Jabberd
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jabberd14 is a cross-platform
XMPP
server
daemon
. It is free
, license
d under open source
JOSL and GPL
. jabberd2
was intended to be jabberd 1.4's successor but in 2006 the jabberd 1.4 project was still being developed.
jabberd14 v1.6.x used with the jadc2s client connection manager now fully supports the XMPP
RFCs 3920 and 3921.
The software allows individuals to be a part of the XMPP network of servers or to create their own separate instant messaging network.
Its popularity was initially high among XMPP servers, as for quite some time, jabberd was the only XMPP server software available. Jabberd's popularity has since waned considerably as other XMPP daemons have since been released. Criticisms inspiring other XMPP implementations include jabberd's complex, XML
-based configuration and scalability at large sites. Indeed, Jabber.org migrated to ejabberd
after a period of extended downtime related to jabberd eating all server resources during peak hours.
Cross-platform
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XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...
server
Server (computing)
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daemon
Daemon (computer software)
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. It is free
Free software
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, license
License
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d under open source
Open source
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JOSL and GPL
GNU General Public License
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. jabberd2
Jabberd2
jabberd2 is an XMPP server, written in the C language and licensed as Free software under the GNU General Public License. It was inspired by jabberd14.- Former developers :* The project leader was Justin Kirby....
was intended to be jabberd 1.4's successor but in 2006 the jabberd 1.4 project was still being developed.
jabberd14 v1.6.x used with the jadc2s client connection manager now fully supports the XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...
RFCs 3920 and 3921.
The software allows individuals to be a part of the XMPP network of servers or to create their own separate instant messaging network.
Its popularity was initially high among XMPP servers, as for quite some time, jabberd was the only XMPP server software available. Jabberd's popularity has since waned considerably as other XMPP daemons have since been released. Criticisms inspiring other XMPP implementations include jabberd's complex, XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
-based configuration and scalability at large sites. Indeed, Jabber.org migrated to ejabberd
Ejabberd
ejabberd is an XMPP application server, written mainly in the Erlang programming language.It can run under several Unix-like operating systems such as Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OpenSolaris...
after a period of extended downtime related to jabberd eating all server resources during peak hours.
See also
- Extensible Messaging and Presence ProtocolExtensible Messaging and Presence ProtocolExtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is an open-standard communications protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML . The protocol was originally named Jabber, and was developed by the Jabber open-source community in 1999 for near-real-time, extensible instant messaging , presence...
- Comparison of XMPP server softwareComparison of XMPP server software- Comparison by RFC implementation status :- Comparison by XEP implementation status :...