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# Dendrite 0.1.0 (2020-10-08)
First versioned release of Dendrite.
## Client-Server API Features
### Account registration and management
- Registration: By password only.
- Login: By password only. No fallback.
- Logout: Yes.
- Change password: Yes.
- Link email/msisdn to account: No.
- Deactivate account: Yes.
- Check if username is available: Yes.
- Account data: Yes.
- OpenID: No.
### Rooms
- Room creation: Yes, including presets.
- Joining rooms: Yes, including by alias or `?server_name=`.
- Event sending: Yes, including transaction IDs.
- Aliases: Yes.
- Published room directory: Yes.
- Kicking users: Yes.
- Banning users: Yes.
- Inviting users: Yes, but not third-party invites.
- Forgetting rooms: No.
- Room versions: All (v1 - v6)
- Tagging: Yes.
### User management
- User directory: Basic support.
- Ignoring users: No.
- Groups/Communities: No.
### Device management
- Creating devices: Yes.
- Deleting devices: Yes.
- Send-to-device messaging: Yes.
### Sync
- Filters: Timeline limit only. Rest unimplemented.
- Deprecated `/events` and `/initialSync`: No.
### Room events
- Typing: Yes.
- Receipts: No.
- Read Markers: No.
- Presence: No.
- Content repository (attachments): Yes.
- History visibility: No, defaults to `joined`.
- Push notifications: No.
- Event context: No.
- Reporting content: No.
### End-to-End Encryption
- Uploading device keys: Yes.
- Downloading device keys: Yes.
- Claiming one-time keys: Yes.
- Querying key changes: Yes.
- Cross-Signing: No.
### Misc
- Server-side search: No.
- Guest access: Partial.
- Room previews: No, partial support for Peeking via MSC2753.
- Third-Party networks: No.
- Server notices: No.
- Policy lists: No.
## Federation Features
- Querying keys (incl. notary): Yes.
- Server ACLs: Yes.
- Sending transactions: Yes.
- Joining rooms: Yes.
- Inviting to rooms: Yes, but not third-party invites.
- Leaving rooms: Yes.
- Content repository: Yes.
- Backfilling / get_missing_events: Yes.
- Retrieving state of the room (`/state` and `/state_ids`): Yes.
- Public rooms: Yes.
- Querying profile data: Yes.
- Device management: Yes.
- Send-to-Device messaging: Yes.
- Querying/Claiming E2E Keys: Yes.
- Typing: Yes.
- Presence: No.
- Receipts: No.
- OpenID: No.

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# Dendrite [![Build Status](https://badge.buildkite.com/4be40938ab19f2bbc4a6c6724517353ee3ec1422e279faf374.svg?branch=master)](https://buildkite.com/matrix-dot-org/dendrite) [![Dendrite](https://img.shields.io/matrix/dendrite:matrix.org.svg?label=%23dendrite%3Amatrix.org&logo=matrix&server_fqdn=matrix.org)](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite:matrix.org) [![Dendrite Dev](https://img.shields.io/matrix/dendrite-dev:matrix.org.svg?label=%23dendrite-dev%3Amatrix.org&logo=matrix&server_fqdn=matrix.org)](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite-dev:matrix.org)
Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go!
Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go.
It intends to provide an **efficient**, **reliable** and **scalable** alternative to Synapse:
- Efficient: A small memory footprint with better baseline performance than an out-of-the-box Synapse.
- Reliable: Implements the Matrix specification as written, using the
[same test suite](https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest) as Synapse as well as
a [brand new Go test suite](https://github.com/matrix-org/complement).
- Scalable: can run on multiple machines and eventually scale to massive homeserver deployments.
As of October 2020, Dendrite has now entered **beta** which means:
- Dendrite is ready for early adopters. We recommend running in Monolith mode with a PostgreSQL database.
- Dendrite has periodic semver releases. We intend to release new versions as we land significant features.
- Dendrite supports database schema upgrades between releases. This means you should never lose your messages when upgrading Dendrite.
- Breaking changes will not occur on minor releases. This means you can safely upgrade Dendrite without modifying your database or config file.
This does not mean:
- Dendrite is bug-free. It has not yet been battle-tested in the real world and so will be error prone initially.
- All of the CS/Federation APIs are implemented. We are tracking progress via a script called 'Are We Synapse Yet?'. In particular,
read receipts, presence and push notifications are entirely missing from Dendrite. See [CHANGES.md](CHANGES.md) for updates.
- Dendrite is ready for massive homeserver deployments. You cannot shard each microservice, only run each one on a different machine.
Currently, we expect Dendrite to function well for small (10s/100s of users) homeserver deployments as well as P2P Matrix nodes in-browser or on mobile devices.
In the future, we will be able to scale up to gigantic servers (equivalent to matrix.org) via polylith mode.
Join us in:
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- **[#dendrite-dev:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite-dev:matrix.org)** - The place for developers, where all Dendrite development discussion happens
- **[#dendrite-alerts:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#dendrite-alerts:matrix.org)** - Release notifications and important info, highly recommended for all Dendrite server admins
## Quick start
## Requirements
Requires Go 1.13+ and SQLite3 (Postgres is also supported):
To build Dendrite, you will need Go 1.13 or later.
For a usable federating Dendrite deployment, you will also need:
- A domain name (or subdomain)
- A valid TLS certificate issued by a trusted authority for that domain
- SRV records or a well-known file pointing to your deployment
Also recommended are:
- A PostgreSQL database engine, which will perform better than SQLite with many users and/or larger rooms
- A reverse proxy server, such as nginx, configured [like this sample](https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/blob/master/docs/nginx/monolith-sample.conf)
The [Federation Tester](https://federationtester.matrix.org) can be used to verify your deployment.
## Get started
If you wish to build a fully-federating Dendrite instance, see [INSTALL.md](docs/INSTALL.md). For running in Docker, see [build/docker](build/docker).
The following instructions are enough to get Dendrite started as a non-federating test deployment using self-signed certificates and SQLite databases:
```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite
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$ ./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).
Then point your favourite Matrix client at `http://localhost:8008`.
## 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
updates with CI. As of August 2020 we're at around 52% CS API coverage and 65% Federation coverage, though check
updates with CI. As of October 2020 we're at around 56% CS API coverage and 77% Federation coverage, though check
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

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Each Dendrite server requires unique server keys.
Generate the self-signed SSL certificate for federation and the server signing key:
In order for an instance to federate correctly, you should have a valid
certificate issued by a trusted authority, and private key to match. If you
don't and just want to test locally, generate the self-signed SSL certificate
for federation and the server signing key:
```bash
./bin/generate-keys --private-key matrix_key.pem --tls-cert server.crt --tls-key server.key
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./bin/dendrite-key-server --config dendrite.yaml
```
#### Server Key server
#### Signing key server
This manages signing keys for servers.
```bash
./bin/dendrite-server-key-api-server --config dendrite.yaml
./bin/dendrite-signing-key-server --config dendrite.yaml
```
#### EDU server