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element-x-ios had no release machinery at all: no fastlane, no Gemfile, and none of its workflows built or uploaded anything. Upstream ships via Xcode Cloud, which needs Element's private Enterprise submodule and so is unavailable here, while the legacy element-ios fork already proves a fastlane pipeline against the same Apple team, certificate and App Store Connect key. Tagging healthchat-v<version> now builds a signed App Store IPA on the org's Mac Studio and uploads it to TestFlight. Release notes come from a new HEALTHCHAT_CHANGES.md, because upstream's own tooling owns CHANGES.md. The lane deliberately does not pin Xcode. The runner carries a single globally selected version, and naming an absent one does not fail fast — it sends xcodes into a multi-GB authenticated download that no CI secret can satisfy. Each run logs xcodebuild -version instead, which is the only record of what compiled a build. Everything here is fork-owned, since upstream has no fastlane directory, so none of it can conflict on rebase.
Element X iOS
Element X iOS is the next-generation Matrix client provided by Element.
Compared to the previous-generation Element Classic, it is a total rewrite using the Matrix Rust SDK underneath and targeting devices running iOS 18+.
Rust SDK
Element X leverages the Matrix Rust SDK through an FFI layer exposed as a swift package that the final client can directly import and use. We're doing this as a way to share code between platforms, with Element X Android using the same SDK.
Status
This project is actively developed and supported. New users are recommended to use Element X instead of the previous-generation app.
Contributing
Please see our contribution guide.
Come chat with the community in the dedicated Matrix room.
Build instructions
Please refer to the setting up a development environment section from the contribution guide.
Support
When you are experiencing an issue on Element X iOS, please first search in GitHub issues and then in #element-x-ios:matrix.org. If after your research you still have a question, ask at #element-x-ios:matrix.org. Otherwise feel free to create a GitHub issue if you encounter a bug or a crash, by explaining clearly in detail what happened. You can also perform bug reporting (Rageshake) from the Element application by going to the application settings. This is especially recommended when you encounter a crash.
Forking
Please read our forking guide.
Copyright & License
Copyright (c) 2025 - 2026 Element Creations Ltd. Copyright (c) 2022 - 2025 New Vector Ltd.
This software is dual licensed by Element Creations Ltd (Element). It can be used either:
(1) for free under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License (as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version); OR
(2) under the terms of a paid-for Element Commercial License agreement between you and Element (the terms of which may vary depending on what you and Element have agreed to).
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the Licenses is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the Licenses for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the Licenses.