XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. Set it up for your company, organisation, or just your family and friends. You are in control, and your communication is private to you. Supporting a wide range of client software for desktop and mobile platforms, you can chat from any device.
You can set up your own XMPP service on your server (dedicated, VPS, etc.) or on a box on your local network, to serve your home or office. Either way you can use it to converse with anyone else on the Jabber network, including people using Google Talk, probably the largest Jabber service on the network.
XMPP was designed for real-time communication, which powers a wide range of applications including instant messaging, presence, media negotiation, whiteboarding, collaboration, lightweight middleware, content syndication, EDI, RPC and more.
Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-ratings chart. All of the software featured here is free and open source.
Click the links in the table below to learn more about each server.
| XMPP Servers | |
|---|---|
| ejabberd | XMPP application server and an MQTT broker |
| Openfire | Real time collaboration (RTC) server |
| MongooseIM | Mobile messaging platform with focus on performance and scalability |
| Prosody | Modern XMPP server that's easy to set up |
| Metronome IM | Lightweight XMPP server with advanced microblogging features |
| Tigase | Scalable XMPP/Jabber server for real-time messaging |
| Snikket | Opinionated XMPP server for simple, private messaging |
| jabberD | Next generation of the jabberd project |
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