The ejabberd Docs website did just get a major rework: new content management system, reorganized navigation, improved markdown, and several improvements! Brief documentation timeline ejabberd started in November 2002 (see a timeline in the ejabberd turns 20 blog post). And the first documentation was published in January 2003, using LaTeX, see Ejabberd Installation and Operation… Continue reading ejabberd Docs now using MkDocs
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Matrix gateway setup with ejabberd
As of version 24.02, ejabberd is shipped with a Matrix gateway and can participate in the Matrix federation. This means that an XMPP client can exchange messages with Matrix users or rooms. Let’s see how to configure your ejabberd to enable this gateway. Configuration in ejabberd HTTPS listener First, add an HTTP handler, as Matrix… Continue reading Matrix gateway setup with ejabberd
ejabberd 24.02
🚀 Introducing ejabberd 24.02: A Huge Release! ejabberd 24.02 has just been release and well, this is a huge release with 200 commits and more in the libraries. We’ve packed this update with a plethora of new features, significant improvements, and essential bug fixes, all designed to supercharge your messaging infrastructure.
WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
We’re excited to announce the latest enhancement to Fluux.io services – the integration of WebPush support. This significant update extends our services beyond FCM/APNs, enabling push notifications for XMPP across various platforms. Now, our push notification capabilities are not limited to native mobile clients on iOS, MacOS and Android, but also extend to web applications… Continue reading WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
Happy New Year: Celebrating 21 Years of Innovation with ejabberd
Time flies, and it’s hard to believe that ejabberd, our beloved open-source project, celebrated its 21st anniversary last November 16th! It’s a milestone that we’ve proudly highlighted over the years – remember the 4th, 10th, 18th, and 20th anniversaries? Well, 21 is just as significant, marking over two decades of innovation and community effort. In… Continue reading Happy New Year: Celebrating 21 Years of Innovation with ejabberd
Instant Messaging: Protocols are “Commons”, Let’s Take Them Seriously
TLDR; Thirty years after the advent of the first instant messaging services, we still haven’t reached the stage where instant messaging platforms can freely communicate with each other, as is the case with email. In 1999, the Jabber/XMPP protocol was created and standardized for this purpose by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Since then,… Continue reading Instant Messaging: Protocols are “Commons”, Let’s Take Them Seriously
Automatic schema update in ejabberd
ejabberd 23.10 has a new feature that is currently in beta testing: Automatic relational schema creation and update.
ejabberd 23.10
A new ejabberd release, ejabberd 23.10, is now published with more than 150 commits since the previous 23.04. It includes many new features and improvements, and also many more bugfixes. Support for XEP-0402: PEP Native Bookmarks Support for XEP-0421: Occupant Id Many new options and features
ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.
ejabberd 23.01
Almost three months after the previous release, ejabberd 23.01 includes many bug fixes, several improvements and some new features. A new module, mod_mqtt_bridge, can be used to replicate changes to MQTT topics between local and remote servers. A more detailed explanation of those topics and other features: Erlang/OTP 19.3 discouraged Remember that support for Erlang/OTP… Continue reading ejabberd 23.01
Federate the world — Best wishes from ProcessOne
This is Mickaël Rémond, Founder of ProcessOne, maker of ejabberd. I would like to wish you, customers, users, contributors, a great year 2023, for you and your family. I wish you happiness and success in your projects. I wish you serenity in the turmoil of our connected world. This time of the year is the… Continue reading Federate the world — Best wishes from ProcessOne
Hello Fediverse !
Just a quick note to let you know that we have suspended our activity on Twitter. It has been in the past a good place to gather with similarly minded technical people. We feel this is not the case anymore. So, we moved our social network presence in the Fediverse ! You can follow ProcessOne… Continue reading Hello Fediverse !
ejabberd turns 20
ejabberd is a piece of software that was born 20 years ago. This is a long time, even at the scale of Internet. And yet, what ejabberd represents has not always been obvious. It took us a long time to realize what was so important about ejabberd. Why have we been developing it for 20… Continue reading ejabberd turns 20
ejabberd 22.10
This ejabberd 22.10 release includes six months of work, over 140 commits, including relevant improvements in MIX, MUC, SQL, and installers, and bug fixes as usual.
Matrix protocol added to ejabberd
ejabberd is already the most versatile and scalable messaging server. In this post, we are giving a sneak peak at what is coming next. ejabberd just get new ace in it sleeve – you can now use ejabberd to talk with other Matrix servers, a protocol sometimes used for small corporate server messaging.