AI summary
Experimental Matrix chat client with E2EE, Spaces, audio/video calls, and multi-account support. Open source and cross-platform (Android, Linux). Permissions include camera, audio, and location—used for calls and live-location sharing. Latest update adds unread room filter and removes unused parts.
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About this app
Mages
Mages is an experimental matrix chat client.
UI: Compose Multiplatform Core: a Rust library built on top of matrix-rust-sdk, exposed to Kotlin via UniFFI (not using matrix-sdk-ffi) The goal was to have a cross‑platform desktop/mobile client, while not being as heavy as web apps (initially there were very few alternatives to element-desktop which notify, with proper screen-sharing support and that stay hidden in my tray (unlike neochat, though it has linux-specific push notifs via kunifiedpush, while this currently polls)). Although it might occasionally appear stable, it is never aiming to be as stable as element's clients (or other clients like fluffy or fractal with a proper user-focused goal)
Features (as of the last README update)
Room list with previews and unread counts Room and thread timelines (text, media, polls, live-location sharing) End‑to‑end encryption (via matrix‑sdk) Full Spaces support Simple presence / privacy settings Android app and Linux desktop builds (Available on/as FDroid, AppImage (updatable via Gear Lever for example), AUR (mages-bin), snapcraft and flathub) Unsigned Windows and Mac builds Experimental Audio and Video Calls Support (Screen sharing is only available on desktop) Multi account and language (currently only spanish) support
What's new
remove unused parts Rooms: Show unread messages and notified with the unread filter, and add a setting to only show notified
About this version
- Version
- 4.8.6 (1201)
- Size
- 107.92 MB
- Requires Android
- 7.0
- Target SDK
- 24
- Architecture
- arm64-v8a
- Downloads
- 11
- Updated
- Jul 1, 2026
- Package
- org.mlm.mages
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