Realurls

Element

Also known as element-hq. Wikidata Q47004029. GitHub element-hq.

Official domains: element.io

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q47004029/P856 wikidata:Q47004029/P1324. Display name from wikidata:Q47004029.

element.io verified primary · confidence 0.71 · verified 2026-09-05

1 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 not counted GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=element-hq org_verified=false blog=https://www.element.io
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A8 anchor Anchored repository's homepage points here, and this site links back
repo=element-hq/element-web org=element-hq repo_anchored=true homepage=https://element.io backlink=true stars=13431 age_days=4063 contributors=1304
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Google Trust Services san_count=2
 TLS handshake element.io:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q47004029 label=Element site=https://element.io sitelinks=23 competing_items=1
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=14172 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=2015-08-01 history_days=4053
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A1: GitHub organization has not verified this domain (is_verified != true)
  • A4: DV certificate carries no organization name (most modern tech companies use DV; this is expected)
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/element-hq | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A8 — anchored repo's homepage
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/element-hq/element-web | jq '{homepage, created_at, stargazers_count}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q47004029&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/element.io

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=element.io&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify element.io

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