ElementvsMattermost

Side-by-side open source comparison

ElementOpen Source

Decentralized messaging app built on Matrix

MattermostOpen Source

Secure, self-hosted team messaging platform as an alternative to Slack

Overview

ElementMattermost

TypeOpen SourceOpen Source

CategoryCommunicationCommunication

PricingFree (self-hosted)Free (self-hosted)

Self-Hostable

LicenseAGPL-3.0MIT

ElementMattermost

Stars11.5k35.6k

Forks2k8.4k

Contributors0389

Open Issues0824

Last Commit--Mar 2026

Latest Release----

ElementMattermost

Health Score

80Excellent

92Excellent