Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-05-mautrix-release/

Backend

• Added support for Range requests when downloading media.
• Added support for sending per-message profiles with MSC4461.
• Changed resyncing state to detect the user being state reset out of the room even if the request doesn't fail (e.g. due to the room being world-readable).
• Fixed login failing if the user has no SSSS set up.

Web

• Added support for reading stable MSC2545 event types.
• Added support for per-room notification sounds.
• Added option to force sending an attachment as a file.
• Added the value to the whitelisted attributes for li tags (allows ordered lists where the indexes jump arbitrarily).
• Changed /join command to accept user IDs and event links in addition to plain room links/aliases.
• Fixed SSO login not working if the homeserver URL had a trailing slash.
• Fixed unicode RTL overrides not being isolated properly in some contexts.

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-04-mautrix-release/

Backend

• Added automatic logout when receiving M_UNKNOWN_TOKEN error from server.
• Added support for receiving sticky events and forwarding them to the frontend. The frontend can also query all active sticky events in a given room.
• Added support for resetting cross-signing and key backup.
• Changed the auth endpoint to explicitly refuse insecure requests from web clients to make the error message clearer.
• Fixed empty spaces not being sent to frontend.
• Fixed panic if /timestamp command is missing parameters.
• Fixed websocket request handling panics not being caught properly.

Web

• Added option to reset encryption when logging in.
• Added profile field editor to devtools.
• Added full reaction list modal in event menu.
• Added simple pronoun input to own profile view. Note that the input disables itself if you have non-standard or non-english pronouns in your profile. You can delete or modify such values using the profile editor in devtools.
• Added options for sorting room list (alphabetical and favorites first).
• Added option to change max image width in timeline.
• Added escape keybinding to close active room (thanks to @kittyandrew in #698).
• Added preference to autoplay video gifs (thanks to @kittyandrew in #705).
• Added support for sending sticky events to widgets.
• Added shortcut to open space home by clicking on space icon again.
• Removed support for account image packs as they were removed from MSC2545.
• Changed tab size in code blocks to 4 spaces instead of the default 8.
• Fixed knock_restricted rooms not showing join button correctly.
• Fixed handling code blocks that use <br> instead of \n.
• Fixed incorrect video size when thumbnail resolution is different than video (thanks to @kittyandrew in #699).
• Fixed displayname of room preview message sender not being fetched automatically.
• Fixed copying /rawstate commands with empty state key from view source (thanks to @nexy7574 in #689).
• Fixed timeline not staying scrolled up when jumping to an old event from another room.
• Fixed downloading media in widget API.

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-03-mautrix-release/

Backend

• Added option to build with dynamic libheif.
• Added automatic logout on unknown token errors.
• Switched to m.direct event for classifying direct chats.
• Fixed weirdness after login by sending the normal init payloads instead of the Matrix init sync payload to frontends.
• Fixed option to disable auth not working correctly.
• Fixed voice message metadata incorrectly being added to all attachments.

Web

• Added support for klipy in gif picker.
• Added button to re-request megolm sessions from key backup and other devices.
• Added fallback name for invites with no name information included.
• Removed rainbow background on dark theme (can be restored using the make dark gay again theme).

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-02-mautrix-release/

Backend

• Bumped minimum Go version to 1.25.
• Added C FFI package for embedding the backend into any kind of client.
• Added triggered push rule ID to local content of events for debugging.
• Added support for handling recovery keys with no verification metadata or
  broken verification metadata generated by nheko.
• Added config option to set sync presence to always online instead of the
  default always offline.
• Changed DM detection to allow the rooms to have an explicit room name set.

Web

• Added support for always on screen widgets that follow you between rooms.
• Added loading indicator to action modals like reporting messages.
• Added support for hiding events in JS to have accurate date separators even
  if all events are hidden.
• Added support for showing read receipts of hidden events on previous visible
  event.
• Added option to hide profile changes while showing other member events.
• Added blurhashes for URL preview images.
• Added button for creating new image packs.
• Added support for being a share target when using the Android wrapper app.
• Added button to show composer in tombstoned rooms.
• Updated delayed event widget API to fix Element Call.
• Changed timeline rendering to ignore nested encrypted events.
• Fixed font size of header tags.
• Fixed alignment of reaction emoji picker on small screens.
• Fixed giphy gifs not showing up in composer correctly.

Terminal

• Fixed replying to messages.

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2026-01-mautrix-release/

Backend

• Added some documentation for the RPC API.
• Added local calculation of heroes when fetching full member list as a workaround for servers that don't provide accurate lazy loading summaries.
• Fixed DM flag being cleared if the recipient leaves.

Web

• Added notification center in right panel.
• Added option to reply to messags using ctrl+arrow up/down.
• Added blurred URL preview images and click-to-view support in rooms with media previews disabled.
• Added metadata in room preview for non-invite rooms.
• Switched command system from MSC4332 to MSC4391.
• Switched default GIF provider to Giphy as Tenor is being shut down in June.
• Removed power level check for sticker picker to allow subscribing to packs even if the image pack room doesn't allow sending messages.
• Fixed room list previews having incorrect sender information if it was updated by a message being decrypted late.
• Fixed timeline crash if a message timestamp was outside what JS's Date allows.

Terminal

• Added basic support for MSC4391 commands.
• Improved error message when trying to log in with an invalid backend address.

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2025-12-mautrix-release/

Backend

• Updated Docker image to Alpine 3.23.
• Added commands to remove and add aliases (thanks to @nexy7574 in #672).
• Fixed /myroomnick/avatar commands failing after joining a room with
  restricted join rules.
• Fixed race condition where a recovery key input screen would show up if the
  backend hadn't finished initializing when the frontend was loaded.
• Fixed /roomname command not accepting an argument.

Web

• Added voice message recorder.
• Added image pack editor.
• Added support for downloading media on the Android wrapper.

Release post: https://mau.fi/blog/2025-11-mautrix-release/

The first release of new gomuks is here! gomuks now consists of a backend plus different frontends, like web and terminal. For context, see #476.

The terminal frontend is currently a separate binary, but will be combined with the backend in a future release. It's also not at feature parity with legacy gomuks yet, but it works.

See the installation instructions for more details: https://docs.mau.fi/gomuks/installation.html

This is the last release of legacy gomuks terminal.

• Bumped minimum Go version to 1.21.
• Added support for authenticated media.
• Added /powerlevel command for managing power levels.
• Disabled logging by default.
• Changed default log directory to ~/.local/state/gomuks on Linux.

• Bumped minimum Go version to 1.18.
• Switched from /r0 to /v3 paths everywhere.
  • The new v3 paths are implemented since Synapse 1.48, Dendrite 0.6.5, and Conduit 0.4.0. Servers older than these are no longer supported.
• Added config flags for backspace behavior.
• Added /rainbownotice command to send a rainbow as a m.notice message.
• Added support for editing messages in an external editor.
• Added arrow key support for navigating results in fuzzy search.
• Added initial support for configurable keyboard shortcuts (thanks to @3nprob in #328).
• Added support for shortcodes without tab-completion in /react (thanks to @tleb in #354).
• Added background color to differentiate inline code (thanks to @n-peugnet in #361).
• Added tab-completion support for /toggle options (thanks to @n-peugnet in #362).
• Added initial support for rendering spoilers in messages.
• Added support for sending spoilers (with ||reason|spoiler|| or ||spoiler||).
• Added support for inline links (limited terminal support; requires /toggle inlineurls).
• Added graphical file picker for /upload when no path is provided (requires zenity).
• Updated more places to use default/reverse colors instead of white/black to better work on light themed terminals (thanks to @n-peugnet in #401).
• Fixed mentions being lost when editing messages.
• Fixed date change messages showing the wrong date.
• Fixed some whitespace in HTML being rendered even when it shouldn't.
• Fixed copying non-text messages with /copy.
• Fixed rendering code blocks with unknown languages (thanks to @n-peugnet in #386).
• Fixed newlines not working in code blocks with certain syntax highlightings (thanks to @n-peugnet in #387).
• Fixed rendering more than one reaction of the same type in a single message (thanks to @n-peugnet in #391).
• Fixed line-wrapped messages getting corrupted when receiving a reaction (thanks to @n-peugnet in #397).

• Added is_direct flag when creating DMs (thanks to @gsauthof in #261).
• Added newline toggle for swapping enter and alt-enter behavior (thanks to @octeep in #270).
• Added timestamps toggle for disabling timestamps in the UI (thanks to @lxea in #304).
• Added support for getting custom download directory with xdg-user-dir.
• Added support for updating homeserver URL based on well-known data in /login response.
• Updated some places to use default color instead of white to better work on light themed terminals (thanks to @zavok in #280).
• Updated notification library to work on all unix-like systems with notify-send.
  • Notification sounds will now work if either paplay or ogg123 is available.
  • Based on work by @negatethis (in #298) and @begss (in #312).
• Disabled logging request content for sensitive requests like /login and cross-signing key uploads.
• Fixed caching state of rooms where the room ID contains slashes.
• Fixed index error in fuzzy search (thanks to @Evidlo in #268).