MatrixZulipBridge

A Matrix puppeting appservice bridge for Zulip

Join the Matrix room #MatrixZulipBridge:shema.lv if you have any questions or just want to chat.

Features

• Streams
• Zulip topics - Matrix threads
• Direct messages
• Formatted text* (not all of Zulip's formatting)
• Matrix puppets
• Zulip puppets
• Message Media* (only translating URIs)
• Presence
• Reactions
• Redactions* (only from Matrix in DMs)
• Replies
• Typing indicators

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python >=3.10
• Matrix homeserver with ability to add appservices

PyPI

pip install matrixzulipbridge

Docker

docker run ghcr.io/gearkite/matrixzulipbridge:{tag} ...
See packages for possible tags

From source

1. Clone or download this git repository
   git clone https://github.com/GearKite/MatrixZulipBridge.git
2. Install Poetry
3. Install dependencies
   poetry install
4. Enter the virtual environment
   poetry shell

Running

Example

1. Generate a registration file
   python3 -m matrixzulipbridge --config config.yaml --generate
2. Install the appservice on your homeserver
3. Run the bridge
   python3 -m matrixzulipbridge --config config.yaml https://homeserver.example.com

Usage

usage: python3 -m matrixzulipbridge [-h] [-v] (-c CONFIG | --version) [-l LISTEN_ADDRESS] [-p LISTEN_PORT] [-u UID] [-g GID] [--generate] [--generate-compat] [--reset] [--unsafe-mode] [-o OWNER] [homeserver]

A puppeting Matrix - Zulip appservice bridge (v0.1.1.dev2+g3ed8ed7)

positional arguments:
  homeserver            URL of Matrix homeserver (default: http://localhost:8008)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         log debug messages
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        registration YAML file path, must be writable if generating (default: None)
  --version             show bridge version
  -l LISTEN_ADDRESS, --listen-address LISTEN_ADDRESS
                        bridge listen address (default: as specified in url in config, 127.0.0.1 otherwise) (default: None)
  -p LISTEN_PORT, --listen-port LISTEN_PORT
                        bridge listen port (default: as specified in url in config, 28464 otherwise) (default: None)
  -u UID, --uid UID     user id to run as (default: None)
  -g GID, --gid GID     group id to run as (default: None)
  --generate            generate registration YAML for Matrix homeserver (Synapse)
  --generate-compat     generate registration YAML for Matrix homeserver (Dendrite and Conduit)
  --reset               reset ALL bridge configuration from homeserver and exit
  --unsafe-mode         allow appservice to leave rooms on error (default: False)
  -o OWNER, --owner OWNER
                        set owner MXID (eg: @user:homeserver) or first talking local user will claim the bridge (default: None)

After registering and launching the bridge, start a chat. You can find the localpart in your registration.yaml
This bridge is mainly configurable through Matrix, send help to get a list of commands

Bridging a stream

In your control room chat with the bridge send:

1. addorganization {name}
2. open {name}

In the organization room send:

1. site example.com
2. email my-bot@example.com
3. apikey xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4. connect
5. subscribe {zulip stream name}

Credits

This bridge is heavily based on Heisenbridge. Thank you, Heisenbridge contributors!