Bug#830601: RFP: matrix-synapse -- reference homeserver for Matrix real-time communication standard

[James Valleroy <jvalleroy@mailbox.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : matrix-synapse
  Version         : 0.16.1-r1
  Upstream Author : Erik Johnston <erik at matrix.org> and others
* URL             : https://matrix.org/
* License         : Apache 2.0
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : reference homeserver for Matrix real-time communication
standard

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time
communication over IP. It can be used to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC
signalling, Internet of Things communication - or anywhere you need a standard
HTTP API for publishing and subscribing to data whilst tracking the
conversation history.

Synapse is a reference “homeserver” implementation of Matrix from the core
development team at matrix.org, written in Python 2/Twisted. It is intended to
showcase the concept of Matrix and let folks see the spec in the context of a
codebase and let you run your own homeserver and generally help bootstrap the
ecosystem.

There is already some deb packaging available at:
https://github.com/matrix-org/package-synapse-debian/tree/debian