A native macOS chat app built with SwiftUI that wraps the Matrix Rust SDK via UniFFI-generated Swift bindings. Relay aims to feel like a first-class Mac app — fast, simple, and user-friendly — while speaking the Matrix protocol under the hood.
Feature Overview
- Room list & navigation — browse joined rooms with unread counts and room avatars.
- Rich timeline — text, emote, notice, image, video, audio, and file messages with proper grouping, date headers, and sender avatars.
- Reactions — toggle emoji reactions on any message via context menu or emoji picker.
- Reply rendering — inline reply previews with click-to-jump-to-original.
- Unread markers — a "New" divider appears at the first unread message.
- Image attachments — send images (with blurhash placeholders) and other files via drag-and-drop or the attach button, all sandbox-safe.
- Room directory search — discover and join public rooms.
- Infinite scrollback — paginate backwards through history with a single click.
- Auto-scroll — the timeline stays pinned to the bottom for new messages, but won't interrupt you if you've scrolled up.
- Keychain-backed sessions — login credentials are stored securely in the macOS Keychain.
Get In Touch
Join us in the Matrix room to ask questions, discuss ideas, or just say hello: