Synapse
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Dec 1, 2025first mention
Oct 9, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I have been using synapse for years with little issue.”
“I decided to move our stack to Matrix/Synapse”
switched from Mattermoston “Mattermost restricted access to old messages after 1…”
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“Def bumps along the way, but its still the daily driver for me and about five other people.”
runs it on a small VPS for about five peopleon “Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years”
Caveats and dissent
“I do not recommend due to spam waves.”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 5
“I do not recommend due to spam waves.”
“I have been using synapse for years with little issue.”
“I decided to move our stack to Matrix/Synapse”
“Def bumps along the way, but its still the daily driver for me and about five other people.”
“I use sqlite for my 2-user server and haven't had any issues in the several years I've been running it.”