# Synapse charm

> Documentation for the Synapse charm, a Juju charm that deploys and manages Synapse, a Matrix homeserver, on Kubernetes. It covers deployment, SMTP integration, backup and restore, scaling and charm architecture.


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## Pages in this subsection

- [How to horizontally scale](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/synapse-charm/latest/how-to/horizontally-scale/index.html.md): A Synapse deployment can scale horizontally by running multiple Synapse processes called workers.

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/synapse-charm/latest/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.