Security & privacy tools / Element
Element
Element is a Matrix-based, end-to-end encrypted messenger and collaboration app, self-hosted for digital sovereignty and interoperable over the Matrix network.
Where it stands
4.0 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.2 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Element yet. How tests work
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Measured signals
5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Element's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 587 ms.
- Security5 / 55 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
3.2 / 5 · 17 commenters59% of the 17 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Element; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“I believe Element is a UK company. The blog post on This Week In Matrix states it uses modified versions of the open source (and self hostable) Mautrix bridges which are primarily built by tulir [2] of Beeper [3]: >…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“> The Element app is just one of many apps that give access to the Matrix network. A simple parallel is that banning Element because it gives access to the Matrix network is the equivalent to blocking Google Chrome…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“From a SEO point of view, The transition of 'New Vector' -> 'Element' is just as bad since the continuity of the name is completely lost and has to compete again in the SEO rankings. The thing is with very generic names…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I tried searching for Element in the Google Play store. It suggests an app dedicated to Asian gay men. From the article: > RiotX (our ground-up rewrite of Riot Android) has exited beta, and replaces Riot Android as…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in one place (2021, 403 comments) · Riot is now Element (2020, 361 comments) · Element is one of fourteen messaging apps blocked by Central Indian Government (2023, 247 comments) · Element Matrix Services Announces Element Home (2021, 166 comments)
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Tasks and scores
- Secure messagingNot tested yet
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