Ember Collective Self-hosted • Federated • Privacy-conscious

HOW IT WORKS

Matrix + federation in plain language

You join through a homeserver, then participate in rooms and spaces. Federation lets different Matrix servers talk to each other.

Homeserver

Your account lives on a server. We self-host ours, so we control configuration, retention, and moderation.

SERVER

Rooms & Spaces

Rooms are conversations. Spaces are collections of rooms. Each room can have different rules and privacy settings.

ROOMS

Federation

Federated rooms can include people from other servers. Great for collaboration, but privacy depends on more than our server.

FEDERATION

Onboarding Flow

REVIEW
Application
Manual Review
Any Follow-up
Account Setup
Join Rooms

Follow-up may include clarification questions or optional profile verification for faster vetting.