Tuwunel

High-performance and feature-rich chat server for Matrix, and the successor to conduwuit (fork of Conduit).

Active Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 2,673 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
2.8k
Last commit
2026-11-09
Latest release
v1.9.4
2026-10-10
Commits (12 mo)
2.7k
Releases (12 mo)
10+
License
Apache-2.0
Language / platform
deb, Docker, Nix, Rust

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 10+ releases in the past year · 2,673 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Tuwunel yourself

  • RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: yes

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr2 GB$10Deploy →
DigitalOcean2 GB$12Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)2 GB$12Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

Prefer managed hosting? Check PikaPods or Elestio.

Tuwunel is an alternative to

SlackDiscordMicrosoft TeamsWhatsAppTelegramGoogle ChatFacebook MessengerSkypeMattermostRocket.Chat

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