# 2026-11-13: CodeFloe now provides its own Matrix server

**URL:** <https://forum.codefloe.com/t/2026-11-13-codefloe-now-provides-its-own-matrix-server/245>\
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**Created:** [November 13, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/2026-11-13-codefloe-now-provides-its-own-matrix-server/245 "2026-11-13T10:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![codefloe](https://forum.codefloe.com/user_avatar/forum.codefloe.com/codefloe/32/347_2.png) [@codefloe](https://forum.codefloe.com/u/codefloe)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.codefloe.com/t/2026-11-13-codefloe-now-provides-its-own-matrix-server/245/1 "2026-11-13T10:46:45Z")

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If you have a CodeFloe account, you have a Matrix account too: **@yourname:codefloe.com**.  
You can of course also use your existing Matrix account and only join the CodeFloe (and Arbinel!) rooms.

Open a Matrix client, enter `codefloe.com` as the server and (optionally) sign in with CodeFloe.  
Then join the [CodeFloe space](https://matrix.to/#/#codefloe:codefloe.com).

## Why Matrix?

The forum is great for things that should stay findable, like bug reports, feature requests and longer discussions.  
It isn’t great for a quick “is it just me, or is CI slow right now?”.

Matrix is the future for federated and self-hosted communication and keeps in line with the rest of CodeFloe: run in Europe, built in the open.

## The CodeFloe space

The space groups our public rooms:

- **General** : questions, help and chat about anything CodeFloe
- **Announcements** : platform news, read-only
- **CI** : everything Crow CI and Forgejo Actions

The forum stays the place for bug reports and decisions, alongside direct reports in [arbinel/arbinel](https://codefloe.com/arbinel/arbinel).

## How to sign in with your CodeFloe account

1. Open a Matrix client that supports the newer Matrix sign-in ([Element X](https://element.io/en/download) or [Sable](https://docs.sable.moe/)).
2. Choose “other server” and enter `codefloe.com`.
3. Click “Continue” and sign in with your CodeFloe account, just like on [codefloe.com](http://codefloe.com).

You don’t need a new password.  
Your Matrix name is your CodeFloe username, so people who know you from your repositories can find you.

## Already on Matrix elsewhere?

You don’t need a second account.  
The server is federated, so you can join `#codefloe:codefloe.com` from [matrix.org](http://matrix.org) or any other server.

## Under the hood

The homeserver runs [Zendrite](https://codefloe.com/pat-s/zendrite), a homeserver implementation in Go with support for running several servers side by side.  
The instance runs on our CodeFloe Kubernetes cluster with a [public Helm configuration definition](https://codefloe.com/codefloe/kubernetes/src/branch/main/argocd-apps/zendrite).