenode.net <username>:<password>

Issues with the official matrix.org irc bridge:

Join rooms that are restricted to registered users

• Cannot join freenode channel which blocks unidentified users
• Solution: Send a DM to @appservice-irc:matrix.org bot: !join #beancount

irc.indymedia.org not bridged

Other bridges

Recommended:

• mautrix-facebook
• mautrix-telegram
• mx-puppet-instagram
• mx-puppet-discord

matrix-appservice-mattermost

• https://matrix.org/bridges/#mattermost
• https://github.com/dalcde/matrix-appservice-mattermost
• No DMs
• No encrypted rooms

Matrix Hookshot

• https://matrix-org.github.io/matrix-hookshot/latest
• Figma, Gitlab, Github, Jira, Generic webhooks
• https://github.com/HarHarLinks/matrix-webhook-receiver

Matrix-webhook

https://code.ffdn.org/tetaneutral.net/matrix-webhook