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# Dendrite [](https://buildkite.com/matrix-dot-org/dendrite) [](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite-dev:matrix.org) [](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite:matrix.org)
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Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go. It is not recommended to use Dendrite as
a production homeserver at this time as there is no stable release. An overview of the design can be found
in [DESIGN.md ](docs/DESIGN.md ).
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# Quick start
Requires Go 1.13+ and SQLite3 (Postgres is also supported):
```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite
$ cd dendrite
# generate self-signed certificate and an event signing key for federation
$ go build ./cmd/generate-keys
$ ./generate-keys --private-key matrix_key.pem --tls-cert server.crt --tls-key server.key
# Copy and modify the config file:
# you'll need to set a server name and paths to the keys at the very least, along with setting
# up the database filenames
$ cp dendrite-config.yaml dendrite.yaml
# build and run the server
$ go build ./cmd/dendrite-monolith-server
$ ./dendrite-monolith-server --tls-cert server.crt --tls-key server.key --config dendrite.yaml
```
Then point your favourite Matrix client at `http://localhost:8008` . For full installation information, see
[INSTALL.md ](docs/INSTALL.md ). For running in Docker, see [build/docker ](build/docker ).
# Progress
We use a script called Are We Synapse Yet which checks Sytest compliance rates. Sytest is a black-box homeserver
test rig with around 900 tests. The script works out how many of these tests are passing on Dendrite and it
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updates with CI. As of August 2020 we're at around 52% CS API coverage and 65% Federation coverage, though check
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CI for the latest numbers. In practice, this means you can communicate locally and via federation with Synapse
servers such as matrix.org reasonably well. There's a long list of features that are not implemented, notably:
- Receipts
- Push
- Search and Context
- User Directory
- Presence
- Guests
We are prioritising features that will benefit single-user homeservers first (e.g Receipts, E2E) rather
than features that massive deployments may be interested in (User Directory, OpenID, Guests, Admin APIs, AS API).
This means Dendrite supports amongst others:
- Core room functionality (creating rooms, invites, auth rules)
- Federation in rooms v1-v6
- Backfilling locally and via federation
- Accounts, Profiles and Devices
- Published room lists
- Typing
- Media APIs
- Redaction
- Tagging
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- E2E keys and device lists
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# Contributing
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Everyone is welcome to help out and contribute! See
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[CONTRIBUTING.md ](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md ) to get started!
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# Discussion
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For questions about Dendrite we have a dedicated room on Matrix
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[#dendrite:matrix.org ](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite:matrix.org ). Development
discussion should happen in
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[#dendrite-dev:matrix.org ](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite-dev:matrix.org ).
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