matrix/landing/data/features.json

[
  {
    "title": "Calls & Voice",
    "items": [
      "Voice rooms with our own Element Call fork on a self hosted LiveKit SFU",
      "Push to talk and push to deafen, with system wide hotkeys on the Windows app (work while a game has focus)",
      "Mic level meter on the mute button; per person call volume that's remembered between calls",
      "On device noise suppression: Off, browser native, or ML (RNNoise, Speex, DTLN, DeepFilterNet 3)",
      "In call soundboard with your own clips, synced across your devices",
      "Incoming call ring with Answer/Decline, join/leave sounds, draggable picture in picture window",
      "Screenshare fullscreen and audio mute; per user mic/screenshare bitrate and framerate caps",
      "Server enforced room limits and permissions (max participants, audio only, no screenshare) for every Matrix client",
      "AFK auto mute after a configurable idle time"
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Messaging",
    "items": [
      "Threads with a side panel, unread chips, “Mark all read” and per thread notification overrides",
      "Search operators: <code>from:</code>, <code>in:</code>, <code>before:</code>/<code>after:</code> (dates or <code>7d</code>), <code>has:link|image|video|file</code>, <code>is:pinned</code>",
      "Voice messages with 0.75&times; to 2&times; playback (MSC3245, E2EE)",
      "Polls, message scheduling (MSC4140), forwarding, captions and location sharing",
      "Pinned messages, saved messages/bookmarks and private notes on people, synced across devices",
      "Who reacted viewer, read receipt avatars, quick reactions on hover",
      "GIF picker (Giphy), custom emoji &amp; sticker packs, math/LaTeX (KaTeX)",
      "Pasted code is offered as a formatted code block, with the language detected",
      "On device message translation: text never leaves your machine, works in encrypted rooms"
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Media &amp; Links",
    "items": [
      "Click to play inline embeds: YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, TikTok, X, Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky, Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Tidal and more",
      "Rich link cards for GitHub, Steam, Wikipedia, IMDb, npm and others; animated GIF previews",
      "Full screen viewer with pinch zoom, swipe/arrow key navigation and captions; media gallery for every file shared in a room",
      "Optional image compression, folder drag and drop upload"
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Privacy &amp; Security",
    "items": [
      "Private read receipts, hide typing, hide online status",
      "Tracking parameter stripping (utm_*, fbclid, YouTube si= and ~40 more), on your device",
      "Opt in on device search index for encrypted rooms, wiped on logout",
      "Device verification fixes (cross client emoji SAS) and a per member session panel"
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Look &amp; Feel",
    "items": [
      "Lotus Terminal theme, night light filter, glassmorphism sidebar",
      "Animated chat backgrounds and 11 seasonal overlays (all respect reduced motion)",
      "629 animated avatar decorations in 28 categories, visible to other Lotus users (MSC4133)",
      "Custom status with emoji and auto clear, Discord style presence rings",
      "Settings sync across devices (theme, layout, notification and privacy preferences)"
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Desktop App",
    "items": [
      "Windows and Linux (Tauri): installer, AppImage, .deb and Arch package",
      "Rich Windows notifications with inline reply; Focus Assist sync",
      "Taskbar call controls, jump list and upload progress; tray with call status",
      "Stays awake during calls, reconnects on network changes, updates itself"
    ]
  },
  {
    "title": "Rooms &amp; Moderation",
    "items": [
      "Knock to join with an admin approve/deny panel and live pending count badge",
      "Invite links with QR codes, favourites, room filter, room history export (txt/json/html)",
      "Room activity &amp; mod log, stats panel, server ACL editor, policy list viewer",
      "Room widgets, with a permission prompt before a widget may read or send in the room"
    ]
  }
]