Matrix

Matrix is an open, federated chat network — group chats and DMs on servers run by communities, not rented from a platform. Anyone can run a server, servers talk to each other, and conversations are end-to-end encrypted. Nether runs its own: nether.im.

Start here

Have a registration code? → Connect with Commet — the step-by-step setup guide.

Want in? → Joining nether.im — who we’re looking for and how to introduce yourself.

Just exploring Matrix? → Recommended homeservers — good public servers with open registration. You can join our public rooms from any of them.

What we offer

nether.im is a small, moderated homeserver for the Nether community — a tight-knit 18+ crowd of creatives, intellectuals, psychonauts, and furries. Membership is invite-based; everyone agrees to the Code of Conduct. We host our own rooms and federate with the rest of the Matrix network, and we run it the way we run everything: privacy-respecting, transparent, no ads, no data mining.

Bring your community with you

Moving a community to a new protocol is hard when half of it won’t budge. Bridges fix that: Matrix can connect to the networks your people already use, so the conversation continues across both while folks try Matrix at their own pace.

We offer hosted nether-voicebridge instances — a bidirectional voice bridge between Matrix calls and Discord voice channels, and as far as we know the only voice bridge anyone offers. You can set one up yourself over DM — and we’ll personally help you set up text bridges to Discord, Telegram, IRC, Signal, and friends. Ask via help.

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