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Tuwunel

Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix based

Matrix & XMPP ★ 2.6k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix based on Conduit and Conduwuit.

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Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Active community (2.6k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Rust
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 50 MB RAM

Is Tuwunel secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Tuwunel's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

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