The XMPP Blog

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is excited to announce the 30th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2027. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all things XMPP - both in person and remotely! The XMPP Summit The XMPP Summit is a two-day event for the people who write and implement XMPP extensions (XEPs). The event is not a typical conference - aside from small and short lightning talks, there are no long presentations.  [Read More]

London XMPP Sprint in 2026 Review [Read More]

Call for Papers for FOSDEM 2027 devroom as well as upcoming XMPP Sprint in London! NLnet supports XMPP software again, many client and gateway updates. Consider to apply for XSF Board, Council as well as general XSF membership. [Read More]

Cancellation of the Online XMPP Meetup/Conference for Operators 2026.10 [Read More]

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF), together with our friends from the Matrix and Delta Chat communities, is organising a Decentralised Messaging devroom at FOSDEM, and we are looking for speakers! Focused on federated and self-hostable chat, this devroom brings our ecosystems together to tackle shared challenges. Although our architectures look pretty different under the hood, we face many of the same hurdles. We want to get together to share operational and implementation experiences, discuss shared technical challenges, and look at practical ways our networks can cooperate.  [Read More]

Review of the XMPP stand and talk at OmniOpenCon 2026 [Read More]

Two XMPP events upcoming, multiple clients and server updates as well as XMPP Interop Testing and Gateways polished! Apply for XSF Board and membership now, too. [Read More]

An Online XMPP Meetup/Conference for Operators: Call for Participation open until 1st October 2026, please submit ideas! [Read More]

XMPP Sprint in London on from 6th Nov to 8th Nov [Read More]

In this issue: XMPP at LinuxDays and OmniOpenCon. Quicksy App has been removed. Read about 25 years of XMPP and Slidge.im security audit. New XMPP clients and operators are rising. And updates on four specifications. [Read More]