@nicoco
Where's the incentive for people to switch to XMPP if they can communicate with me there without having to leave #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Telegram, and whatever other bridges there are?

People don't like change, worse even, they actively resist it. I have friends and family on #Snikket, who are on each other's roster, but amongst themselves they _still_ use WhatsApp!

I'm under no illusion that they are only on Snikket to humour me.

And the only friend who took me up on my offer to set up his own Snikket server for his family, and recently closed his WhatsApp account, is migrating all his contacts to… 🥁🥁🥁 Signal! Because it's 'easier' to get them on Signal than XMPP. My suggestion to recommend #Quicksy as an easy way to get people onto XMPP went unanswered.

People hate change and love silos. Replace WhatsApp with Signal, X with Bluesky, Windows with macOS, Android with iOS, iOS with Android…

I give up 🤷🏻‍♂️.

@snikket_im
@nathanveenstra
@zash @raucao

Et pourquoi pas #XMPP ?

Loin d'être seulement un protocole, c'est une communauté fédérée qui propose une alternative en phase avec la protection de la vie privée (salons semi-anonymes, facilement auto-hébergeable avec #snikket), la sobriété énergétique (serveurs très peu consommateurs, repose sur des connexions TLS idle), et très compatible avec les idées du logiciel libre (normes gérées par une fondation au fonctionnement démocratique @xmpp, logiciels et clients majeurs entièrement libres).

Pour choisir son client : xmpp.org/software/?category=cl…

Pour choisir son fournisseur de serveur :
providers.xmpp.net/

XMPP Software | XMPP - The universal messaging standard

In this section you’ll find information about XMPP Software, including clients, servers, libraries, and more. An XMPP client is any software or application that enables you to connect to an XMPP for instant messaging with other people over the …

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Woah! Only now did we discover a great blog post from @wq who discusses the progression from hosting a #Matrix , a #Snikket and a #SimpleX server, to now running a #chatmail relay runtimeterror.dev/self-hosted-…

It's an excellent read, with lots of good advise, including having a public "hello" profile and another unpublished chat profile for private chatting. #deltachat apps have pervasive multi-profile support (and multi-device support) so it's pretty easy to establish such a two-profile setup.

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So I just read the latest #DeltaChat article: blog.feld.me/posts/2025/03/del…

Can we please stop with #XMPP's supposed "very" fragmentation? That's the kind of cheap shots that annoy me. Just like summoning the almighty gtalk that doomed us all.

First, is it that bad? (myeah? "It depends")

And second, you're bound to hit some level of fragmentation as long as your policy is to allow various independent implementations on the network. IMO the *only* reason you're not fragmented *yet* is because you provide a single implementation across platforms.

#XMPP also has some of these, the first example that comes to mind being #Snikket (snikket.org).

Snikket Chat

Snikket is a simple, secure and private messaging app

^{Snikket Chat}

#XMPP enthusiasts out there: what would you say the ultimate Achilles heel of the XMPP ecosystem is, at present? Fragmentation of clients? What?

My sense is that it's this: when one goes to store an XMPP address in one's addressbook, there doesn't seem to be standard way to store an XMPP address. #Android doesn't have that as an allowable field, and #Thunderbird and #Nextcloud have an "Instant Messaging" field, where the type can be set to "XMPP". But are these two compatible with each other when trying to sync between them? Edit: Yes, but there's a catch: *the XMPP address must be prefixed with "xmpp:"*

So "user@foo.bar" is not an OK XMPP address, but "xmpp:user@foo.bar" is.

Then to make matters worse, now there's a wish to change the labeling of "XMPP Address" to "Chat ID": gultsch.social/@daniel/1140129…

It might be a long time before the address synchy-ness ever works again between Android <-> #Davx5 <-> Nextcloud <->Thunderbird

Note: Android allows a "Jabber" type for an IM address, where you *don't* prefix the address with "xmpp:".

(#DeltaChat gets to gloat hard here, as they have plain-old email addresses)

#prosody #conversations #gajim #dino #snikket #monocles #monal

#Prav project started 3 years ago with the goal of mass adoption of private messaging powered by #XMPP and democratic decision-making. The project was inspired by #Quicksy and #Snikket.

Read more at ravidwivedi.in/posts/backstory…

Today, I am glad to announce our first edition of #PravConf in #Kochi, #India. Join us on the 1st and the 2nd of March.

Don't forget to spread the word😜

More details at conf.prav.app

#coop #FreeSoftware #opensource

Para aquel que quiera montar un servidor de #XMPP fácil , existe #Snikket (recomendado por @thecoffemaker ).
Y para configurar bien el servidor les dejo este post(agradezcanle a @pijusmagnificus) :

blog.gundan.es/posts/snikket-x…

Va directo al grano y sin tanto lío.

Yo en 30 minutos lo tenia andando.

Just a heads-up that #Snikket #Android has been pulled by #Google from the store. We'll work on restoring it once we figure out their (as usual) nonsensical complaints. Apologies to everyone affected. Please look at #FDroid and free yourself.

Today's excuse for delisting yet another #XMPP app?

"Your app is uploading users' Image information without posting a privacy policy link or text within the Play Distributed App."

Funny. What's this then?? 👀

Many people affected by the recent blocking of #Telegram in 🇪🇸 Spain are looking for alternatives - especially decentralized ones.

#Snikket is one of those alternatives, and fully open-source. However, our Spanish translations are lacking, which can lead to a poor experience for our #hispanohablante friends.

If you think you could help us with translation, please reach out 🙂

snikket.org/contact/

Contact Us

Community chat Snikket is an open, friendly and welcoming community. The primary place to discuss the project is our chatroom on XMPP: general@channels.snikket.

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Happy to announce that we just published a new release of the Snikket server software!

You can read all about it in our blog post: snikket.org/blog/snikket-serve…

#snikket #xmpp

#XMPP at #FOSDEM in #Brussels

#RealTime Communications #Devroom Talk:

Matthew Wild @mattj today on
Modernizing #Authentication and #Authorization in XMPP

fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

Thank you for presenting!

#opensource #jabber #standards #interoperability #prosody #snikket