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Thoughts on XMPP/Jabber? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to stop using WhatsApp because I fuckin hate it. Does anyone use XMPP regularly? It allows encryption so I was considering it.

The consideration is whether I will have to self host it or I can use some publicly hosted instances (like how there are open Matrix instances). Also whether it has support for desktop clients that run natively on Loonix without electron.

Please share your thoughts if you have experience. Feel free to suggest other alternatives too. I won't mind that.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 years ago (8 children)

I use it for daily communication with my friends and family and think it's one of the best choices for IM.

There are a lot of public servers, but - as with every non-centralised protocol - choosing the right one might be tricky. This list provides a good starting point imho: https://list.jabber.at/ Also you might want to check, that your choosen server is fully compliant with the current xmpp standards, which can be done at https://compliance.conversations.im/

Last but not least, if you want to have a look at self-hosting, there is this fairly new project called snikket (https://snikket.org/) which aims to make xmpp hosting easier (and also the whole xmpp usage a bit more consistent for "normal" users by rebranding the protocol and it's apps under a single name), but uses a standard xmpp server in the background.

As for the clients, I use dino (https://dino.im) and gajim (https://gajim.org) on my Linux desktop and Conversations on Android.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago

disroot also offers xmpp service.

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