Chat

Kampong runs a Matrix homeserver. Matrix is an open protocol for encrypted messaging, so you use whichever app you like rather than one we wrote — and your conversations are readable by you and the people you are talking to, not by us.

Connecting

Point any Matrix client at this homeserver:

https://matrix.kampong.social

Signing in with kampong.social as your server also works — the address above is published for clients to discover automatically.

Clients worth trying

• Element — iOS, Android, desktop and web. The most complete client.
• The full list — there are a lot, and they all talk to the same rooms.

What you can do

• Direct messages with other members, end-to-end encrypted.
• Group rooms for events and destinations.
• Voice and video calls.
• Bridges to Signal and WhatsApp, if you would rather stay there.

Accounts

If you already have an account on this homeserver, sign in with it. Automatic accounts for every approved member are being set up — until then, ask us and we will make you one.

You do not need this

Everything else in Kampong works without it. Applying, events, stays, bookings and payments never depend on chat, and messages about your bookings reach you however you have asked to be contacted.