# Beeper self-hosted bridges

A tool for running self-hosted bridges with the Beeper Matrix server.

Repository: https://github.com/beeper/bridge-manager
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beeper-self-hosted-bridges
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T16:18:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 61, longevity 93
- inputs: {"age_days": 1315, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 289.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1394, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.391981+00:00)

## What it is
A Go CLI tool (bbctl) for running self-hosted Matrix bridges against the Beeper Matrix server without hosting a full homeserver. It manages official and third-party spec-compliant bridges, connecting them to a beeper.com account.

## Use cases
- run self-hosted bridges with my beeper account
- connect a third-party matrix bridge to beeper without a homeserver
- self-host official beeper bridges for extra privacy
- keep message encryption on my own machine instead of beeper servers
- manage bridge deployments from the command line
- bridge whatsapp or telegram to beeper myself

## When to choose
- you use beeper.com and want to run custom or official bridges yourself
- you want message re-encryption to happen on hardware you control
- you don't want to self-host a full Matrix homeserver like Synapse

## When to avoid
- you use a self-hosted Synapse or other Matrix homeserver instead of beeper.com
- you need native Windows support (use WSL)
- you expect full customer support for self-hosted bridges

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, cli, self-hosted, networking
- domain: self-hosted, messaging-platforms, developer-tools, privacy
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: matrix, bridges, beeper, bbctl, chat-bridging, go, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- beeper/bridge-manager (main) score 84
- beeper/self-host (docs) score 10
- beeper/imessage (backend) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.391981+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:25.024901+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/beeper/bridge-manager (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.391981+00:00, sha 31ae3325cddd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.