Fractal

Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects.

• Come to talk to us on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#fractal-gtk:matrix.org
• Main repository: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/fractal/

Installation instructions

You can find Fractal installation instructions through packages on the GNOME wiki.

Build Instructions

You need Meson and Ninja (as well as Rust and Cargo) to build Fractal.

GNU/Linux

meson . _build --prefix=/usr/local
ninja -C _build
sudo ninja -C _build install

macOS

brew install gtk+3 dbus bash adwaita-icon-theme
# empirically needs 3.22.19 or later of gtk3+
# ...and run configure as:
/usr/local/bin/bash -c "meson . _build --prefix=/usr/local"
ninja -C _build
sudo ninja -C _build install

Supported m.room.message (msgtypes)

msgtypes	Recv	Send
m.text	Done	Done
m.emote	Done	Done
m.notice
m.image	Done	Done
m.file	Done	Done
m.location
m.video	Done	Done
m.audio	Done	Done

Full reference in: https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client\_server/r0.2.0.html#m-room-message-msgtypes

The origin of Fractal

This project is based on Fest https://github.com/fest-im/fest, formerly called ruma-gtk.

Instead of using RUMA Client, Fractal calls directly to the matrix.org REST API.

The first version of this project was called guillotine, based on French revolution, in relation with the Riot client name, but it's a negative name so we decide to change for a math one.

The name Fractal was proposed by Regina Bíró.