I've officially finished the email<=>XMPP gateway grant đ. Lot of stuff done. The gateway is working but there are still things to do, notably finishing the e2ee encryption which is complex.
I'll most probably blog about it (and the previous A/V one) next week.
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-newsâŚ
Enjoy reading! đ° â 
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter
Gajim 2.3.6 has been released! đĽł
This release brings small improvements and some bugfixes.
Thank you for all your contributions â¤ď¸ Let us know what you think!
Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim
gajim.org/posts/2025-09-30-gajâŚ
Whatâs New Gajim 2.3 comes with a new design featuring Adwaita, a user interface library which provides building blocks for modern adaptive applications.gajim.org
@dino Hoping I'm not missing any irony here, considering how big the feature gap to Conversations on Android still is :P (great app!)
But assuming you mean it: thanks for the encouragement, I hope we can use the moment to get a bit more traction around that whole technology stack (#linuxmobile, #jabber, #xmpp)
But Daniel, you might ask, won't the criminals just use Conversations then? Yes, they already do. And thank you for realizing why chat control is stupid.
We are not going to write open letters on how we are heroically going to withdraw from Europe. We will stay here continuing to operate as usual. We are infrastructure.
EU Chat Control won't apply to the federated Jabber/XMPP ecosystem.
#Conversations_im is used by various militaries, police forces and intelligence agencies in Europe. They will make sure it won't get any client side scanning.
Hey folks, If youâre developing an #XMPP server or server-side component, Iâd love for you to check out the XMPP Interop Framework (xmpp-interop-testing.github.io). Itâs an open-source test suite that runs your implementation through real-world XEP compliance checks.
The project supports a wide range of continuous integration solutions, offers flexible configuration options, and has matured nicely over the past two years. (1/2)
XMPP standards compliance tests easily added to the test phase of your build pipelineXMPP Interop Testing
The XMPP Interop Testing project helps ensure XMPP servers and clients play nicely together by providing specification test automation.
New update:
âď¸ Option to fail runs if some tests were "impossible" to execute.
âď¸ Flexible account provisioning
Details on the blog: xmpp-interop-testing.github.ioâŚ
The development journey that @fishbowler and I have been taking was made possible by a grant from @nlnet đ. The grant has now concluded, and weâre deeply thankful for their support!
You want to try out Movim before deploying it? đ ..or just checking out the exciting features of the next release? â¨
You can now launch a fully working Movim container on your local machine in one unique command đŻ
Just clone the Movim repo from Github and call `podman-compose up`, wait a little bit and Boom! you can try-out Movim in your browser đ¤Š
Checkout the (super-short) tutorial there github.com/movim/movim#quick-t⌠đ
Movim + Podman = â¤ď¸
#movim #podman #container #test #xmpp #devops #deployment
Movim - Decentralized social platform. Contribute to movim/movim development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Testing GNU Taler at #Datenspuren was fun. And by fun I mean mostly unspectacular. It just worked. I scanned a QR code. I got some Kolle Mate.
I think some sort of GNU Taler integration into #Conversations_im would be pretty cool.
If you would like to integrate Taler into Conversations there are currently funding opportunities availableš from @nlnet and both the Taler developer as well as myself are happy to help with scoping.
š: nlnet.nl/taler/
Wrote a little blogpost about Slidgram (XMPP<->Telegram transport for XMPP server) installation in the NetBSD 
eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/0âŚ
#NetBSD #XMPP #Prosody #Telegram
This little instruction covers Slidgram1 installation in NetBSD OS.Eugene Andrienko
Push-Benachrichtigungen auf Android-Handys ohne Google. Dezentralisiert und Open Source.
Mit Open Source Tools wie microG bekommt man zwar erfolgreich proprietäre Google Software von seinem Android-Handy verbannt; die eigentlichen Benachrichtigungen werden aber dennoch ßber Google Server verschickt (Firebase Cloud Messaging).
UnifiedPush ist ein Framework, mit dem Push-Benachrichtigungen dezentral bzw Ăźber selbst betriebene Server zugestellt werden kĂśnnen. Zahlreiche Open Source Android Apps unterstĂźtzen bereits UnifiedPush. Unter anderem: Tusky, Fedilab, DAVxâľ, Fennec, Element (mit Einschränkungen) und viele mehr.
Dieser Vortrag erklärt, wie Push-Benachrichtigungen im Allgemeinen funktionieren und warum sie trotz ihres eventuell schlechten Rufes eleganter sind, als jede App eine eigene Serververbindung aufbauen zu lassen.
Des Weiteren werden mĂśgliche Privacy-Probleme erĂśrtert die mit der Benutzung von Google Push Servern einhergehen.
AnschlieĂend wird die Architektur von UnifiedPush erklärt.
Der Vortrag endet mit einer praktischen Anleitung wie man UnifiedPush auf einem Android-Handy benutzt.
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-newsâŚ
Enjoy reading! đ° â
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter
Da ich das selbst Ăźber Mastodon Ăźberhaupt mitbekommen und frech angefragt habe ... hab ich nun auch total schĂśne Sticker bekommen. Die werde ich jetzt erstmal unter meinen Mitmenschen die #conversations im Einsatz haben verteilen. Ganz herzlichen Dank dafĂźr!
Und weil es sowieso immer vor hatte, hab ich jetzt direkt eine Spende via #liberapay an liberapay.com/iNPUTmice/ vorgenommen. Danke fĂźr dieses tolle StĂźck Software.
Hi, Iâm Daniel đ¤ Iâve been a freelance software developer for 15+ years. My main interests are in open standards and communication protocols (Instant Messaging, E-mail, âŚLiberapay
Gajim 2.3.5 has been released! đĽł
This release brings reorganized account settings đ§, a brand new shortcuts manager â¨ď¸, more contact infos âšď¸, video previews đş , performance improvements đ, and many bugfixes.
Thank you for all your contributions â¤ď¸ Let us know what you think!
Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim
gajim.org/posts/2025-09-11-gajâŚ
Whatâs New Gajim 2.3 comes with a new design featuring Adwaita, a user interface library which provides building blocks for modern adaptive applications.gajim.org
Did you know monocles chat supports pinned messages? You can pin multiple messages, stacked so the most recent appears on top. In the next release youâll also be able to jump straight to a pinned messageâs location in the conversation and also pin images and files.
- Pinned messages stay visible and are easy to find later.
- You can pin multiple messages at once.
- Pins are useful for action items, decisions, and deadlines to keep conversations focused.
- Save frequently used links, instructions, images or files.
#monocles #monocleschat #privacy #messenger #xmpp #android
If you want to report bugs for the Renga #xmpp client, you can now log in to the bugtracker using your Jabber address. No need to create an account anymore!
If you want to see how it's done, see pulkomandy.tk/gerrit/plugins/gâŚ
If you want to try it, go to pulkomandy.tk/projects/renga (and please do not create fake bug reports)
đ¨ New blog post đ¨
slidge is not dead, it does not even smell funny. slidgnal (#xmpp/signal) gateway is back (very early stage).
This day in history...I mean present: first ever end-to-end encrypted message to be sent from a #dumbphone?
git.disroot.org/badrihippo/conâŚ
Using #Convo on #KaiOS, powered by #ConverseJS, #XMPP, #OMEMO, and #libsignal
This lays the groundwork for OMEMO support! Convo will now automatically generate OMEMO keys when you connect for the first time. Options to toggle OMEMO encryption, etc.Disroot Forgejo: Brace yourself, merge conflicts ahead.
Thank you @daniel for a new set of Conversations, XMPP and OMEMO stickers!
#Conversations_im #XMPP #OMEMO
Libervia CLI tip 6:
Most commands have an `-O, --output` option to format the output. By default, the output is pretty formatted for humans, but you can output in JSON, XML, or other formats.
With `template` output you can use Jinja templates, either built-in ones (the ones used in the web frontend), or your own; useful to build static HTML pages/sites, or reformat the data the way you want.
Use `--help` to see available outputs
I just bought 20 envelopes and stamps, and I'm packing them with 5x #Conversations_im, 5x #OMEMO, and 5x #XMPP stickers each.
Send me an email if you want one. Put 'Stickers' in the subject so I can filter. While supplies last, obviously. (Though I'm more limited on the stamps than the stickers.)
Edit: Iâm out of envelopes.
We updated our #akkoma integration page with an easy way to link your account to a Prosody #xmpp server: joinjabber.org/tutorials/integâŚ
Thanks to @nigel for testing it.
@akkoma maybe something to add to the official docu as well?
How to easily integrate a XMPP server with Akkoma or Pleroma. In the following we will concentrate on Akkoma (a better Pleroma fork), but Pleroma should work more or less the same.JoinJabber
Libervia CLI tip 5:
You can retrieve or modify your contacts list (aka ârosterâ in XMPP terms) with `li roster`.
One of the subcommands, `stats`, gives you, as its name implies, statistics on your roster.
Youâll notably get the number of contacts per domain, with a percentage representing the domain's âweight.â Itâs a simple way to see how decentralized your contacts network is.
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. đ
I released version 1.11 of the slixmpp library yesterday evening, here are the details: blog.mathieui.net/slixmpp-1.11âŚ
Libervia CLI tip 4:
If you see an XMPP powered blog like those made with Libervia or Movim, you can use directly the `https:` URL to retrieve the XMPP blog or one of its posts.
For instance, to get my blog at goffi.org with Libervia CLI, you can do:
`li blog get -u goffi.org`
This works with all pubsub related commands, so if you have the right, you can also edit or publish like that.
Im very impressed with Slidge whatsapp bridge on my Prosody server. It is far more stable and reliable than I ever expected, and means I do not need any Facebook owned apps on my personal phone, as whatsapp is installed on my work phone only and slidge is linked to that ( my workplace use it, because free and âeveryone has itâ heh.)
My family have refused to move over to xmpp after the matrix server we used shut down, even after I ran a few different test servers on both prosody and ejabberd and tested reliability of the platforms and mobile notifications. (Both work great, but at the time I decided on Prosody.) My familyâs reasoning was that they already use whatsapp and Iâm just being weird.
The slow creep of rights and privacy erosion is disturbing to me, and the small amount I can do like running my own fedi instance and chat server at least helps me keep my sense of sanity in this crazier and crazier world of surveillance and data harvesting.
A bridge to the chat platform at least means it isnât on my phone that is with me everywhere, and doesnât inconvenience my family from me being the âweird extremistâ.
We do what we can.
