Prosody Alternatives

Prosody is described as 'Modern flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua. It aims to be easy to set up and configure, and light on resources. For developers it aims to be easy to extend and give a flexible system on which to rapidly develop added functionality, or' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Prosody for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Prosody alternative is Matrix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Prosody are ejabberd, Openfire, MongooseIM platform and jabberd.

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  1. Matrix icon

    Matrix

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    Matrix defines a set of open APIs for decentralised communication, suitable for securely publishing, persisting and subscribing to data over a global open federation of servers with no single point of control.

    165 Matrix alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebRTC
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    • Matrix is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Prosody.

    • Matrix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Prosody.

    • Matrix is Free and Open SourceProsody is also Free and Open Source
    • Matrix is Privacy focused, Security-focused and LightweightProsody is not according to our users
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    ejabberd

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    ejabberd is an open source Jabber/XMPP server designed from the ground up to be the building bricks of highly critical messaging systems. Designed to be massively scalable, it is used to power web scale deployments across many software industries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Openfire icon

    Openfire

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    Openfire (formerly Wildfire) is a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and groupchat server. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and...

    15 Openfire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. MongooseIM platform icon

    MongooseIM platform

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    MongooseIM is aimed at large, complex enterprise level projects, where real-time communication is critical for business success. It provides high availability, ease of deployment, development and reliability in production.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
     
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    jabberd

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    Jabberd project has been rewritten from the ground up to be scalable, architecturally sound and to support the latest X.M.P.P Extension Protocols coming out of the X.S.F ( XMPP-Standards-Foundation : foundation for XMPP standards ).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  7. Tigase

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    Tigase is an open source (AGPL3) project started by Artur Hefczyc in October 2004 to develop an XMPP server implementation in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Bopup Communication Server icon

    Bopup Communication Server

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    Instant Messaging (IM) server for internal and secure collaboration over corporate and business networks. It provides Active Directory support, message and file archiving, offline messaging and document distribution with a strong encryption of data.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Bopup Communication Server is the most popular commercial alternative to Prosody.

    • Bopup Communication Server is Paid and ProprietaryProsody is Free and Open Source
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    Apache Vysper

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    Apache Vysper aims to be a modular, full featured XMPP (Jabber) server. It has highly modular design. The core of XMPP is defined in the standards RFC3920 and RFC3921. XMPP is more commonly known as 'Jabber'.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. SAMA Chat server icon

    SAMA Chat server

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    If you’re tired of using complicated chat servers with too many features that you don’t use, or if you’re looking for a more intuitive and comprehensive chat platform, then you might want to try a Simple but Advanced Messaging Alternative (SAMA) chat server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  12. ejabberd SaaS icon

    ejabberd SaaS

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    ejabberd SaaS (Software as a Service) messaging is the ideal solution for companies that want to provide state of the art and future proof messaging service for their own users.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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