Show HN: ElNeo, a E2E enabled matrix client for Emacs, inspired by telega

Category: other

Tags: emacs, matrix, e2ee, chat, rust

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

ElNeo is an Emacs Matrix client with end-to-end encryption (E2EE), inspired by Telega, featuring a separate Rust daemon per account for protocol handling and multiple accounts online simultaneously. It offers rich features like threads, polls, reactions, media caching, and org-mode integration, with privacy-first defaults. The project is technically sophisticated but currently tied to the author's Emacs configuration and has known limitations.

Target audience: Emacs users, privacy-conscious developers

Repository: https://github.com/aard-fi/elneo · Emacs Lisp · GPL-3.0 · 9 stars

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