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# This — is The **Construct**
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# This — is The **Construct**
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<a href="share/webapp">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/TIf8kEC.png" />
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It all started in 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen developed a free and open source server
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It all started in 1988 when Jarkko Oikarinen developed a free and open source server
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at the University of Oulu which facilitated real-time communication over the internet.
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at the University of Oulu which facilitated real-time communication over the internet.
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Its [derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png)
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Its [derivatives](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/IRCd_software_implementations.png)
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have underpinned the major chat networks for decades ever since.
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have underpinned the major networks for decades.
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Due to their age and stagnation since the mid-2000's, a growing number of
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The protocol has since stagnated, largely abandoned except by evangelists. A
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proprietary cloud services have filled the vacuum of innovation. In 2014 a new
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growing number of proprietary cloud services have filled the vacuum of
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approach was proposed to reinvigorate real-time communication for free and open
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innovation. Free software projects are relegated to collaborating on non-free
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source software: a *federation of networks* known as *the matrix*.
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platforms for a basic rich user experience. The consensus is that decentralization
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is needed, and users not be limited
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to some arcane retro-environment.
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<a href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/">
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<a href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/">
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<img align="right" src="https://i.imgur.com/DUuGSrH.png" />
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**This is the Construct** — the community's own Matrix server. It is designed to be
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**This is the Construct** — Federated team collaboration built with the
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fast and highly scalable, and to be developed by volunteer contributors over
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[WASM Virtual Machine](https://webassembly.org). Clients and servers implement a
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the internet. This mission strives to make the software easy to understand, modify, audit,
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minimal ABI based on their capabilities while the community at large builds all
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and extend. It remains true to its roots with its modular design and having minimal
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features as modules. Construct makes the chat room programmable.
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requirements. Even though all of the old code has been rewritten, the same spirit and
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Applications govern all their basic functions. Everything from the appearance of a room as seen by
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_philosophy of its predecessors_ is still obvious throughout.
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users to some continuous-integration running in the background for developers
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is customizable by embedding apps around your room.
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Matrix is about giving you control over your communication; Construct is about
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A variety of apps have already been created by developers for their own needs.
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giving you control over Matrix.
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Most choose to make them available to the community, licensed as free
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software. This is a powerful construct, as you can import these apps to enrich
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your own rooms.
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## Installation
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## Installation
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