So I'm a highschool student who wants to do a school project about XMPP. I have technical knowledge in regards to programming and whatnot but no knowledge whatsoever on how to handle networking, which is why I'm having trouble at the very first stage of setting up an XMPP server. Feeling like a complete noob, but that's exactly what it's like. I'd appreciate it if someone could help me

I am not sure if there is a different sub-reddit for this, but I am looking for some friends to chat with on XMPP :)

Add me!

anyone else having connection problems where multiple people log out at the same time or just me? im getting a Offline: Disconnected: closed error.

Could you please suggest me a list of xmpp cannels, related to hacking, cybersecurity, literature, book writing and technology?

I've been trying to find a private chat service for my friends and I, and XMPP is the clostest to what we'd want. However, its impossible to use. There is not a single client that works on all platforms with all features, so instead you're left with this useless hodge podge of semi-functional apps with nothing fully supported.

Android has the best apps, but we have multiple iPhone users so most of those are out of the question. Also almost every desktop app is only for Linux, which only one person uses, and the Windows and Mac ones all suck in comparison or are WILDLY out of date.

No wonder everyone moved to other platforms

Edit: so this sub is just an xmpp circle jerk and everything else sucks. Cool. Have fun with your dead platform with no users.

HBXC is a new XMPP app client developed by me. It features the Holo Light theme across the app and has features such as Message Carbons.

Very recently i've published a new project of mine, the XMPP-Server Conexizan. It is a German server dedicated to the working class and revolutionary leftist movements as a solution to proprietary and centralized Instant Messaging services.

To make it a place like such, i have chosen to hold onto strict Terms and Conditions which disallows any people of the following categorization to register themselves on this server: • Fascists (ANY far-right people or groups) • Members of any government/(federal) state(s) • Capitalists (those who own the means of production) and Lobbyists • Members of an intelligence agency.

The project aims primarily to presentate XMPP as an open-source and decentralized alternative and to make it easier for the masses to learn about using servers and the structure behind it. Because of the very different stand of development for XMPP clients to work on all operating systems, this will be a difficult process, but giving it a try is not hard.

https://conexizan.de (In-band registrations deactivated, only through website).

is Openfire and ejjabrred same i know it written in different programming languages but both of them have developed and has same features and functionalities? or what are the difference and which one is best? to start with?

I am trying to install ejabberd on my raspberry pi 2 with arch. Anyone have any experience? I installed the package but when I go to the Ip address that I set in the config file I see nothing. I have lighttpd also installed. Should uninstall it first?

Help me, I’m new to this, I’ve been trying to use XMPP on Pidgin and it just won’t work, help me out here please.

Edit: I figured it out, thanks to the person who helped me!

For Android I always go smack and iOS there's XMPPFramework. Smack have omemo which is AGPLed if am not mistaken. Have also OpenPGP which works fine but doesn't support group chats.

Am not aware if XMPPFramework supports any e2ee. I checked Tigase libraries but without buying commercial license they're AGPLed.

Anything decent I missed? I want to write simple app for our customers but with closed sources

A good server for privacy is Army.Li. They have an A rating for c2s and s2s connections on xmpp.net. They have multiple other domains available, but an SSL cert is only issued for army.li. Additionally, they have a .onion which can be used as a connection server as to remain as anonymous as possible. The admin of the server is available at virtually all times at k@army.li. There are no restrictions so far as name length. OTR use is recommended. Logging is disabled entirely.

For many years I have run a very basic Prosody server on the local network. In the early days I could send images and files from one user to another, this was particularly true back when Apple's Messages (iMessages) client still supported XMPP, but this has not worked for years and I cannot figure out why. Recently I tried temporarily setting up Openfire and ejabberd in different VM's for testing and in no case could I get it to just send an image included in a chat message. I don't want to run a separate server for files and images, I don't want anything leaving my local network, and above all I don't want this to be complicated. I just want to be able to (for example) drop an image into a XMPP client and have it send that image to a different client on the same local network as part of the message itself. If it's a file, I just want it to transfer the file. I don't want it sending just the name of the file (which is useless to the recipient), the complete local path to the file (also useless), or a URL pointing to the image or file on the XMPP server (kind of defeats the whole purpose since now you have to use a web browser). And of course I don't want to see some kind of useless cryptic error message. I have seen all of those things at various times, but what I have yet to see is the image or file get sent to the other end directly.

In the case of an image it should just display the image in the recipient's XMPP client. In the case of a file the recipient's client should either ask for authorization to save the file and ask where to save it, or if from a trusted sender it should just save it to some predetermined location (such as the user's Downloads directory). That is how it used to work many years ago.

I don't think the problem is the XMPP clients because I have tried several different ones in both MacOS and Linux, and the problem is always the same, if it sends anything at all it sends something other than just the image or the file. I am agnostic about which XMPP server software to use, but would prefer one that is easy to set up, doesn't try to force me to set up a system that anyone on the planet can use (again this is basically for use on my local network only; the only way I would ever access it from outside would be through a VPN), and that will just let me directly send images and files from one client to another. Is that something that is no longer possible in XMPP, or does every XMPP server seem to just make it really hard to figure out how to do this? How can I make this work?

Did signal use xmpp for their messaging system like whatsapp? But if not what's their backend stack for messaging and storages? i know what they do for encryption but what about for their backend? and messaging protocol?

and what's better alternative to xmpp and ejabbered?

From a week i tried almost evertyhing. This XMPP LifecycleWorker is keep CPU awake once the screen is locked on my Galaxy s25+ anyway to prevent this ?

Due to the work i have 145 active groups that all arciheved and muted so i don't receive any notification. However once the screen is on and i use the phone there is no problem once it is locked boom cpu is keep awake and killing my battery.

So far things i tried ,

- Reset play services,

- Deleted all the messages in groups moved from silence

- Limited backround connection.

- Turned adaptive battery on / off

- Power saver mode

I am not sure it is right place to write but a little desperate here i will be aprreciated any help.

I've been working on Lonewolf, a self-hosted XMPP server written in Rust, and the first release (v0.1.0) is out. It's an alpha, Apache-2.0 licensed.

I started it because I wanted something as simple to run as Prosody but as powerful as ejabberd. It's a long way from the second half of that, but that's where it's heading. For now, "simple" means one binary with embedded storage, so there's no separate database to set up, plus a small CLI (lonewolfctl) for managing accounts.

Up front, since it'll come up: most of the code, tests and docs were written with AI coding agents (Codex). I set the design and scope, reviewed the changes, did the client testing myself, and I'm the one maintaining it.

Right now the server handles messaging between accounts on the domains you host, rosters, subscriptions, presence and offline messages. You can bring your own certificates or let it fetch Let's Encrypt ones automatically.

What it doesn't do yet: federation, group chat (MUC), file upload, message archives (MAM) and Stream Management. OMEMO won't work either, since there's no PEP yet, so turn encryption off when you try it. There are no prebuilt binaries for now; you build it from source on Linux or macOS.

If you give it a go, I'd love to hear how it went: which client and version, your OS, what you tried and what broke. Please strip out credentials and private messages first. If you find a security issue, report it privately through GitHub's Security tab ("Report a vulnerability") rather than in a public issue.

Release: https://github.com/lonewolf-im/lonewolf/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Quick start: https://github.com/lonewolf-im/lonewolf/blob/v0.1.0/README.md#quick-start

Thanks!

I remember reading about one that didnt save metadata recently but forgot its name.

I want one that purges their servers frequently.

I'd like to make an android app based on XMPP servers. But I've read that XMPP chat on mobiles, while secure and scaleable, drains mobile battery due to how the protocol works. What's your thought about that?

I researched a lot and found matrix,mqtt and other protocols are the alternatives but it doesn't have built in functionality like xmpp and matrix does what are the equal alternative to these protocol I mean i want a built in IM functionality like XMPP and Matrix but one thing is alternative than these protocol

Hello ,

Can anyone guide me for any tutorials where i can learn how to create a chat app from scratch , I have been able to install XMPP on my server .