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