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# matterbridge

![Matterbridge Logo](img/matterbridge-notext.gif)<br />
**A simple chat bridge**<br />
Letting people be where they want to be.<br />
<sub>Bridges between a growing number of protocols. Click below to demo or join the development chat.</sub>

   <sup>

[Discord][mb-discord] |
[Gitter][mb-gitter] |
[IRC][mb-irc] |
[Keybase][mb-keybase] |
[Matrix][mb-matrix] |
[Mattermost][mb-mattermost] |
[MSTeams][mb-msteams] |
[Rocket.Chat][mb-rocketchat] |
[Slack][mb-slack] |
[Telegram][mb-telegram] |
[Twitch][mb-twitch] |
[WhatsApp][mb-whatsapp] |
[XMPP][mb-xmpp] |
[Zulip][mb-zulip] |
And more...
</sup>

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**Note:** Matter<em>most</em> isn't required to run matter<em>bridge</em>.</sup></div>

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# Table of Contents

- [matterbridge](#matterbridge)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
  - [Features](#features)
    - [Natively supported](#natively-supported)
    - [3rd party via matterbridge api](#3rd-party-via-matterbridge-api)
    - [API](#api)
  - [Chat with us](#chat-with-us)
  - [Screenshots](#screenshots)
  - [Installing / upgrading](#installing--upgrading)
    - [Binaries](#binaries)
    - [Packages](#packages)
  - [Building](#building)
  - [Building with whatsapp (beta) multidevice support](#building-with-whatsapp-beta-multidevice-support)
  - [Configuration](#configuration)
    - [Basic configuration](#basic-configuration)
    - [Settings](#settings)
    - [Advanced configuration](#advanced-configuration)
      - [Examples](#examples)
        - [Bridge mattermost (off-topic) - irc (#testing)](#bridge-mattermost-off-topic---irc-testing)
        - [Bridge slack (#general) - discord (general)](#bridge-slack-general---discord-general)
    - [Running](#running)
      - [Docker](#docker)
      - [Systemd](#systemd)
    - [Changelog](#changelog)
    - [FAQ](#faq)
    - [Related projects](#related-projects)
    - [Articles / Tutorials](#articles--tutorials)
    - [Thanks](#thanks)

## Features

- [Support bridging between any protocols](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#support-bridging-between-any-protocols)
- [Support multiple gateways(bridges) for your protocols](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#support-multiple-gatewaysbridges-for-your-protocols)
- [Message edits and deletes](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#message-edits-and-deletes)
- Preserves threading when possible
- [Attachment / files handling](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#attachment--files-handling)
- [Username and avatar spoofing](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#username-and-avatar-spoofing)
- [Private groups](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#private-groups)
- [API](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Features#api)

### Natively supported

- [Discord](https://discordapp.com)
- [Gitter](https://gitter.im)
- [Harmony](https://harmonyapp.io)
- [IRC](http://www.mirc.com/servers.html)
- [Keybase](https://keybase.io)
- [Matrix](https://matrix.org)
- [Mattermost](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/)
- [Microsoft Teams](https://teams.microsoft.com)
- [Mumble](https://www.mumble.info/)
- [Nextcloud Talk](https://nextcloud.com/talk/)
- [Rocket.chat](https://rocket.chat)
- [Slack](https://slack.com)
- [Ssh-chat](https://github.com/shazow/ssh-chat)
- ~~[Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/)~~
  - Not supported anymore, see [here](https://github.com/Philipp15b/go-steam/issues/94) for more info.
- [Telegram](https://telegram.org)
- [Twitch](https://twitch.tv)
- [VK](https://vk.com/)
- [WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/)
  - Whatsapp legacy is natively supported
  - Whatsapp multidevice beta is natively supported but you need to build yourself, see [here](#building-with-whatsapp-beta-multidevice-support)
- [XMPP](https://xmpp.org)
- [Zulip](https://zulipchat.com)

### 3rd party via matterbridge api

- [Discourse](https://github.com/DeclanHoare/matterbabble)
- [Facebook messenger](https://github.com/powerjungle/fbridge-asyncio)
- [Facebook messenger](https://github.com/VictorNine/fbridge)
- [Minecraft](https://github.com/elytra/MatterLink)
- [Minecraft](https://github.com/raws/mattercraft)
- [Minecraft](https://gitlab.com/Programie/MatterBukkit)
- [Reddit](https://github.com/bonehurtingjuice/mattereddit)
- [Counter-Strike, half-life and more](https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=319430)
- [MatterAMXX](https://github.com/GabeIggy/MatterAMXX)
- [Vintage Story](https://github.com/NikkyAI/vs-matterbridge)
- [Ultima Online Emulator](https://github.com/kuoushi/ServUO-Matterbridge)
- [Teamspeak](https://github.com/Archeb/ts-matterbridge)

### API

The API is basic at the moment.
More info and examples on the [wiki](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Api).

Used by the projects below. Feel free to make a PR to add your project to this list.

- [MatterLink](https://github.com/elytra/MatterLink) (Matterbridge link for Minecraft Forge server chat, archived)
- [MatterCraft](https://github.com/raws/mattercraft) (Matterbridge link for Minecraft Forge server chat)
- [MatterBukkit](https://gitlab.com/Programie/MatterBukkit) (Matterbridge link for Minecraft Bukkit/Spigot server chat)
- [pyCord](https://github.com/NikkyAI/pyCord) (crossplatform chatbot)
- [Mattereddit](https://github.com/bonehurtingjuice/mattereddit) (Reddit chat support)
- [fbridge-asyncio](https://github.com/powerjungle/fbridge-asyncio) (Facebook messenger support)
- [fbridge](https://github.com/VictorNine/fbridge) (Facebook messenger support)
- [matterbabble](https://github.com/DeclanHoare/matterbabble) (Discourse support)
- [MatterAMXX](https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=319430) (Counter-Strike, half-life and more via AMXX mod)
- [Vintage Story](https://github.com/NikkyAI/vs-matterbridge)
- [ServUO-matterbridge](https://github.com/kuoushi/ServUO-Matterbridge) (A matterbridge connector for ServUO servers)
- [ts-matterbridge](https://github.com/Archeb/ts-matterbridge) (Integrate teamspeak chat with matterbridge)

## Chat with us

Questions or want to test on your favorite platform? Join below:

- [Discord][mb-discord]
- [Gitter][mb-gitter]
- [IRC][mb-irc]
- [Keybase][mb-keybase]
- [Matrix][mb-matrix]
- [Mattermost][mb-mattermost]
- [Rocket.Chat][mb-rocketchat]
- [Slack][mb-slack]
- [Telegram][mb-telegram]
- [Twitch][mb-twitch]
- [XMPP][mb-xmpp] (matterbridge@conference.jabber.de)
- [Zulip][mb-zulip]

## Screenshots

See <https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki>

## Installing / upgrading

### Binaries

- Latest stable release [v1.25.0](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/latest)
- Development releases (follows master) can be downloaded [here](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/actions) selecting the latest green build and then artifacts.

To install or upgrade just download the latest [binary](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/latest). On \*nix platforms you may need to make the binary executable - you can do this by running `chmod a+x` on the binary (example: `chmod a+x matterbridge-1.24.1-linux-64bit`). After downloading (and making the binary executable, if necessary), follow the instructions on the [howto](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/How-to-create-your-config) for a step by step walkthrough for creating your configuration.

### Packages

- [Overview](https://repology.org/metapackage/matterbridge/versions)
- [snap](https://snapcraft.io/matterbridge)
- [scoop](https://github.com/42wim/scoop-bucket)

## Building

Most people just want to use binaries, you can find those [here](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/releases/latest)

If you really want to build from source, follow these instructions:
Go 1.17+ is required. Make sure you have [Go](https://golang.org/doc/install) properly installed.

Building the binary with **all** the bridges enabled needs about 3GB RAM to compile.
You can reduce this memory requirement to 0,5GB RAM by adding the `nomsteams` tag if you don't need/use the Microsoft Teams bridge.

Matterbridge can be build without gcc/c-compiler: If you're running on windows first run `set CGO_ENABLED=0` on other platforms you prepend `CGO_ENABLED=0` to the `go build` command. (eg `CGO_ENABLED=0 go install github.com/42wim/matterbridge`)

To install the latest stable run:

```bash
go install github.com/42wim/matterbridge
```

To install the latest dev run:

```bash
go install github.com/42wim/matterbridge@master
```

To install the latest stable run without msteams or zulip bridge:

```bash
go install -tags nomsteams,nozulip github.com/42wim/matterbridge
```

You should now have matterbridge binary in the ~/go/bin directory:

```bash
$ ls ~/go/bin/
matterbridge
```

## Building with whatsapp (beta) multidevice support

Because the library we use for Whatsapp multidevice support includes a GPL3 library we can not provide you binaries.
(as this would require the Matterbridge to change it license to GPL)

So this means you have to build it yourself using the instructions below:

```bash
go install -tags whatsappmulti github.com/42wim/matterbridge@master
```

If you're low on memory and don't need msteams:

```bash
go install -tags nomsteams,whatsappmulti github.com/42wim/matterbridge@master
```

You should now have matterbridge binary in the ~/go/bin directory:

```bash
$ ls ~/go/bin/
matterbridge
```

## Configuration

### Basic configuration

See [howto](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/How-to-create-your-config) for a step by step walkthrough for creating your configuration.

### Settings

All possible [settings](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Settings) for each bridge.

### Advanced configuration

- [matterbridge.toml.sample](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/blob/master/matterbridge.toml.sample) for documentation and an example.

### Examples

#### Bridge mattermost (off-topic) - irc (#testing)

```toml
[irc]
    [irc.libera]
    Server="irc.libera.chat:6667"
    Nick="yourbotname"

[mattermost]
    [mattermost.work]
    Server="yourmattermostserver.tld"
    Team="yourteam"
    Login="yourlogin"
    Password="yourpass"
    PrefixMessagesWithNick=true
    RemoteNickFormat="[{PROTOCOL}] <{NICK}> "

[[gateway]]
name="mygateway"
enable=true
    [[gateway.inout]]
    account="irc.libera"
    channel="#testing"

    [[gateway.inout]]
    account="mattermost.work"
    channel="off-topic"
```

#### Bridge slack (#general) - discord (general)

```toml
[slack]
[slack.test]
Token="yourslacktoken"
PrefixMessagesWithNick=true

[discord]
[discord.test]
Token="yourdiscordtoken"
Server="yourdiscordservername"

[general]
RemoteNickFormat="[{PROTOCOL}/{BRIDGE}] <{NICK}> "

[[gateway]]
    name = "mygateway"
    enable=true

    [[gateway.inout]]
    account = "discord.test"
    channel="general"

    [[gateway.inout]]
    account ="slack.test"
    channel = "general"
```

## Running

See [howto](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/How-to-create-your-config) for a step by step walkthrough for creating your configuration.

```bash
Usage of ./matterbridge:
  -conf string
        config file (default "matterbridge.toml")
  -debug
        enable debug
  -gops
        enable gops agent
  -version
        show version
```

### Docker

Please take a look at the [Docker Wiki page](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Deploy:-Docker) for more information.

### Systemd

Please take a look at the [Service Files page](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/Service-files) for more information.

## Changelog

See [changelog.md](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/blob/master/changelog.md)

## FAQ

See [FAQ](https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge/wiki/FAQ)

## Related projects

- [jwflory/ansible-role-matterbridge](https://galaxy.ansible.com/jwflory/matterbridge) (Ansible role to simplify deploying Matterbridge)
- [matterbridge autoconfig](https://github.com/patcon/matterbridge-autoconfig)
- [matterbridge config viewer](https://github.com/patcon/matterbridge-heroku-viewer)
- [matterbridge-heroku](https://github.com/cadecairos/matterbridge-heroku)
- [mattereddit](https://github.com/bonehurtingjuice/mattereddit)
- [matterlink](https://github.com/elytra/MatterLink)
- [mattermost-plugin](https://github.com/matterbridge/mattermost-plugin) - Run matterbridge as a plugin in mattermost
- [pyCord](https://github.com/NikkyAI/pyCord) (crossplatform chatbot)
- [fbridge](https://github.com/VictorNine/fbridge) (Facebook messenger support)
- [isla](https://github.com/alphachung/isla) (Bot for Discord-Telegram groups used alongside matterbridge)
- [matterbabble](https://github.com/DeclanHoare/matterbabble) (Connect Discourse threads to Matterbridge)
- [nextcloud talk](https://github.com/nextcloud/talk_matterbridge) (Integrates matterbridge in Nextcloud Talk)
- [mattercraft](https://github.com/raws/mattercraft) (Minecraft bridge)
- [vs-matterbridge](https://github.com/NikkyAI/vs-matterbridge) (Vintage Story bridge)
- [ServUO-matterbridge](https://github.com/kuoushi/ServUO-Matterbridge) (A matterbridge connector for ServUO servers)
- [ts-matterbridge](https://github.com/Archeb/ts-matterbridge) (Integrate teamspeak chat with matterbridge)

## Articles / Tutorials

- [matterbridge on kubernetes](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/using-kubernetes-to-deploy-a-chat-gateway-or-when-technology-works-like-its-supposed-to-a169a8cd69a3)
- <https://mattermost.com/blog/connect-irc-to-mattermost/>
- <https://blog.valvin.fr/2016/09/17/mattermost-et-un-channel-irc-cest-possible/>
- <https://blog.brightscout.com/top-10-mattermost-integrations/>
- <https://www.algoo.fr/blog/2018/01/19/recouvrez-votre-liberte-en-quittant-slack-pour-un-mattermost-auto-heberge/>
- <https://kopano.com/blog/matterbridge-bridging-mattermost-chat/>
- <https://www.stitcher.com/s/?eid=52382713>
- <https://daniele.tech/2019/02/how-to-use-matterbridge-to-connect-2-different-slack-workspaces/>
- <https://userlinux.net/mattermost-and-matterbridge.html>
- <https://nextcloud.com/blog/bridging-chat-services-in-talk/>
- <https://minecraftchest1.wordpress.com/2021/06/05/how-to-install-and-setup-matterbridge/>
- Youtube: [whatsapp - telegram bridging](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-VXISoKtNc)

## Thanks

<p>This project is supported by:</p>
<p>
  <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/">
    <img src="https://opensource.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/attribution/assets/SVG/DO_Logo_horizontal_blue.svg" width="201px">
  </a>
</p>

Matterbridge wouldn't exist without these libraries:

- discord - <https://github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo>
- echo - <https://github.com/labstack/echo>
- gitter - <https://github.com/sromku/go-gitter>
- gops - <https://github.com/google/gops>
- gozulipbot - <https://github.com/ifo/gozulipbot>
- gumble - <https://github.com/layeh/gumble>
- harmony - <https://github.com/harmony-development/shibshib>
- irc - <https://github.com/lrstanley/girc>
- keybase - <https://github.com/keybase/go-keybase-chat-bot>
- matrix - <https://github.com/matrix-org/gomatrix>
- mattermost - <https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server>
- msgraph.go - <https://github.com/yaegashi/msgraph.go>
- mumble - <https://github.com/layeh/gumble>
- nctalk - <https://github.com/gary-kim/go-nc-talk>
- rocketchat - <https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Go.SDK>
- slack - <https://github.com/nlopes/slack>
- sshchat - <https://github.com/shazow/ssh-chat>
- steam - <https://github.com/Philipp15b/go-steam>
- telegram - <https://github.com/go-telegram-bot-api/telegram-bot-api>
- tengo - <https://github.com/d5/tengo>
- vk - <https://github.com/SevereCloud/vksdk>
- whatsapp - <https://github.com/Rhymen/go-whatsapp>
- whatsapp - <https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow>
- xmpp - <https://github.com/mattn/go-xmpp>
- zulip - <https://github.com/ifo/gozulipbot>

<!-- Links -->

[mb-discord]: https://discord.gg/AkKPtrQ
[mb-gitter]: https://gitter.im/42wim/matterbridge
[mb-irc]: https://web.libera.chat/#matterbridge
[mb-keybase]: https://keybase.io/team/matterbridge
[mb-matrix]: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#matterbridge:matrix.org
[mb-mattermost]: https://framateam.org/signup_user_complete/?id=tfqm33ggop8x3qgu4boeieta6e
[mb-msteams]: https://teams.microsoft.com/join/hj92x75gd3y7
[mb-rocketchat]: https://open.rocket.chat/channel/matterbridge
[mb-slack]: https://join.slack.com/t/matterbridgechat/shared_invite/zt-2ourq2h2-7YvyYBq2WFGC~~zEzA68_Q
[mb-telegram]: https://t.me/Matterbridge
[mb-twitch]: https://www.twitch.tv/matterbridge
[mb-whatsapp]: https://www.whatsapp.com/
[mb-xmpp]: https://inverse.chat/
[mb-zulip]: https://matterbridge.zulipchat.com/register/