Matter on Ubuntu

Matter is an open source connectivity standard for smart home. It is a collection of protocols for connecting compatible devices in a secure and reliable way.

This documentation is for building and running Matter devices on Ubuntu. It provides guidance, examples and reference.

Matter on Ubuntu simplifies and streamlines the work of building matter applications, by providing rich and established developer tools. It is intended to serve developers and maintainers of Linux-based Matter applications.

In this documentation

Get started

For your first experience with Matter on Ubuntu, you can use easily-available hardware to explore and understand its basics.

• Build a Matter device with Raspberry Pi

How-to guides

Guides for specific real-world problems and tasks.

• Manage devices with Chip Tool
• Set up OpenThread Border Router
• Run Matter apps with Thread networking
• Create an OS image with OTBR
• Install Home Assistant on Ubuntu Core

Project and community

Matter on Ubuntu references existing open source implementations. The Matter standard and SDK are supported by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA).

Canonical is responsible for Snap packages presented in this documentation:

• Chip Tool

• OpenThread Border Router

• Matter Pi GPIO Commander

Other resources:

• Matter Standard

• Matter SDK