Lightning (lightning-matrix)
Install latest/edge of Lightning
Ubuntu 16.04 or later?
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Details for Lightning
Package name
- lightning-matrix
License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
Last updated
- 11 November 2026 - latest/edge
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Native Matrix desktop client
Lightning is a desktop messenger for Matrix, the open network for secure, decentralised communication. It is written in C++ and Qt 6 and uses the official Matrix Rust SDK for networking and end-to-end encryption.
Features include several accounts at once, Spaces, rooms and threads, end-to-end encrypted rooms with device verification and key backup, a local search index that never leaves the computer, and group voice calls and screen sharing built on GStreamer.
Hardware graphics come from the mesa-2604 content snap. If it is not connected automatically, run:
sudo snap install mesa-2604 sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:gpu-2604 mesa-2604:gpu-2604
Calls also need the microphone and camera interfaces:
sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:audio-record sudo snap connect lightning-matrix:camera
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