# Dendrite [](https://travis-ci.org/matrix-org/dendrite) Dendrite will be a matrix homeserver written in go. It's still very much a work in progress, but installation instructions can be found in [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) An overview of the design can be found in [DESIGN.md](DESIGN.md) # Contributing Everyone is welcome to help out and contribute! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started! We aim to try and make it as easy as possible to jump in. # Discussion For questions about Dendrite we have a dedicated room on Matrix [#dendrite:matrix.org](https://riot.im/develop/#/room/#dendrite:matrix.org). # Progress There's plenty still to do to make Dendrite usable! We're tracking progress in a [spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tkMNpIpPjvuDJWjPFbw_xzNzOHBA-Hp50Rkpcr43xTw).