Element

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Element

Element element.io

Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and secure collaboration app. It’s decentralised for digital sovereign self-hosting, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services. Element operates on the open Matrix network to provide interoperability and easy connections.

Wikidata: decentralized encrypted chat and collaboration software powered by the Matrix protocol

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

In English

02 · Privacy

What Element tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

17 of the 60 sites closest to Element match.

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   Threema threema.ch Top 10K English No trackers

   Threema – Secure Communication For Individuals and Companies

   The secure instant messenger from Switzerland. GDPR-compliant messaging for individuals and organizations that value privacy, security and data protection.

   • Google Search Console
   • nginx

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   Signal signal.org Top 10K English No trackers

   Signal >> Home

   Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Microsoft 365

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   WhatsApp whatsapp.com Top 100 English No trackers

   WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling

   Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Adobe
   • Dropbox
   • Meta Business Suite
   • Proofpoint

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   telegram.org Top 1K No trackers

   Telegram Messenger

   Fast. Secure. Powerful.

   • Google Search Console
   • Bootstrap
   • Google Cloud DNS
   • nginx

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   GroupMe groupme.com English No trackers

   GroupMe | Group chat app

   Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Framer
   • Google Fonts
   • Amazon Route 53

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   Proton proton.me Top 10K English No trackers

   Proton: Privacy by default

   Over 100 million people use Proton to stay private and secure online. Get a free Proton account and take back your privacy.

   • Google Search Console
   • Astro
   • Proton Mail
   • Tailwind CSS
   • Yandex Webmaster
   • YouTube embeds

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   DingTalk dingtalk.com Top 10K No trackers

   钉钉，AI时代工作方式

   钉钉（Ding Talk）是阿里巴巴集团打造的企业级智能移动办公平台，引领未来新一代工作方式，将陪伴每一个企业成长，是数字经济时代的企业组织协同办公和应用开发平台，是新生产力工具。

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • GlobalSign
   • Tailwind CSS
   • Tengine

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   Appwrite appwrite.io English No trackers

   Appwrite · The open-source cloud for developers and agents

   Appwrite is an open-source developer platform with Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, and Sites. The open-source cloud for agents and developers.

   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Cloudflare Web Analytics
   • Mailgun

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   Eppie eppie.io No trackers

   Eppie

   Encrypted peer-to-peer instant email

   • Microsoft 365
   • GoDaddy DNS

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    PubNub pubnub.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Build, manage, & optimize real-time apps at scale | PubNub

    Power your real-time app with PubNub - the world's largest pub/sub network. Scale to 3 trillion API calls/month, with <30ms global delivery. Start building now!

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Stripe
    • Apple Business
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign

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    BAND band.us Top 10K English No trackers

    BAND – The App For Groups

    Where Leaders Communicate Better

    • Google Search Console
    • Java

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    Jitsi jitsi.org English No trackers

    Free Video Conferencing Software for Web & Mobile | Jitsi

    Learn more about Jitsi, a free open-source video conferencing software for web & mobile. Make a call, launch on your own servers, integrate into your app, and more.

    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Font Awesome
    • Google Fonts

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    StartMail startmail.com English No trackers

    Private, Secure and Encrypted Email You Can Trust | StartMail

    Secure your emails with StartMail's encryption and customizable aliases, ensuring ultimate privacy and protection for your data.

    • Google Search Console
    • nginx
    • Nuxt
    • Vue.js
    • Zendesk

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    Tuta tuta.com English No trackers

    Tuta: Turn ON privacy for free with secure emails, calendars & contacts | Tuta

    Tuta guarantees your data stays private for free & without ads. Quantum-resistant encryption makes Tuta the best secure technology solution to protect your privacy.

    • Astro
    • Amazon Route 53

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    MySQL mysql.com Top 1K English No trackers

    MySQL

    Open-source relational database management system

    • Akamai
    • Akamai Edge DNS
    • Proofpoint

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    Hugging Face huggingface.co Top 10K No trackers

    Hugging Face – The AI community building the future.

    We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

    • Amazon SES
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Microsoft 365
    • Stripe
    • Apple Business

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    PocketBase pocketbase.io English No trackers

    PocketBase - Open Source backend in 1 file

    Open Source backend in 1 file with realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard

    • Google Search Console
    • Hetzner DNS
    • SvelteKit

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Element’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Element uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Element adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.