Wrote a little blogpost about Slidgram (XMPP<->Telegram transport for XMPP server) installation in the NetBSD 
eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/0…
#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 über Google Server verschickt (Firebase Cloud Messaging).
UnifiedPush ist ein Framework, mit dem Push-Benachrichtigungen dezentral bzw über selbst betriebene Server zugestellt werden können. Zahlreiche Open Source Android Apps unterstützen bereits UnifiedPush. Unter anderem: Tusky, Fedilab, DAVx⁵, 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 mögliche Privacy-Probleme erörtert die mit der Benutzung von Google Push Servern einhergehen.
Anschließend 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-news…
Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕ 
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter
Da ich das selbst über Mastodon überhaupt mitbekommen und frech angefragt habe ... hab ich nun auch total schöne Sticker bekommen. Die werde ich jetzt erstmal unter meinen Mitmenschen die #conversations im Einsatz haben verteilen. Ganz herzlichen Dank dafür!
Und weil es sowieso immer vor hatte, hab ich jetzt direkt eine Spende via #liberapay an liberapay.com/iNPUTmice/ vorgenommen. Danke für dieses tolle Stück Software.
Hi, I’m Daniel 🤝 I’ve been a freelance software developer for 15+ years. My main interests are in open standards and communication protocols (Instant Messaging, E-mail, …Liberapay
Gajim 2.3.5 has been released! 🥳
This release brings reorganized account settings 🔧, a brand new shortcuts manager ⌨️, more contact infos ℹ️, video previews 📺 , performance improvements 🚀, and many bugfixes.
Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!
Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim
gajim.org/posts/2025-09-11-gaj…
What’s 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 you’ll also be able to jump straight to a pinned message’s 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/g…
If you want to try it, go to pulkomandy.tk/projects/renga (and please do not create fake bug reports)
🚨 New blog post 🚨
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/con…
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
@daniel
Die Bildübertragung scheint es auch erwischt zu haben.
Ich (wir) habe(n) neuerdings TLS-Fehler bei dem Versenden von Fotos. P2P geht noch.
"Read error: ssl=0xb400cdb3bb84f1c8: Failure in SSL library, usually a protocol error
error:1000042e:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION (/usr/local/google/home/prb/src/boringssl/ssl/tls_record.cc:594 0xb400cde9076a6708:0x00000001)"
Ob das jetzt an der #conversationsapp, ihrem update oder dem #XMPP-server von #mailbox_org liegt, kann ich nicht beurteilen. Da P2P übertragungen noch klappen, Tipps ich auf Server(-Versionskompatibilitäts-)Probleme.
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: I’m 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/integ…
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 “roster” in XMPP terms) with `li roster`.
One of the subcommands, `stats`, gives you, as its name implies, statistics on your roster.
You’ll notably get the number of contacts per domain, with a percentage representing the domain's “weight.” It’s 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. 😅
I released version 1.11 of the slixmpp library yesterday evening, here are the details: blog.mathieui.net/slixmpp-1.11…
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 “everyone has it” 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 family’s reasoning was that they already use whatsapp and I’m 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 isn’t on my phone that is with me everywhere, and doesn’t inconvenience my family from me being the “weird extremist”.
We do what we can.
This weekend project (yes, another one instead of finishing the 100 others) is a #fastcgi handler to implement xep-0070, alnowing to use an #xmpp account to log in to a website. Writing it in #rust as a learning exercise.
I hope to replace "login with google" and the other things I had to add to my website ovwr the years in order to not store people's passwords. This should allow to do it in a decentralized way without forcing any specific provider.
The upcoming version of monocles chat will introduce several enhancements, including support for XEP-0118, enabling you to optionally share the music you're currently listening to with your contacts.
This feature enhances social interaction by allowing users to discover new music, share their tastes, and connect over shared interests, fostering a more engaging and collaborative experience within the app.
A big thank you to the developer who contributed to this feature!
#XMPP #messenger #socialmedia #MonoclesChat #monocles
@mailbox_org
Hallo Mailbox.org-Team,
habt ihr an eurem xmpp-server herum geschraubt? In den Gruppenchats auf eurem Server kann ich seit kurzem keine Änderung des letzten Posts mehr vornehmen. Bei Gruppenchats auf anderen Servern geht es noch, daher vermutlich eine Server-Frage? (Nutze Conversations aus dem F-Droid)
Sehr dringlich wäre auch mal ein Update eures Servers! Nach meinen Informationen läuft euer Server seit 2018 ohne Updates auf aktuelle Versionen????
Heute wollen wir auf der #FrOSon versuchen einen kleinen Bot zu programmieren. 10:45 Uhr in C125.
Die lib, die wir verwenden, wird auch von #profanity und #xmppc verwendet.
#XMPP #Jabber #Bildung #Programmieren #Chat #Messenger #FreeSoftware
I give #xmpp a try every few years hoping that it has become easier to use.
I recently installed Kaidan and started chatting with another person using Kaidan. I then installed Conversations by @daniel hoping I could continue the conversation there.
However, every message we had sent in @kaidan had been replaced with “This message is encrypted with OMEMO 2 but could not be decrypted”.
I guess the keys are stored locally and needs to be transferred to Conversations somehow?
I'm on xmpp.earth which seems to have good XEP support.
Where do I go from here? Thanks!
Gajim 2.3.4 has been released! 🥳
This release supports time zones 🕑 in profiles, adds drag and drop improvements, enables displaying long messages inline, and fixes many smaller issues.
Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!
Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim
gajim.org/posts/2025-08-11-gaj…
What’s 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
I'm excited to announce that #Convo, my #XMPP messaging app for #KaiOS has received a grant from @nlnet, or, more specifically, @NGIZero! 🎉 🤸
I can now turn what began as a quick project made in a providential three weeks of free time into an app that can...actually do basic things like add contacts 😅
More importantly, it'll make the open and standardised messaging protocol available to a mobile platform where few large players have dared to tread 👟
