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Hookshot

Matrix bridge for GitHub, GitLab, Jira and webhooks

Chat & Communication ★ 458 stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Hookshot is a Matrix integration bridge that connects rooms to GitHub, GitLab, Jira, RSS feeds, and generic webhooks. It lets teams receive and act on notifications inside Matrix.

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Key features

  • GitHub, GitLab and Jira integration
  • Generic inbound and outbound webhooks
  • RSS and Atom feed support
  • Interactive notification actions

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Trade-offs

  • Requires a Matrix homeserver
  • Configuration is YAML-heavy

Is Hookshot secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Hookshot's latest release (7.5.0). OSV.dev lists 2 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2025-23197, published 2025-01-27 (625 days ago), fixed in 6.0.2, 5.4.2

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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