@ulrichkelber

Achso, Apple iMessage. Dann ist es Regen. Traufe. Es war vorher #GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft — die Abkürzung ist älter als Alphabet und Meta) und es bleibt dabei 😞

Also, bitte @tagesschau: #Frei und #föderiert ist die Zukunft! #Email, #Fediverse, #Jabber, etc.

@ulrichkelber

SMS abzuschalten finde ich nicht so verkehrt.
Aber als Alternative sollten @tagesschau auf "#frei & #föderiert" setzen, nicht auf walled gardens wie Whatsapp, Signal oder Threema.

Warum nicht #Email, #Fediverse oder #Jabber?

@claus_schoenleber @kenji

YMMV, aber meine Erfahrung ist, daß man vor allem koheränt argumentieren muß. Wenn man sagt "hütet Euch vor (US-) #BigTech" und ihnen gleichzeitig AWS andreht, fühlen sich die Leute veräppelt, sobald sie den #Schmu gerochen haben.

Und jeder Wechsel kann gerade für nicht-technisch orientierte Menschen anstrengend sein. Daher empfehle ich lieber gleich "#frei & #föderiert". I.d.R. #Jabber, weil ich das selbst nutze, aber Matrix, Delta usw. sind natürlich auch OK.

@murena

#Jabber/#XMPP, which I use since ≈ 2014. Never tried any of the walled gardens like Whatsapp, Signal, or Threema.

@santi

Great news! Hope to see @pulkomandy at the #XMPP sprint #Berlin in June!

"Modern STARTTLS", well 😉

Nothing wrong with it, but the #Jabber history goes more or less like this, AFAIK:

1. use 5222 without any encryption
2. add 5223 with mandatory direct SSL
3. use 5222 with optional STARTTLS
4. use 5222 with mandatory STARTTLS and call 5223 legacy
5. use 443 with mandatory direct TLS and ALPN, keep 5222 with mandatory STARTTLS as fallback for older clients

PCMIIW!

@claus_schoenleber

Wirklich sehr sehens- und verbreitenswert.
Danke auch an @kenji!

#IngolfBaur sieht's aber aus meiner Sicht noch zu einfach: "Ein erster Schritt kann es sein, Signal parallel zu Whatsapp zu nutzen."

AWS statt Meta? Vom Regen in die Traufe! 🤦

Dann doch lieber #Jabber — the #fediverse of chat since 1999.

#digitaleSouveränität

📣 New slidge blog post 📣

According to @nlnet working on slidge counts as working for a better internet. What a treat!

https://slidge.im/blog/2026/04/28/nlnet-spaces-kickoff/

https://mov.im/post/pubsub.slidge.im/blog-feed/tag%3Aslidge.im%2C2026-04-28%3A%2fblog%2f2026%2f04%2f28%2fnlnet-spaces-kickoff%2f

#XMPP #jabber #Matrix

@mailbox_org

Danke sehr!

Bitte denkt auch an die Sicherheit Eures #Jabber/#XMPP-Servers! Das ist meines Wissens ein etwas in die Jahre gekommener #ejabberd mit bekannten Schwächen.

@memo

Wenn 2G abgeschaltet wird (#Telekom 2028-06, #Vodafone 2028-09, #Telefónica später) hast Du einen Briefbeschwerer. Ich auch.

Kennt jemand ein gutes #Mobiltelefon mit folgenden Anforderungen:

- #Akku wechselbar
- Akkulaufzeit mind. 1 Woche im #Standby
- 4G für #EU- und #Mercosur-Frequenzen
- #Telefonie und #SMS
- #Taschenlampe
- #rugged/#outdoor

Nice to have:

- #Wifi-#Hotspot
- 5G
- #OpenHardware
- #FreeSoftware
- #Jabber/#XMPP/#MeshCore

Offene Frage:

#SIM-Karte oder #eSIM?

Setting up @snikket_im is really the simplest way to getting a chat server for friends and family set up.

Chatting, federation and audio+video calls work out of the box (on most clients).

You can even invite friends to your server straight from the mobile app. Onboarding will not become any easier than that.

You just need a virtual machine on the public internet and a domain name. You can go as cheap as you want. The server is bored most of the time and will not eat your wallet for breakfast.

https://snikket.org/service/quickstart/

#jabber

@panda

TTBOMK, @snikket_im has an iOS client based on #SiskinIM right now, but they are working on their own, new one, based on the #Snikket SDK (#Borogove).

Most iOS #Jabber users I know, use #Monal by @Monal.

#XMPP

@AwetTesfaiesus

Es gibt gute Gründe gegen Signal, aber leichtertig PINs an Hackers geben gehört nicht dazu 🙂

Meine guten Gründe nicht Signal zu nutzen:

1. Ist komplett abhängig von AWS, also von DJT-Bro Jeff B.

2. Kein first-class-client für Linux, nur Google Android und Apple iOS

3. Anmeldung erfordert immer noch eine Telefonnummer

Lieber frei und föderiert wie das #Fediverse: #Jabber/#XMPP, Matrix, Delta…

@txt_file

There were indications from @mailbox_org, also here on the fediverse, that they are working on updating the #XMPP server. But that was quite some time ago and it did not happen yet 😞

Fortunately, #selfHosting #Jabber is pretty easy, and there are many other options, see https://providers.xmpp.net/#providers by @xmpp_providers and https://joinjabber.org/docs/servers/ by @joinjabber.

#datocurioso

¿Sabían que el protocolo XMPP, nacido originalmente bajo el nombre de Jabber en 1998, fue diseñado para romper el aislamiento entre los sistemas de mensajería cerrados de finales del siglo XX?

Jeremie Miller creó esta tecnología basada en XML para permitir que diferentes servidores se comunicaran entre sí de forma abierta, similar al funcionamiento del correo electrónico. Antes de su estandarización, servicios como ICQ, MSN Messenger y AIM funcionaban como islas donde los usuarios no podían enviarse recados si no pertenecían a la misma empresa. XMPP introdujo el concepto de pasarelas, que permitía a un solo cliente conectarse a múltiples redes externas mediante una estructura de red descentralizada donde nadie posee el control total del flujo de la información.

En el año 2004, el Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) formalizó este conjunto de reglas como un estándar abierto, lo que permitió su adopción en infraestructuras críticas. Debido a su flexibilidad para gestionar la presencia en línea y el intercambio de datos en tiempo real, empresas como Google y Facebook utilizaron XMPP en sus inicios para cimentar sus plataformas de chat antes de decidir cerrar sus ecosistemas a protocolos propietarios. En la actualidad, este sistema sigue siendo la base de redes de comunicación seguras y aplicaciones que priorizan la autonomía del usuario frente a las grandes corporaciones digitales.

• Aetherius Eldritch, periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso

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#XMPP #Jabber #SoftwareLibre #Comunicación #Protocolos #Tecnología

#XMPP Community

The #Chat of the Future Initiative discusses their spring activities progress today from 7:00 pm CEST!

Topics: Unified promotion material proposals and a new community online event along the XMPP Newsletter release.

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

#jabber #rtc #messaging #federation

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@delta @pixelschubsi @adbenitez

I absolutely agree, that "a cross-platform mass-user focused app with a consistent UX across the platforms" is missing desperately in the #Jabber/#XMPP ecosystem.

There are really good clients for Jabber, but none of them fits above description.

AFAIK, both #Snikket/#Borogove by @snikket_im and #Fluux by @ProcessOne try to close that gap.

Still, I prefer the approach of Delta building on #Rust and #Tauri, instead of #Haxe or #Typescript. #YKINMKBYKIOK.

I’m delighted to announce that the OpenPGP implementation in #Conversations_im will see some love over the next ~6 months. Simultaneously, we will be laying the groundwork for OMEMO2 by implementing Stanza Content Encryption.

Thanks to funding from @nlnet and the European Commission.

https://nlnet.nl/project/Conversations-OpenPGP-refresh/

#XMPP #Jabber #OMEMO #OpenPGP

XMPP Extensions and Specifications (XEP)

Read about the new #XMPP #Extensions and #Specifications changes and updates in March 2026:

https://xmpp.org/2026/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2026/#extensions-and-specifications

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

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The XMPP Newsletter for March 2026 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2026/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2026/

Enjoy reading! ☕

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

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#XMPP Community

Join the XMPP #Berlin #Sprint from 19th to 21st of June 2026.
Work side by side with developers from the XMPP community!

More information and registration here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2026-06_Berlin

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #federation #messaging #Germany #development

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@nicoco @heals

ATM, #Snikket iOS is a branded #SiskinIM, right?
So @snikket_im are going to write their own iOS #Jabber client? Huge task!

cc @tigase @Monal

We are at Chemnitzer Linux Tage with a stand for #XMPP and #UnifiedPush.
Come find us and talk to us or grab some stickers or Haribo.

#CLT2026 #Jabber

Graças ao excelente trabalho de um dos membros da nossa comunidade, nosso site agora também está disponível em português: https://joinjabber.org/pt-br/
#xmpp #jabber #xampu

Because free software is also about accessibility, I'm doing some important work in Movim to ensure that the user interface can be navigated using the keyboard only. ♥️

This work also involves proper labeling and description of the page elements for people with visual impairments. 💬

This side project is supported by @nlnet. Thanks to them for making Movim an even better communication platform for everyone. ✨

#xmpp #accessibility #movim #jabber

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We are getting close to having half of Russia onboarded to #Quicksy and me going broke on SMS fees. привет, I guess 👋🇷🇺

#XMPP #Jabber

#XMPP Community

The #Chat of the Future Initiative discusses their spring activities progress today from 19:00 (UTC+1)!

Topics: Unified promotion material as well as an idea for a new community online event.

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

#jabber #rtc #messaging #federation #opensource

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Something @larma and I have been working on during the #IETF125 Hackathon in Shenzhen:

Dino (@dino) and #Conversations_im can now give you a little warning if it's currently the middle of the night for the contact you are chatting with.

#XMPP #Jabber

I recently added a display to #Conversations_im showing the number of stanzas (XMPP packets) sent/received in the current session. What are your counts and how long has your session been active? (Account Details -> 'Server info' in the overflow menu.)

#XMPP #Jabber

Yesterday, I quickly put together a tutorial on how to replace ntfy.sh with a minimal, self-hosted XMPP server and published it as a GitHub Gist. Then I remembered I have a website and reworked it into two nice little posts:
https://gultsch.de/tags/ntfy.sh/

#ntfy #XMPP #Jabber #Prosody

XMPP Extensions and Specifications (XEP)

Read about the new #XMPP #Extensions and #Specifications changes and updates in February 2026:

https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#extensions-and-specifications

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

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The XMPP Newsletter for February 2026 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/

Enjoy reading! ☕

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

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