# Robrix: a pure Rust multi-platform Matrix client, and a peek at its future (matrix-conf-2026)

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Robrix is a "new" FOSS Matrix client written entirely from scratch in Rust, with some cool power user features like a **dockable-tabs view** of multiple rooms side-by-side, just like your favorite IDE. It's simple and flexible enough for casual chatters as well, and can seamlessly transition into a sleek mobile-friendly adaptive UI for narrow screens. Robrix runs smoothly and consistently across mobile & desktop platforms, thanks to the underlying Makepad UI toolkit and Robius abstraction crates, which we also wrote ourselves in Rust. After several years of hard work on those components, we ha

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Created: 2026-10-25T08:43:19.949345+00:00

Last edited: 2026-10-25T08:43:19.949345+00:00

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Original source: https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/matrix-conf/2026/h264-hd/matrix-conf-2026-100881-eng-Robrix_a_pure_Rust_multi-platform_Matrix_client_and_a_peek_at_its_future_hd.mp4