Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

FAU Matrix Homeserver

FAU operates a Matrix homeserver — Synapse 1.159.0 at matrix.fau.de — with a hosted Element web client at chat.fau.de. It is properly delegated: both https://fau.de/.well-known/matrix/client and https://www.fau.de/.well-known/matrix/server return the standard delegation documents pointing at matrix.fau.de, so any conformant Matrix client can discover the service from the university's apex domain. Verified live on 2026-08-30: /_matrix/client/versions advertises r0.0.1 through v1.12, /_matrix/federation/v1/version identifies Synapse 1.159.0, and /_matrix/client/v3/login lists m.login.sso with a single identity provider named "FAU IdM" (Keycloak/OIDC) alongside m.login.token. This is an open standard implemented on the institution's own infrastructure and federated into the wider Matrix network — the most genuinely programmable, and least catalogued, surface FAU runs.

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https://www.anleitungen.rrze.fau.de/internet-zugang/matrix/

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https://www.fau.de/.well-known/matrix/client

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: friedrich-alexander-universitat-erlangen-nurnberg:matrix-homeserver
name: FAU Matrix Homeserver
x-operator: institution
description: 'FAU operates a Matrix homeserver — Synapse 1.159.0 at matrix.fau.de — with a hosted Element
  web client at chat.fau.de. It is properly delegated: both https://fau.de/.well-known/matrix/client and
  https://www.fau.de/.well-known/matrix/server return the standard delegation documents pointing at matrix.fau.de,
  so any conformant Matrix client can discover the service from the university''s apex domain. Verified
  live on 2026-08-30: /_matrix/client/versions advertises r0.0.1 through v1.12, /_matrix/federation/v1/version
  identifies Synapse 1.159.0, and /_matrix/client/v3/login lists m.login.sso with a single identity provider
  named "FAU IdM" (Keycloak/OIDC) alongside m.login.token. This is an open standard implemented on the
  institution''s own infrastructure and federated into the wider Matrix network — the most genuinely programmable,
  and least catalogued, surface FAU runs.'
humanURL: https://www.anleitungen.rrze.fau.de/internet-zugang/matrix/
baseURL: https://matrix.fau.de/_matrix/client/versions
tags:
- Matrix
- Messaging
- Federation
- Campus Life
- Open Standard
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.anleitungen.rrze.fau.de/internet-zugang/matrix/
- type: Discovery
  url: https://www.fau.de/.well-known/matrix/client