etke.ccSignal bridge
The Signal bridge installed by us is powered by mautrix-signal.
Features¶
What the Signal bridge can do
| Direction | Feature |
|---|---|
| Matrix -> Signal | Text, formatting, mentions, polls |
| Matrix -> Signal | Media: images, audio, voice messages, files, GIFs, locations, stickers |
| Matrix -> Signal | Message edits, reactions, redactions |
| Matrix -> Signal | Group info: name, avatar, topic |
| Matrix -> Signal | Membership: invite, leave, kick, ban, unban |
| Matrix -> Signal | Group permissions, typing notifications, read and delivery receipts |
| Signal -> Matrix | Text, formatting, mentions, polls |
| Signal -> Matrix | Media: images, voice notes, files, GIFs, stickers, contacts |
| Signal -> Matrix | Message edits, reactions, remote deletions |
| Signal -> Matrix | Profile and contact info (name, avatar) |
| Signal -> Matrix | Group info: name, avatar, topic |
| Signal -> Matrix | Membership: join, invite, leave, kick, ban, unban |
| Signal -> Matrix | Group permissions, typing notifications, read receipts |
| Signal -> Matrix | Disappearing messages |
| Misc | Automatic portal creation after login and on new messages |
| Misc | Linking as secondary device |
| Misc | Private chat and group creation by inviting Matrix puppet |
| Misc | Double puppeting for messages sent from other Signal clients |
Usage¶
This page shows you how to set up the Signal bridge using Cinny client app (available as an add-on component), so that you can receive and send messages between Signal and Matrix rooms.
Invite the bot to a management room¶
First, please start a chat with @signalbot:your-server.com to create a management room.
Make sure to replace your-server.com with your actual “base domain”. Setting your-server.com or example.com does not work on your server!
When the bot joins to the created room, it sends confirmation messages to the room as below. If they are visible, bot successfully joined the management room. It works as expected.
Authentication¶
To bridge Signal into Matrix, you need to authenticate the bridge’s bot for Signal.
To conduct authentication, please follow the steps below.
- Go to
Linked Devicesin Signal app and add a new device - Send
loginto the bridge bot - Scan the QR code the bridge bot sends you
The QR code will be displayed on the room as below:
After logging in, the bridge will bridge chats as you receive messages.
Note: Signal does not support any kind of message history (even on official apps), so the bridge won’t backfill any messages.
Useful commands¶
If you send a message help to the room, available commands are listed in a message like below:
Here is a couple of useful commands:
search <query>: Search for users on the remote networkstart-chat [login ID] <identifier>: Start a direct chat with the given user
Power up with Signal bridge
Start using Signal bridge today - get a managed Matrix server with it pre-installed, or add it to your existing setup.