There's conduit as an alternative implementation in rust, but Matrix being what it is, you won't be able to use the newer clients with it, and federation will b

There's conduit as an alternative implementation in rust, but Matrix being what it is, you won't be able to use the newer clients with it, and federation will be glitchy. This ecosystem of a single vendor deciding the fate of the clients, server and protocol has been unhealthy for too long..