Features & roadmap

✔️ = feature is supported
❌ = feature is not yet supported
🛑 = feature is not possible

Note that Barcelona, which the mac-nosip connector uses, is no longer maintained.

Matrix → iMessage

Feature	mac	mac-nosip	bluebubbles
Plain text	✔️	✔️	✔️
Media/files	✔️	✔️	✔️
Replies	🛑	✔️	✔️†
Reactions	🛑	✔️	✔️
Edits	🛑	❌	✔️*
Unsends	🛑	❌	✔️*
Redactions	🛑	✔️	✔️
Read receipts	🛑	✔️	✔️
Typing notifications	🛑	✔️	✔️

† BlueBubbles had bugs with replies until v1.9.5

* macOS Ventura or higher is required

iMessage → Matrix

Feature	mac	mac-nosip	bluebubbles
Plain text	✔️	✔️	✔️
Media/files	✔️	✔️	✔️
Replies	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tapbacks	✔️	✔️	✔️
Edits	❌	❌	✔️ (BlueBubbles Server >= 1.9.6)
Unsends	❌	❌	✔️ (BlueBubbles Server >= 1.9.6)
Own read receipts	✔️	✔️	✔️
Other read receipts	✔️	✔️	✔️
Typing notifications	🛑	✔️	✔️
User metadata	✔️	✔️	✔️
Group metadata	✔️	✔️	✔️
Group Participants Added/Removed	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backfilling history	✔️‡	✔️‡	✔️‡

‡ Backfilling tapbacks is not yet supported

Android SMS

The android-sms connector is deprecated in favor of mautrix-gmessages.

Supported

• Plain text (SMS)
• Media (MMS)
• Group chats
• Backfilling history from the Android SMS database.
• Storing messages in the Android SMS database (so you can still switch to a different SMS app).

Not supported

• RCS (there's no API for it, it's exclusive to Google's Messages app).
• Any features that SMS/MMS don't support (replies, reactions, read receipts, typing notifications).

Misc

• Automatic portal creation
  • At startup
  • When receiving message
• Private chat creation by inviting Matrix puppet of iMessage user to new room
• Option to use own Matrix account for messages sent from other iMessage clients
  • Automatically with shared secret login
  • Manually with login-matrix command