diff --git a/src/components/Footer.astro b/src/components/Footer.astro
index 93b2cee2..9271a3c6 100644
--- a/src/components/Footer.astro
+++ b/src/components/Footer.astro
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Icon } from 'astro-icon/components';
 
 const socials = [
   { title: 'GitHub', slug: URLS.SOCIAL_GITHUB, icon: "tabler:brand-github"},
+  { title: "Matrix", slug: URLS.SOCIAL_MATRIX, icon: "tabler:brand-matrix"},
   { title: 'YouTube', slug: URLS.SOCIAL_YOUTUBE, icon: "tabler:brand-youtube" },
   { title: 'Twitter-X', slug: URLS.SOCIAL_TWITTER, icon: "tabler:brand-x" },
   { title: "Bluesky", slug: URLS.SOCIAL_BLUESKY, icon: "tabler:brand-bluesky" },
diff --git a/src/components/Navbar.astro b/src/components/Navbar.astro
index f145d6bf..a23e2595 100644
--- a/src/components/Navbar.astro
+++ b/src/components/Navbar.astro
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ export const MainNav: RecursiveMenu[] = [
       <Menu 
         isOpen={true} 
         menu={[
+          { title: "Matrix", slug: URLS.SOCIAL_MATRIX, icon: "tabler:brand-matrix"},
           { title: 'YouTube', slug: URLS.SOCIAL_YOUTUBE, icon: "tabler:brand-youtube" },
           { title: 'Twitter-X', slug: URLS.SOCIAL_TWITTER, icon: "tabler:brand-x" },
           { title: "Bluesky", slug: URLS.SOCIAL_BLUESKY, icon: "tabler:brand-bluesky" },
diff --git a/src/statics.ts b/src/statics.ts
index 316932c1..7a036990 100644
--- a/src/statics.ts
+++ b/src/statics.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export enum URLS {
   ARCHIVE = "https://archive.nfdi4plants.org/communities/dataplant",
   ARCSEARCH = "https://arcregistry.nfdi4plants.org/isasearch",
 
+  SOCIAL_MATRIX = "https://matrix.to/#/#dataplant:matrix.uni-freiburg.de",
   SOCIAL_MASTODOON = "nfdi4plants@nfdi.social",
   SOCIAL_BLUESKY = "https://bsky.app/profile/nfdi4plants.bsky.social",
   SOCIAL_TWITTER = "https://twitter.com/nfdi4plants",