Liman (formerly Sparks). Features and contracts stay.

Liman by audience

Liman for private users & small teams → Small and medium-sized businesses → Liman for Enterprise → Liman for the public sector →

Platform & comparison

Video conferencing, chat, collaboration and AI assistant – all features at a glance.

E2EE, data sovereignty and compliance – how Liman protects your data.

WCAG, EN 301 549, live captions, and keyboard – concrete status for procurement.

Deployment & Migration

Self-hosting, cloud or hybrid – options for every requirement.

Source available

Source to audit and adapt for your own use, under contract.

Liman vs. Alternatives

Feature matrix and short comparisons vs. Teams, Zoom, Element, Wire – including accessibility.

Video, webinars, screen share, breakout rooms and lobby.

Matrix and Microsoft Teams chat, calls and channels in one app.

Channels, tasks, files and calendars – together in one place.

AI assistant with context from calendar, chats and Microsoft 365.

Client, middleware and backends – middleware must run as part of Liman.

Matrix Protocol

Open standard for chat, VoIP and federation.

Industries & Use Cases

Public sector & schools→
MS Teams de-migration→
Secure Partner Communication→
Confidential Communications→
NIS2→

Existing IT infrastructure

Integrations overview→
Microsoft 365→
Google Workspace→
Exchange SE & SharePoint→
OpenDesk→
Nextcloud→
Matrix Protocol→

Documentation Getting started Developers Partner

Products

Liman by audience

Liman for private users & small teams
Small and medium-sized businesses
Liman for Enterprise
Liman for the public sector

Platform & comparison

Video conferencing, chat, collaboration and AI assistant – all features at a glance.

E2EE, data sovereignty and compliance – how Liman protects your data.

WCAG, EN 301 549, live captions, and keyboard – concrete status for procurement.

Deployment & Migration

Self-hosting, cloud or hybrid – options for every requirement.

Source available

Source to audit and adapt for your own use, under contract.

Liman vs. Alternatives

Feature matrix and short comparisons vs. Teams, Zoom, Element, Wire – including accessibility.

Features

Video, webinars, screen share, breakout rooms and lobby.

Matrix and Microsoft Teams chat, calls and channels in one app.

Channels, tasks, files and calendars – together in one place.

AI assistant with context from calendar, chats and Microsoft 365.

Client, middleware and backends – middleware must run as part of Liman.

Matrix Protocol

Open standard for chat, VoIP and federation.

Solutions

Industries & Use Cases

Public sector & schools
MS Teams de-migration
Secure Partner Communication
Confidential Communications
NIS2

Existing IT infrastructure

Integrations overview
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
Exchange SE & SharePoint
OpenDesk
Nextcloud
Matrix Protocol

Resources

Documentation Getting started Developers Partner

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