#XMPP Community

User & developers are spread #world-wide in the XMPP community!
This is a call to show where you are! 🌍🌎🌏

Post a photo with the XMPP #logo and a nice view of your location 📷
Add city name and country, too.

#jabber #chat #rtc #standards #decentralization #federation #messaging

#XSF Announcement

The 2025 annual meeting and #voting results for both #XMPP #Council and #Board of Directors are out: xmpp.org/2025/12/2025-annual-m…

Congratulations for the new period!

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

XMPP Extensions and Specifications

Read about the new #XMPP #extensions and #specifications changes and updates in November 2025:

xmpp.org/2025/12/the-xmpp-news…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

The XMPP Newsletter for November 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/12/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading!

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

Thought: if #open, #federated, and #distributed solutions were the most #accessible solutions, people with disabilities would be some of the biggest allies in pushing adoption. I already constantly have to get my friends, co-workers, etc, to switch tools for me. If we're working or playing together, the tool needs to be accessible if I'm involved. But unfortunately, that's almost never the case, and I find myself having to force my friends to switch away from open tools and into closed ones:
* Jitsi meet doesn't offer captions or transcripts, and still had an unlabeled button or two last I checked. So I usually have to force people working with me to switch to Zoom.
* github is still more accessible than Forgejo and codeberg, even with the recent regressions. So I won't contribute to projects that aren't on github.
* None of the existing Matrix clients offer good accessibility; they either lag, have unlabeled controls, the message list won't scroll, messages won't read as they come in, etc. So I have to force people onto Slack or Discord.
* Neither Only Office or Next Cloud offer a web interface that works for collaboration with screen readers, so I have to force people to use Google Docs.
* Linux accessibility remains a joke compared to Windows or mac.

And on and on it goes. #opensource#fediverse#federation

#XMPP at #FOSDEM

The XMPP Community is very excited to announce the #Realtime Lounge at the coming FOSDEM 2026! Once again, many members will happily #welcome you!

xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-at-fosde…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #standards #federation #decentralisation #Brussels #Belgium

The XMPP Newsletter for October 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/11/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading!

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

#XSF Announcement

The #XMPP #Standards Foundation is excited to announce the 28th XMPP #Summit taking place in #Brussels, #Belgium next year - just before #FOSDEM 2026.

xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

Hi @dansup@mastodon.social Thanx for working on #Loops!

With an Mastodon and an Sharkey Account I was able to find my Loops profile and follow them.

But my new videos are not listed in either the Mastodon or the Sharkey timeline.

What can be the reason?

#Federation #FediVerse

Today's AWS debacle is the perfect example of the reason why in the last few years I started to be less enthusiastic about Signal, and more oriented to federated or even P2P solutions like XMPP and Jami. I wrote about it already:

gagliardoni.net/#im_battle_202…

Signal was down for few hours today, after an outage that affected AWS:

mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/115…

Let's ignore for a second the blind reliance on AWS or any other cloud provider. In a decentralized system, this would not have happened, or at least it would have not impacted so many users.

Yes, I am a cryptographer myself, I know that Signal's encryption is the best. But encryption is not everything. Availability issues, geopolitical troubles, risk of enshittification, limitations on users' freedom to use and control the software lead to a lack of trust, even in a supersecure solution. And I say that with honest admiration for the folks at Signal, who are doing a great job.

May they prove me wrong over and over again.

#signal #im #aws #amazon #privacy #security #digitalsovereignty #selfhosting #fediverse #federation #p2p #enshittification #xmpp #jami #politics #opensource #freesoftware #libre

Meredith Whittaker

2025-10-20 08:00:15

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

XSF Announcement

If you are interested in becoming an #XSF member your next opportunity is by 23rd November 2025.

We also have elections coming for the next phase for XSF #Board or XSF #Council. Applications are accepted by 2nd November 2025.

Read more here: xmpp.org/2025/10/the-xmpp-news…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

The XMPP Newsletter for September 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/10/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

The XMPP Newsletter for August 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/09/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

#Forgejo federation can't come fast enough for you? Have you ever wished to help out, but specifications are too scary and you don't know where to start?

In that case, I have the perfect task for you (yes, you!): codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/i…

#ForgeFed #federation #Codeberg

feat: display federation hosts in admin panel

### Needs and benefits - First step towards integrating federation-related features in the UI. - Preparing a view for admins can be used as a stepping stone for further work.

^Codeberg.org

The XMPP Network Graph at xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im shows how chat servers connect across the open #XMPP #federation. I'm occasionally checking the number of dots (servers) and lines (connections between servers). For the first time that I've noticed, that connection count is over 10,000!

The graphing engine is having a hard time rendering all of that. 😅

Friendica | Wie komme ich an den Kommentar?

Ich habe in diesem Beitrag laut feddit.org folgenden Kommentar:

Problem ist einzig und allein, dass er mir unter Friendica nicht angezeigt wird. Gerade herausgefunden habe ich das die Beiträge der Gruppe/Community Verkehrswende offenbar auch nicht korrekt hier her federiert werden. Da gibt es also offenbar mehr Probleme als ich ursprünglich dachte.

Wie komme ich an den Kommentar, um darauf reagieren zu können?

Danke für Eure Tipps und Hilfe im Voraus.

#Friendica #Frage #Beitrag #Kommentar #Federation #Lemmy #Fedditorg #federation #2025-08-31 !Friendica Support

The #XMPP Newsletter for July 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/08/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

The #XMPP Newsletter for June 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/07/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation

The #XMPP Newsletter for May 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation

#XMPP Events

#Berlin XMPP #Sprint: Devs from #DE, #FR & #UK featuring #Conversations, @dino, @ejabberd @kaidan #LiveDashboard, #Macaw, @Monal, #Renga and @prose
Sponsors: #XSF, Ammonit Measurement GmbH & @wikimediaDE

#chat #standards #interoperability #jabber #federation #decentralisation

Friendica: Unvollständige Federation mit Lemmy

Wenn ich die Lemmy Community https://feddit.org/c/heidelberg der ich seil längerer Zeit folge direkt öffne, sehen die ersten sechs Beiträge so aus:

Wenn ich sie mir jedoch über Friendica anschaue sehen ich jedoch nur die drei Beiträge davon, die ich selbst erstellt habe:

Sprich die Hälfte der Beiträge fehlt. Woran kann das liegen ?

#Friendica #Frage #Lemmy #Federation #Beiträge #2025-04-28 !Friendica Support @Matthias

We decided to create a small #survey on our #XMPP Providers project and invite server operators to send their feedback!

app.formbricks.com/s/cm9mttsv7…

It should not take longer than 2 minutes. The survey is open until 1st May 2025.

Looking forward to hear from you.
Let's thrive true #federation!

The EU is mandating messaging apps be compatible with each other, but the current plan is looking less like #federation and more like "register your chat app with Meta, send them all your data, and link with their prescribed APIs that they may decide to change any day"

At the risk of preaching to the converted, here's @guusdk advocating for *real* interoperability between messaging apps, using an existing, battle-tested, #IETF-backed standard: #XMPP!

discourse.igniterealtime.org/t…

It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen!

When I explain to others what I do for a living, I often ask why it is that we are not surprised that one can use a Gmail account to send an email to someone who uses an Outlook account, yet many people fully accept that you can’t send a message to s…

^{Ignite Realtime Community Forums}

The XMPP Software Foundation has published an open letter to Meta, asking them to support true messaging interoperability using the XMPP protocol.

Meta had previously integrated this protocol, and WhatsApp is actually built on XMPP for its message routing system.

We support this initiative as it represents the best approach for genuine interoperability. Federation is the way to go !

Learn more by reading the open letter: xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…

#XMPP #federation #FederateTheWorld

XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard

^xmpp.org

Are you interested in joining the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member?

Well, now is the right time to do it!

Please apply until February 16th, 2025, 00:00 UTC!

#XSF #XMPP #IETF #Standard #Protocol #Decentralizion #Federation

wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_A…

#XMPP Specifications October 2024

Read the updates on XMPP #specifications (#XEP) last month:

xmpp.org/2024/11/the-xmpp-news…

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #rtc
#standards #rfc

#XMPP Specifications September 2024

Read the updates on XMPP specifications (#XEP) last month:

xmpp.org/2024/10/the-xmpp-news…

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #rtc
#standards #rfc

#XMPP Specifications August 2024

Read the updates on XMPP specifications (#XEP) last month:

xmpp.org/2024/09/the-xmpp-news…

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #rtc #standards #rfc

#XMPP Specifications July 2024

Read the updates on XMPP specifications (#XEP) last month:

xmpp.org/2024/08/the-xmpp-news…

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #rtc #standards #rfc

#XMPP Community

#Sprint in #Worcester, #UK from Sat, 21st to Sun 22nd, Sept 2024. Two days of fruitful exchange and projects around XMPP!

Read more and kindly list yourself: wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2024…

#jabber #standards #interoperability #federation #chat #decentralization #rtc

The #XMPP Newsletter for July 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2024/08/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #rtc

The #XMPP Newsletter for June 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2024/07/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat

#XMPP Community

If you are interested in an event like a sprint or #meetup in the #UK you should participate his survey: my.liberaforms.org/xmpp-uk-202…

Address questions to: @mattj

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat #Britain

The #XMPP Newsletter for May 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2024/06/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat

The #XMPP Newsletter for April 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2024/05/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #decentralization #federation #chat

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Recent events have spurred some great discussion of fediverse safety and the ways that we can improve it. I'm thrilled to see the growing interest in this problem, but there's one specific angle that concerns me. Specifically, the push for allow-list federation.

First, some background information. Federation between instances is usually controlled by restricting which remote instances (identified by domain name) can send or receive messages from the local instance. In the majority of fedi servers, this is implemented with a "deny list" - a list of instance domains that should be blocked. When using a deny list, all unlisted domains can communicate by default.

This is in contrast with an "allow list", which specifies the domains that should not be blocked. When using an allow list, all unlisted domains are blocked and can not communicate. Deny-list federation is open except for specific routes, and allow-list federation is closed except for specific routes. There are other approaches, but these are by far the most common.

Now, moving on to my actual point. I've recently seen some discussion of using allow-list federation as means to improve user safety. This idea, while very well-intended, is unfortunately flawed and could easily cause more harm than it prevents.

This idea suggests that by limiting federation to known, approved domains, then it becomes easier to block sources of abuse, hate, and illegal content. This is actually quite effective, and some instances are already using allow lists to great effect. They experience minimal contact with dangerous instances, and those that slip through are easy to identify and block. It's a great strategy for specific communities. Unfortunately, however, this approach cannot scale.

Allow-list federation works well for a minority of instances, but only because the majority do not use it. This is due to the network effect. Just as a centralized social network can collapse if there are too few connections between users, a federated social network can collapse if there are too few connections between nodes (instances).

With open or deny-list federation, all nodes are connected to all others. This forms a very strong network - so strong that small and even single-user nodes are possible. The open federation ensures that there are always sufficient connections to keep the network useful.

The same is not true of allow-list federation. In this mode, the network nodes are only connected to a limited subset of others. As the percentage of allow-list nodes increases, the number of connections decreases exponentially. The resulting network is weak and unstable enough to collapse under pressure. A bigger problem, however, is not the network weakness but rather the loss of small instances.

In my experience, it's rare to see a federation allow-list with more than 1,000 entries. Fediverse index websites currently show around 25,000 active instances, which means that most allow-list instances are connected with only 4% of others. We can assume that the 4% is biased towards medium-to-large instances because of their increased visibility. After all, an instance cannot allow-list another node until they've encountered it through a mutual. Larger instances have more mutuals, and thus a greater chance to be discovered.

Over time, this creates an imbalance where larger instances benefit from a richer and broader network than smaller nodes, who have limited reach and reduced federation. Any new instance must somehow maintain a user base while faced with network isolation. This becomes a significant barrier to entry for the fediverse.
This barrier effect is bad enough, but there's another angle to consider. Fedi is large enough to have a constant churn of small instances starting up and shutting down. Currently, more instances are forming than closing, which leads to positive growth in the number of nodes - a good thing for network health. But if it was harder to start a new instance? That ratio would drop or even reverse, causing the network to shrink instead of grow. Reduced network size increases the network effect, which expands the inequality, which strengthens the barrier, which decreases the growth, which reduces the network size. A classic feedback loop.

This process would be devastating for fedi. The cycle would continue until there's no new instances at all, by which point we'd have lost the rich ecosystem of tiny communities that make fedi unique. Large instances can never provide a truly safe space, and often foster a community much like Twitter - problems included. The small, diverse instances are what make this network special. If we lose that, then we lose the fediverse.

I can't bear to see that happen.

#Fedi #FediVerse #FediMeta #Federation

Cascading collapse of online social networks - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Cascading collapse of online social networks

^Nature

#XMPP Community

#Sprint in #Berlin from Fr, 12th - Sun, 14th July 2024.
Several days of fruitful exchange and projects around XMPP!

Read more and kindly list yourself: wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2024…

#jabber #standards #interoperability #federation #chat #decentralization

#XMPP Community

@gnemmi hosts the talk "XMPP: #decentralization, #federation, self-hosting, encryption and data protection" at the #Flisol CABA, #Argentina. Today, 1pm, UTC-3

eventol.flisol.org.ar/events/f…

#jabber #chat

Threads is the largest player so far to adopt #ActivityPub, and as @mike says, “The implications are huge.”

Why is Threads doing this? How is the team working with the community? How are they thinking about moderation, monetization and privacy in these early days and going forward?
In the newest episode of @dot_social, Mike digs in with @rklambo, Director of Product Management, and @pcottle, Software Engineer. Check it out in the fediverse on PeerTube or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. More details here:

about.flipboard.com/inside-fli…

#DotSocial #Podcast #Fediverse #Federation #MastodonMigration #Threads #Meta #ActivityPub #Flipboard

Threads Has Entered the Building (and the Dot Social Podcast) - Flipboard

Threads is the largest player so far to adopt ActivityPub, which is needed for the open social web to scale. Why is Threads doing this?

^{Mia Quagliarello (Flipboard)}