I’m happy to announce the 12th annual Holiday season Conversations giveaway. 🎄☃️
The federated instant messaging client is now available for free on Google Play until New Year’s Eve. 🧨🎆
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Enjoy #39C3.
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
#XMPP #Jabber #Conversations_im #DigitalSovereignty #Fediverse
Federated instant messaging for your mobile device (Jabber, XMPP, Snikket)play.google.com
#XMPP is still a thriving ecosystem with lots of good FOSS developers doing interesting things.
XMPP is also used under the hood in tons of products needing instant messaging even if they are not advertised as XMPP clients, or do not federate.
Anyway, XMPP and #matrix all share a strong focus on protocols, but there is a big difference: chatmail.at does not expose protocols to client developers, just a Rust SDK.
Chatmail provides FOSS infrastructure for interoperable, secure, speedy and reliable end-to-end encrypted messaging. Check out clients as Arcane Chat, Bots or Delta Chat today!chatmail.at
> My question is rather: How can #XMPP market itself better to people who want to build instant messaging solutions.
my humble opinion: I would still pick #deltachat / chatmail core to build my client if I had to start from scratch today, with #xmpp I just have a protocol, with delta chat I don't actually need to use the #email protocol at all, only the core library that takes care of dealing with networking and #encryption while all I have to do is to create the UI
The big plus of #DeltaChat is that the infrastructure is already there. Infrastructure is a big part of the problem. And obviously using mail for that is only for people born before 2000.
Second is branding: When people hear #XMPP they hear 20 years of failure of implementing robust solutions both server-side and client-side. People just don't know that after 20 years there now are server and client solutions really working.
@arcanechat I’m not 'blaming' Delta Chat for making the wrong choice. And you in particular probably weren’t even around back then.
My question is rather: How can #XMPP market itself better to people who want to build instant messaging solutions.
I have a lot of respect for #DeltaChat (@delta); By all accounts they provide a good looking client and a homogenize experience across platforms. Users absolutely don’t need to care about the underlying protocol!
However there is no way, shape or form in that IMAP+Submission is a more suitable stack for instant messaging than #XMPP.
I consider this a failure on our part but I don’t really know what to do about it. Most arguments against #XMPP don’t hold if you’re building from scratch anyway:
• #Conversations_im looks very outdated: OK, but you are developing your own clients anyway.
• XMPP doesn’t have an SDK: Neither does your #ActivityPub or email stack
• OMEMO is insecure and I would prefer #MLS: Yes, let’s work on that together and you’ll still benefit from XMPP’s 100+ solved IM problems.
#XMPP Community
The XMPP assembly for the #Chaos #Communication #Congress #39C3 in #Hamburg has been confirmed! The space is inside the Critical #Decentralization Cluster habitat.
xmpp.org/2025/12/xmpp-at-chaos…
#ccc #chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource
#interoperability #operators
The XMPP assembly for the Chaos Communication Congress 39C3 has been confirmed! We will have a space inside the Critical Decentralization Cluster habitat this year. Join the related XMPP chatroom.xmpp.org
I've just pushed Tor integration in Libervia (first step of the NLnet metadata reduction and serverless grant).
nlnet.nl/project/ServerlessXMP…
This has been done thanks to the work of @meejah on `txtorcon` and of course of @torproject and the support of @nlnet and @NGIZero .
A thought for Lunar who is mentioned in the documentation of txtorcon (for doing the Debian package) and who passed away last year.
#tor #XMPP #Libervia #txtorcon #nlnet #ngi
Gajim 2.4.1 has been released! 🎉
This release brings previews for GIFs and similar animation file formats 🎥, and many smaller changes and bug fixes.
Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!
Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim
gajim.org/posts/2025-12-13-gaj…
What’s New Gajim now supports playing animated GIF, WEBP, AVIF, and PNG files directly in the chat. Animations will play once you click the play button.gajim.org
Si tu as déjà entendu parler de XMPP ou si tu as déjà utilisé XMPP, je serai intéressé d'avoir un petit retour sur ton expérience.
Si tu en a déjà entendu parler mais jamais essayé :
- Qu'est-ce que tu as entendu à propos de XMPP ?
- Est-ce que ça t'as donné envie d'essayer ou non ?
- Qu'est-ce qui te fait penser que ça serait fait pour toi ou au contraire pas du tout ?
Si tu as déjà essayé :
- Quelle a été ton expérience ?
- En quelle année était ton dernier essai ?
- Tu as testé quels clients ?
#XMPP
Petite annonce sympa : J'ai été invité à participer aux Rencontres Hivernales du Libre qui se dérouleront fin janvier à Saint-Cergue, en Suisse.
J'y donnerai une conférence de 1h à propos de XMPP, dont voici le titre et la description :
« XMPP ou comment ne pas réinventer la roue : Messagerie fédérée et sécurisée en 2026 »
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« Oh non ! La messagerie instantanée que j'utilise vient de se faire racheter par un Venture Capital… C'est la 3eme en 5 ans ! »
Et si au lieu de sauter de produit en produit tous les 2 ans, on utilisait plutôt un protocole fiable, standardisé, qui fonctionne depuis 25 ans et qui fonctionnera encore pendant les 25 prochains sans pouvoir se faire racheter ?
Cette conférence a pour but de présenter XMPP et plus particulièrement ses évolutions ces 5 dernières années : Clients modernes, chiffrement de bout en bout, salons de discussion mais aussi les collectifs et communautés qui le font exister. Venez découvrir la messagerie instantanée que vous n'aurez pas besoin de quitter d'ici 5 ans !
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D'ailleurs, si vous connaissez ou avez entendu parler de XMPP, je vous invite à lire le post juste sous celui-ci ↓
Hey! Movim just introduced chat shortcuts in the navigation bar 👌
When you are mentioned in a chatroom or when a contact sends you a message Movim now displays a direct shortcut to the latest conversations allowing you to go to the related discussion in one click! How convenient! 😸
You can already try it out on mov.im/ or wait for the next stable release ✨
#XMPP Community
Consider to vote for the brand request in the Font Awesome repository on GitHub to accept the XMPP logo:
github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Aw…
#chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource
#interoperability #decentralization #operators #service
🏷️ What brand are you requesting? XMPP 🌐 Official website http://xmpp.org/ 📘 Brand assets or guidelines (optional) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XMPP_logo_(without_text).svg 🔍 Request che...GitHub
#XMPP has proven to last in the toughest environments!
#chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource
#interoperability #decentralization #operators #service
I use Font Awesome icons on my presentation cover slides to link to my website and email. It would be great if we could also use them for Jabber/XMPP addresses!
#XMPP is currently the second most requested icon on Font Awesome, and it’s close to reaching the top spot. You can support the request here:
github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Aw…
🏷️ What brand are you requesting? XMPP 🌐 Official website http://xmpp.org/ 📘 Brand assets or guidelines (optional) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XMPP_logo_(without_text).svg 🔍 Request che...GitHub
Joining the call for XMPP users and community members to show where they are (including an XMPP logo).
This is #Oldenburg in #Germany (in front of the library of the University of Oldenburg).
@xmpp@fedigroups.social
@UniOldenburg
#xmpp
#fairphone
There is currently a poll to include the #XMPP logo in #FontAwesome.
Give us your 👍
github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Aw…
🏷️ What brand are you requesting? XMPP 🌐 Official website http://xmpp.org/ 📘 Brand assets or guidelines (optional) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XMPP_logo_(without_text).svg 🔍 Request che...GitHub
#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
Every year the members of the XSF get together to vote on the current quarter’s new and renewing members. Additionally, elections for both XMPP Council and Board of Directors have been held. This year’s election meeting was held on November …xmpp.org
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
In this issue: XMPP Summit 28 & FOSDEM 2026, Europe’s Decentralized Messaging Survives “Chat Control” Threat, Stop Telling Us XMPP Should Use JSON, Movim Blog - The difference between XMPP and ActivityPub explained through the Blog feature, …xmpp.org
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
In this issue: XMPP Summit 28 & FOSDEM 2026, Europe’s Decentralized Messaging Survives “Chat Control” Threat, Stop Telling Us XMPP Should Use JSON, Movim Blog - The difference between XMPP and ActivityPub explained through the Blog feature, …xmpp.org
