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Breaking Down the Costs of Large Messaging Services
I will comment on an interesting article from Meredith Whittaker and Joshua Lund breaking down the cost of running a large-scale messaging platform. It estimates that the cost to operate Signal messaging will reach 50 million dollars per year in 2025. 🔗 Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive As of the end of 2023, […]
ejabberd 24.06
Understanding messaging protocols: XMPP and Matrix
In the world of real-time communication, two prominent protocols often come into discussion: XMPP and Matrix. Both protocols aim to provide robust and secure messaging solutions, but they differ in architecture, features, and community adoption. This article delves into the key differences and similarities between XMPP and Matrix to help you understand which might be […]
Saying Goodbye to ICQ !
After Texts.com, Automattic acquires Beeper
🌟 Will we see a new messaging era? Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has taken a significant step in the field of online communication with the acquisition of Beeper. This strengthens their messaging position after the acquisition of Texts.com with a similar focus on interop in December 2023. This move could represent a significant opportunity […]
ejabberd Docs now using MkDocs
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
