Software · XMPP Software
In this section you’ll find information about XMPP Software, including clients, servers, libraries, and more.
Please note that the software we list on these pages was not developed by the XMPP Standards Foundation and has not been formally tested for standards compliance, usability, reliability, or performance.
- An XMPP client is any software or application that enables you to connect to an XMPP for instant messaging with other people over the Internet. There are many free clients you can use to do this, for many different devices and operating systems.
- An XMPP server provides basic messaging, presence, and XML routing features. This page lists Jabber/XMPP server software that you can use to run your own XMPP service, either over the Internet or on a local area network.
- Code libraries and tools are available for many different programming languages, thus enabling developers to build a wide variety of XMPP-enabled applications.
Note: The following software was not developed by the XMPP Standards Foundation and has not been formally tested for standards compliance, usability, reliability, or performance.
See something missing? Any list of XMPP servers, clients or libraries will, due to the dynamic and evolving nature of the XMPP market, be out of date almost as soon as it’s published. If you are related to the project and spot mistakes, errors or omissions in the table below, please submit a pull request!
Ubuntu Wiki
It is also the preferred IM protocol for the UbuntuForums.
Setup Jabber
The instructions below detail how to setup a Jabber account using the Gajim, PSI and Pidgin instant messenger & your existing gmail account. ‘ Note: Pidgin is installed by default in Ubuntu, but lacks good support for the Jabber protocol, if you plan on using Jabber for more than just chatting (filetransfer, for example), you are recommended to use a dedicated Jabber client, such as Gajim, PSI (Qt) or Gossip ‘ Also note that Filetransfer might not work with other Jabber-users if you are using using your GMail account (if you need this, register at a different server, jabber.org for example.)
Gajim
- Edit > Accounts
- New
- I already have an account I want to use (If you have an account)
- Username: your.address (before @ sign)
- Server: gmail.com
- Password: Your gmail password
- Connect when I press Finish
PSI
- (Menu bottom left) > Account Setup
- Add
- Name: What you want to call your account
- Jabber ID: your.address@gmail.com
- Password: Your gmail password
- Save
- (Menu bottom right) > Set Status: Online
Pidgin
Transports
With Jabber it is possible to chat with other IM systems using so-called «Transports». Not all providers support this (GMail and Jabber.org do not), so if you need this functionality you’ll need to register an account that does. Jabber.no is a reliable server that provide several transports (MSN, ICQ, AIM and IRC). Also note that Pidgin can not setup transports, if you use Pidgin you will need to register the transport with a different client, or by using the servers homepage.
The process of registering a transport is different in each client, find something that resembles «Discover Services», choose the transport you want, press «register» (or similar) then follow the instructions.
If you need further instructions, look at the link at the bottom of the page.