RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@djlink/115853362345935863

Said it before, I’d love to help build something competitive based on XMPP that can replace Discord et al.

#xmpp

#XSF Announcement

The XSF is considering to participate the #Google Summer of Code 2026!

If you are interested as a contributor or mentoring #XMPP project start reading here:
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026

#GSoC #chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource #interoperability #rtc #specifications

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#XMPP Community

The #XSF Communication Team announces a new initiative to help evolving the XMPP ecosystem. Join the cross-network workshop series!

https://xmpp.org/2026/01/chat-of-the-future-initiative/

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

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Monal 6.4.17 (Build 1072, PR #1541) released.

- Removed christmas special again
- Added Estonian and Telugu translations
- Fixed random black video feed on video calls
- Make it harder for spammers to mention everybody: ignore mentions if more than 5 participants are mentioned per message
- Properly display Visitor role in Channels
- Add "Request Voice" button to contact details of moderated Channels

#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging

#XMPP #Extensions and #Specifications ( #XEP )

Read about the new XMPP Extensions and Specifications changes and updates in December 2025:
https://xmpp.org/2026/01/the-xmpp-newsletter-december-2025/#extensions-and-specifications

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging

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The XMPP Newsletter for December 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!
https://xmpp.org/2026/01/the-xmpp-newsletter-december-2025/

Enjoy reading! ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

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Für alle, die den #did bzw. #dut genutzt haben, um sich einen #XMPP Messenger einzurichten:
Ich habe festgestellt, dass zum Thema Digital Independence Day bereits ein öffentlicher XMPP Gruppenchat besteht.

Wenn ihr eure Sache also #dutgemacht habt, könnt ihr den Chat hier finden:
xmpp:di.day@conference.anoxinon.me?join

#didit

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Ein Vorlagenbild aus der Digital Independence Day Kampagne, das ein befreites und lächelndes Smartphone im Comic-Stil darstellt.

Wow, grad gesehen, dass #xmpp heute sogar Geburtstag feiert, während zeitgleich #didit ist und dort offiziell Signal stattdessen empfohlen wird... es wäre so passend gewesen, für digitale Unabhängigkeit ein tatsächlich unabhängiges Protokoll anzuführen

Happy Birthday to #InstantMessaging and #RealTimeCommunication with #XMPP!

Emerged from the #Jabber #community in 1999 and originally designed to provide an open and #decentralised alternative to #ICQ and #MSN, XMPP evolved to an independent alternative for todays #chat apps.
#rtc #whatsapp #signal

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Happy Jabber Day 🎂 🥳

On January 4, 1999, Jabber was first announced to the public¹.

Twenty-seven years later, Jabber—or XMPP, as it became known after standardization through the #IETF—remains the only truly vendor-independent, federated instant messaging platform.

In almost three decades, XMPP has never stopped evolving and remains our best tool for digital independence.

¹: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/01/04/1621211

#DigitalIndependenceDay #Jabber #XMPP #DiDit #DigitalSovereignty #DiDay #JabberDay

I spent about 2 full working days doing #AI coding (not #vibecoding, but with more control and careful guidance). the end result is a daemon I just deployed to send me alerts on #XMPP and #IRC.

What's legally interesting, is that 3+ KLOC result of #Python code has no copyright protection at all – copyright protects specific expressions of creativity, and there's not a signle line I had written myself: from start to end it was "AI".

#AI #killing #copyright #yeah

I think #XMPP has a relatively clear and achievable path to drastically reduce the amount of metadata, but I’m increasingly worried that it is not going to move the needle in terms of adoption.

For 99.99% of people, the only relevant feature for an instant messenger is simply 'Are my friends using it?' The other 0.01% are equally divided between people who already use XMPP and don’t mind the metadata, and people who won’t use it anyway.

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: https://liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

https://gajim.org/posts/2025-12-13-gajim-2.4.1-released/

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Libervia CLI Tip 20:

There is a REPL in the CLI that you can launch with `li shell`.

Inside, you can select a command or sub-command with `cmd`, and fix an argument with `use`:

> cmd pubsub
pubsub> use service pubsub.example.org

Then just enter the sub-command to run it on the given service:

pubsub> affiliations

This is equivalent to `li pubsub affiliation -s pubsub.example.org`.

This is handy for exploring services.

https://libervia.org/__b/doc/backend/libervia-cli/shell.html

#Libervia #CLI #li #tips #XMPP #REPL #shell

I've just pushed Tor integration in Libervia (first step of the NLnet metadata reduction and serverless grant).

https://nlnet.nl/project/ServerlessXMPP/

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

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Screenshot of the Libervia CLI frontend, showing the status of the Tor daemon, and the Tor circuit used to connect to the XMPP server. The first part says: Tor Daemon General data on Tor daemon. mode enabled_no_webrtc (Tor is enabled for all connections, WebRTC is disabled to avoid leaking IPs) version 0.4.8.21 uptime 1 hour, 58 minutes bytes read 1.38 Mio bytes written 1.23 Mio Then we can see the 3 relays used, their id, name, ip, country, relay flags, and a link to the corresponding https://metrics.torproject.org detail page.

@giacomo @argv_minus_one @paolo @whitequark @lynn @ariadne

I use Matrix, too, via an #XMPP bridge, #slidge by @nicoco. That way, I can use my usual #Jabber clients, which I like better than the Matrix ones. I.e. #Dino by @dino and #Gajim by @gajim.

Chatten geht auch ohne Werbung und auch ohne marktübliches Smartphone 😉 Ein Beispiel ist #XMPP / #Jabber - ein Internetstandard für Instant Messaging.