The XMPP Newsletter August 2025

Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of August 2025.

Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read more at the bottom.

Videos

• XMPP Tutorials DE by eversten.net.
  • Conversations (XMPP): Permanente Benachrichtigung deaktivieren. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Sprachnachrichten pausieren und probehören. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Schnellzugriff auf wichtige Kontakte. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Möglichkeit eines Passwort-Resets schaffen (bei conversations.im) Passwort. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Kontakte schöner benennen. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Eigenen Anzeigenamen setzen. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Schnelltaste definieren. [DE]
  • Conversations (XMPP): Einstellungen der Anhänge optimieren. [DE]
  • Conversations / Quicksy (XMPP): Zuletzt verwendet. [DE]
  • Messaging mit XMPP - Wie finde ich die passende App? [DE]
  • Quicksy - Der einfachste Einstieg in XMPP (Android-Version). [DE]

XMPP Articles

• NLnet: New wave of projects to create digital commons
  • ejabberd Great Invitations: One of the biggest hurdles for XMPP in terms of widespread adoption compared to single vendor solutions is a somewhat more complicated onboarding process. The goal of this project is to make this process as seamless as possible by simplifying the onboarding process - a single link is enough to guide a potential future participant - and implement it for ejabberd.
  • Convo XMPP client: The primary goal of this project is to develop Convo into a fully functional app that forms a viable messaging solution for KaiOS users, and publish it on the official KaiOS Store, replace the UI with a better one based on the solid-telekram project, ensure compliance with the basic XMPP Core and IM Compliance Suites (defined in XEP-0479), as well as expose end-to-end encryption (OMEMO v0.3) functionality. Visit the project page for all the details!
• A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats from XMPP Providers Blog. Here the project does a review on their survey results from feedback of listed XMPP Operators and explains more about the purpose of the project.
• Wait, did Movim just unlock the global search feature in its chat messages? from the official Movim blog.
• XMPP/Jabber Debian 13 Trixie News. Take a look at some of the features, that Debian 13 Trixie will bring on packages related to XMPP, a.k.a. Jabber.
• Jabbers.one The server has been migrated to the hosting provider Netcup. A public monitoring status page is now available at: https://xmpp-status.fluxxer.de. Also a Grafana statistic site is now available at https://stats.jabbers.one.
• jabjab.de XMPP server celebrates 20 years of existence! [DE]
• MongooseIM 6.4: Simplified and Unified by Pawel Chrzaszcz for Erlang Solutions.
• O protocolo mais perfeito dos imperfeitos by isadora. An overview of the benefits of XMPP, including tips on how to introduce it to new people who may not be interested in the technical details. [PT_BR]
• Cambios en mi red de la mano de XMPP by Gabriel Viso Carrera for gvisoc.com. [EN]
• Wondering what Monocles has in store for their next version? Besides of the array of assorted enhancements and fixes that Monocles includes in every new release, the upcoming version will include support for XEP-0118 (User Tune), enabling its users to optionally share with their contacts the music they are currently listening to. This feature enhances social interaction by allowing users to discover new music, share their tastes, and connect over shared interests, fostering a more engaging and collaborative experience within the app. Check out the original announcement! A big thank you to the developer who contributed to this feature!

XMPP Software News

XMPP Clients and Applications

• Cheogram has released version 2.19.0-1 for Android. Make sure to check out the changelog for all the details.
• Conversations has released versions 2.19.3 and 2.19.4 for Android. This version brings improved performance for large public channels, a new ’empty chats’ page instead of redirect to ’new chat’ screen, and requires TLS 1.3 for all connections with a setting to opt out, among other fixes and improvements. You can take a look at the changelog for all the details.
• Converse.js has released version 12.0.0 of its open-source web-based XMPP chat client, with various improvements and bugfixes. Several behind-the-scenes changes include OMEMO related fixes, using rspack instead of webpack, releasing an ESM build of the “headless” library version, and using an updated provider list from providers.xmpp.net for in-band registration. Head over to the release page for the full changelog!
• Gajim has released version 2.3.4 of its free and fully featured chat app for XMPP. This release supports time zones in profiles, adds drag and drop improvements, enables displaying long messages inline, and fixes many smaller issues. You can take a look at the changelog for all the details. Thank you for all your contributions!
• Monal has released version 6.4.13 for iOS and macOS.
• Monocles has released version 2.0.13 of its chat client for Android, featuring a load of improvements like a refactored message retraction and moderation (retracted messages disappear on both sides now, the same for retracted files), a message bubble redesign, show images in full quality, a new option to import own stickers and GIFs, among many other features and a lot of fixes. Make sure to take a look at the changelog for all the details!
• Profanity has released version 0.15.1 of its popular console based client for XMPP. You can read all the details about this release on the changelog.
• Prose has released versions 0.12.0 and 0.12.1 of its web frontend prose-app-web! You can read all the details in the release announcement.
• Psi+ has released version 1.5.2109 to 1.5.2114 installer of its development branch of the Psi XMPP client.
• XOWS has released versions 0.9.9 and 0.9.9b of its XMPP Over WebSocket web client, with numerous bug fixes and some new features.

XMPP Servers

• ProcessOne is pleased to announce the release of ejabberd 25.08. This release includes the support for Hydra rooms in the Matrix gateway, which fixes high severity protocol vulnerabilities, a fixed and tested to work ACME in Erlang/OTP 28.0.2, and brings in a new mod_providers to serve XMPP Providers file among many other features and improvements! Make sure to read the changelog for all the details and a complete list of changes, new features, fixes and improvements!

XMPP Libraries & Tools

• go-xmpp version 0.2.17 has been released.
• go-sendxmpp version 0.15.0 has been released. Full details on the changelog.
• python-nbxmpp version 6.3.0 has been released. Full details on the changelog.
• QXmpp versions 1.11.0 and 1.11.1 have been released. Full the details on the changelog.
• xmpppy version 0.7.2 has been released. Full details on the changelog.
• xmpp-dns version 0.5.1 has been released. Full details on the changelog.

Extensions and specifications

The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its XEP series in addition to XMPP RFCs. Developers and other standards experts from around the world collaborate on these extensions, developing new specifications for emerging practices, and refining existing ways of doing things. Proposed by anybody, the particularly successful ones end up as Final or Active - depending on their type - while others are carefully archived as Deferred. This life cycle is described in XEP-0001, which contains the formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and processes. Read more about the standards process. Communication around Standards and Extensions happens in the Standards Mailing List (online archive).

Proposed

The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to the XMPP Editor. Within two weeks, the Council decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.

• No XEPs proposed this month.

New

• No New XEPs this month.

Deferred

If an experimental XEP is not updated for more than twelve months, it will be moved off Experimental to Deferred. If there is another update, it will put the XEP back onto Experimental.

• No XEPs deferred this month.

Updated

• Version 1.2.3 of XEP-0167 (Jingle RTP Sessions)
  • Make ‘ssrc’ attribute ‘xs:unsignedInt’ (32-bit) instead of ‘xs:string’ to match RFC3550. (lnj)
• Version 1.6.3 of XEP-0198 (Stream Management)
  • Remove leftover <optional/> and <required/> children in <sm/> element. (egp)
• Version 0.3.0 of XEP-0317 (Hats)
  • Add hat creation and destruction flows; add hue optional parameter; add chatroom presence hats broadcast; complete disco#info; clarify how the service should broadcast updated hats; typos; standardize the form fields; (tj)
• Version 1.0.4 of XEP-0388 (Extensible SASL Profile)
  • Schema should use all instead of sequence (dg)
• Version 0.4.0 of XEP-0455 (Service Outage Status)
  • Remove leftover pubsub references, add accessibility considerations. (mp)

Last Call

Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP status. After the Council decides whether the XEP seems ready, the XMPP Editor issues a Last Call for comments. The feedback gathered during the Last Call can help improve the XEP before returning it to the Council for advancement to Stable.

• No Last Call this month.

Stable

• No XEPs moved to Stable this month.

Deprecated

• No XEPs deprecated this month.

Rejected

• No XEPs rejected this month.

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• English (original): xmpp.org
  • General contributors: Adrien Bourmault (neox), Alexander “PapaTutuWawa”, Arne, Badri Sunderarajan, Benson Muite, cal0pteryx, emus, Federico, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi, Jonas Stein, Kris “poVoq”, Licaon_Kter, Ludovic Bocquet, Mario Sabatino, melvo, MSavoritias (fae,ve), nicola, Schimon Zachary, Simone Canaletti, singpolyma, Sven Sperling, XSF iTeam
• French: jabberfr.org and linuxfr.org
  • Translators: Adrien Bourmault (neox), alkino, anubis, Arkem, Benoît Sibaud, mathieui, nyco, Pierre Jarillon, Ppjet6, Ysabeau
• German: xmpp.org
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• Spanish: xmpp.org
  • Translators: Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi

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