Matrix Family

Desktop · Windows

Matrix Family
for Windows

The same encrypted messenger you use at web.matrix.family — packaged as a native x64 app. Runtime floor is Windows 10 (1809+), Windows 11 and Windows Server 2019+. Lab so far is Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 25H2. Download once; a later native release is meant to be pulled only from this host.

Download for Windows 0.0.73 · 10 MB · NSIS · x64 MSI for IT 12 MB · WiX
Windows 10 1809+ Windows 11 Server 2019+ updates from windows.matrix.family only

Install

One download, then it stays current

1

Download

NSIS MatrixFamily_latest_x64.exe for a normal PC. MSI if your organisation deploys via Group Policy.

2

Run the installer

Same x64 package on Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server. No separate SKU per edition.

3

Leave it running

Updater origin is this host only — never apps.matrix.family. The running shell must call the Tauri updater; until that lands, first install is the only path.

Windows editions

What this x64 build runs on

Native Windows version lives in latest.json on this host (ECO-0012), independent of the web client number. The SKUs below are the WebView2 runtime floor. Only two eval guests are in the Hyper-V lab (Standard license = two Windows VMs). ARM64 Windows will be a separate package on this same host when it ships.

x64 · lab verified

one NSIS + one MSI · 0.0.73

  • Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation 22H2
  • Windows 11 Enterprise Evaluation 25H2
  • Host build: Windows Server 2022 Standard

x64 · runtime floor

same binary, not installed in this lab

  • Windows 10 1809+ (Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, LTSC)
  • Windows 11 21H2+ and Windows Server 2019 / 2025

Other Windows · reserved

not this updater channel

  • Windows 10 / 11 ARM64 — reserved
  • Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 32-bit x86 — not this stack

Current build

0.0.73

The NSIS/MSI files are the first install. The updater payload is what a running app downloads. Stable names always point at the current files so bookmarks and the apps hub keep working.

NSIS installer

first install

MatrixFamily_latest_x64.exe 10 MB · also versioned copy SHA-256 be1372baf5c3f3801807dd0775090d6a5a85c5c7a2305d3da66c5b7298b36009

MSI package

IT / WiX

MatrixFamily_latest_x64.msi 12 MB · also versioned copy SHA-256 bee82492f80bcef1ace874defe4cd956b3db554c7157bb5284a359a3f879a464

Updater payload

Tauri updater

MatrixFamily_0.0.73_x64-setup.exe same NSIS installer · detached minisign signature SHA-256 be1372baf5c3f3801807dd0775090d6a5a85c5c7a2305d3da66c5b7298b36009

Update manifest

checked on every launch

https://windows.matrix.family/family/desktop/releases/latest.json Intended updater origin for a running Windows shell. The apps hub is first install only. The 0.0.72 shell does not yet call check() — installing again is the only way to move until that lands.

Verify

Check what you run

The SHA-256 of the file you downloaded must match the value printed next to the link. The running app only accepts updater payloads signed with the Matrix Family minisign key.

  • Installer name is MatrixFamily_latest_x64.exe or .msi
  • SHA-256 matches the published value
  • After install, updates come from windows.matrix.family only
$ certutil -hashfile MatrixFamily_latest_x64.exe SHA256
SHA256 hash of MatrixFamily_latest_x64.exe:
be1372baf5c3f3801807dd0775090d6a5a85c5c7a2305d3da66c5b7298b36009

This host

Windows origin of the ecosystem

windows.matrix.family serves Windows builds of the Matrix Family product lines, structured line × target. The web client stays the single source of the application — this host only wraps, signs the updater payload and publishes.

family / desktop

this page

  • Releases under /family/desktop/releases/
  • Updater manifest at latest.json

phone / desktop

reserved

  • MF Phone — a separate line with its own core and clients
  • /phone/desktop/

Other platforms live on their own hosts — apple.matrix.family, the downloads hub apps.matrix.family; the browser client is always at web.matrix.family.