[The XMPP Newsletter March
2025](https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/)
Posted on April 5, 2025 | 8 minutes |
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of March 2025.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are
a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and
software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these
projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read more [at the
bottom](https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#help-us-to-build-the-newsletter).
XSF Announcements
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xsf-announcements
The XMPP Standards Foundation published an [Open
Letter](https://xmpp.org/2025/03/open-letter-to-meta-support-true-messaging-interoperability-with-xmpp/)
to urge Meta to adopt XMPP for messaging interoperability. It’s time for real
interoperability. Let’s make it happen.
XSF Membership
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xsf-membership
If you are interested in joining the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member,
[please apply until May 18th, 2025, 00:00
UTC!](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q2_2025).
XSF Fiscal Hosting Projects
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xsf-fiscal-hosting-projects
The XSF offers [fiscal hosting](https://xmpp.org/community/fiscalhost/) for
XMPP projects. Please apply via [Open
Collective](https://opencollective.com/xmpp). For more information, see the
[announcement blog post](https://xmpp.org/2021/09/the-xsf-as-a-fiscal-host/).
Current projects you can support:
- [Mellium Co-op](https://opencollective.com/mellium)
- [Bifrost bridge](https://opencollective.com/bifrost-mam)
- [Prav iOS](https://opencollective.com/prav-ios)
- [diasp.in](https://opencollective.com/diasp-in)
XMPP Events https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xmpp-events
- [XMPP Track at FOSSY](https://2025.fossy.us/pages/tracks/): Call for
[proposals](https://2025.fossy.us/call-for-proposals/) is open until May 5th
2025! Once again this year, the [soprani.ca](https://soprani.ca/) project is
pleased to announce its annual offer for funding to the potential attendees who
may be struggling with financial limitations, especially to those who would
like to give an XMPP related talk. Please, join us at
[[email protected]](xmpp:[email protected]?join), and
don’t hesitate to ask for more information.
- [Berlin XMPP Meetup](https://mov.im/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/berlin-xmpp-meetup)
[DE / EN]: monthly meeting of XMPP enthusiasts in Berlin, every 2nd Wednesday
of the month at 6pm local time.
- [XMPP Italian happy hour](https://video.xmpp-it.net/c/happyhour/videos) [IT]:
monthly Italian XMPP web meeting, every third Monday of the month at 7:00 PM
local time (online event, with web meeting mode and live streaming).
- [XMPP Sprint in Berlin](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin): On
Friday, 23rd, Saturday, 24th, and Sunday, 25th of May 2025.
Talks https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#talks
- [SASL-HT (The Hashed Token SASL
Mechanism)](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-kitten-sasl-ht/00/) was
presented by Florian Schmaus at the 122nd meeting of the Internet Engineering
Taskforce [(IETF)](https://www.ietf.org/). A recording is available on
[YouTube](https://youtu.be/UbIPXwGs2nU?t=2666) and the slides are available at
the [IETF 122
website](https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/122/materials/slides-122-kitten-the-hashed-token-sasl-mechanism-00).
If adopted, this draft will become a “Request For Comments” (RFC) that will
help standardize fast XMPP client reauthentication methods such as the one
specified by [XEP-0397](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0397.html). The draft
will be discussed further on the [IETF Kitten working Group mailing
list](https://mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lists/[email protected]/).
XMPP Articles
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xmpp-articles
- [Installer son serveur XMPP avec
Prosody](https://toutetrien.lithio.fr/article/installer-son-serveur-xmpp-avec-prosody/)
by [Codimp](https://toutetrien.lithio.fr/a-propos) has been updated to reflect
the changes introduced by the latest [Prosody
13.0.0](https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-13.0.0-released/) release [FR]
- [Kaidan 0.12.0: User Interface Polishing and Account Migration
Fixes](https://www.kaidan.im/2025/03/21/kaidan-0.12.0/) by melvo for [Kaidan
IM](https://www.kaidan.im/).
- [It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it
happen!](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/it-s-time-for-real-interoperability-let-s-make-it-happen/95342)
by [guus](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/u/guus/summary) for the [Ignite
Realtime News](https://www.igniterealtime.org/news/).
- [Supporting XMPP Standard Foundation’s open letter to Meta for true
interop](https://www.process-one.net/blog/supporting-xmpp-standard-foundations-open-letter-to-meta-for-true-interop/)
by [ProcessOne](https://www.process-one.net/).
- [Monocles](https://monocles.eu/more/), the project responsible for the XMPP
Monocles chat [Web](https://monocles.chat/login) and
[Android](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.monocles.chat/) clients, started a
[crowdfunding campaign](https://www.startnext.com/en/monocles). The main goal
is to create a platform where privacy, digital sovereignty and sustainability
take center stage. Your privacy is non-negotiable. The funding period will span
from 03.28.2025 to 06.30.2025.
XMPP Software News
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xmpp-software-news
XMPP Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xmpp-clients-and-applications
- [Gajim](https://gajim.org/) has released versions
[2.0.1](https://gajim.org/post/2025-03-03-gajim-2.0.1-released/),
[2.0.2](https://gajim.org/post/2025-03-10-gajim-2.0.2-released/),
[2.0.3](https://gajim.org/post/2025-03-15-gajim-2.0.3-released/) and
[2.0.4](https://gajim.org/post/2025-03-20-gajim-2.0.4-released/) with
improvements and bug fixes. Head over to their [News](https://gajim.org/post/)
section for all the details.
- [Kaidan](https://www.kaidan.im/) has released versions
[0.12.0](https://invent.kde.org/network/kaidan/-/tags/v0.12.0),
[0.12.1](https://invent.kde.org/network/kaidan/-/tags/v0.12.1) and
[0.12.2](https://invent.kde.org/network/kaidan/-/tags/v0.12.2). These versions
bring user interface polishing, account migration fixes, voice message and
password change fixes, message removal and bubble fixes, along with more
bugfixes. Check the changelog for each respective version
[here](https://www.kaidan.im/2025/03/21/kaidan-0.12.0/#changelog),
[here](https://www.kaidan.im/2025/03/29/kaidan-0.12.1/#changelog) and
[here](https://www.kaidan.im/2025/03/30/kaidan-0.12.2/#changelog) for all the
details.
- [Poezio](https://poez.io/en/) has released versions
[0.15.0](https://codeberg.org/poezio/poezio/releases/tag/v0.15.0) and
[0.15.1](https://codeberg.org/poezio/poezio/releases/tag/v0.15.1) of their
console XMPP client. Detailed information available on the [release
announcement](https://blog.mathieui.net/poezio-0-15.html).
- [Profanity](https://profanity-im.github.io/) has released version
[0.15.0](https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/releases/tag/0.15.0) of
their console based XMPP client. After more than a year and a half in the
making, this release packages a large list of new features, improvements, bug
fixes and more. You can find a detailed list of changes for this release on
their
[changelog](https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/blob/0.15.0/CHANGELOG).
- [prose-web-app](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-app-web) has released
versions [0.6.2](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-app-web/releases/tag/0.6.2)
and [0.7.0](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-app-web/releases/tag/0.7.0) of
its Web implementation of the [Prose](https://prose.org/) app.
XMPP Servers
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xmpp-servers
- [ProcessOne](https://www.process-one.net/) is pleased to announce the release
of [ejabberd 25.03](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-25-03/): a big
release with new features and many improvements, as it comes three months and
180 commits after ejabberd 24.12.
- [Prosody IM](https://prosody.im/) is pleased to announce the release of
version [13.0.0](https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-13.0.0-released/), the new
major release of the Prosody XMPP server. This release brings a wide range of
improvements that make Prosody more secure, performant, and easier to manage
than ever before. Read about all the details on the release
[changelog](https://prosody.im/doc/release/13.0.0). As always, detailed
download and install instructions are available on the [download
page](https://prosody.im/download/) for your convenience.
XMPP Libraries & Tools
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#xmpp-libraries--tools
- [go-xmpp](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp) versions
[0.2.11](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/releases/tag/v0.2.11) and
[0.2.12](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/releases/tag/v0.2.12) have been
released.
- [libstrophe](https://github.com/strophe/libstrophe) version
[0.14.0](https://github.com/strophe/libstrophe/releases/tag/0.14.0) has been
released.
-
[peertube-plugin-livechat](https://github.com/JohnXLivingston/peertube-plugin-livechat)
version
[12.0.3](https://github.com/JohnXLivingston/peertube-plugin-livechat/releases/tag/v12.0.3)
has been released.
- [pelican-pubsub](https://codeberg.org/nicoco/pelican-pubsub) has been
released. This is a plugin for the [Pelican](https://getpelican.com/)
publishing system that implements support for Atom Over XMPP, through XMPP
pubsub, enabling direct interaction (like publishing or adding comments) with
[Libervia](https://libervia.org/) and [Movim](https://movim.eu/) users via XMPP.
- [prose-core-client](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-core-client) versions
[0.1.101](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-core-client/releases/tag/0.1.101)
and
[0.1.102](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-core-client/releases/tag/0.1.102)
have been released.
- [python-nbxmpp](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp) versions
[6.0.1](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/releases/6.0.1) and
[6.0.2](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/releases/6.0.2) have been
released.
- [QXmpp](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp) versions
[1.10.2](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/releases/v1.10.2) and
[1.10.3](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/releases/v1.10.3) have been
released.
- [Slidge](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge#readme) version
[0.2.8](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.2.8) has been
released.
- [Slixmpp](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp) versions
[1.9.1](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/releases/tag/slix-1.9.1) and
[1.10.0](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/releases/tag/slix-1.10.0) have
been released. You can read the respective release announcements
[here](https://blog.mathieui.net/en/slixmpp-1.9.1.html) and
[here](https://blog.mathieui.net/en/slixmpp-1.10.html) for all the details.
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#extensions-and-specifications
The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its [XEP
series](https://xmpp.org/extensions/) in addition to [XMPP
RFCs](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/). Developers and other standards experts from
around the world collaborate on these extensions, developing new specifications
for emerging practices, and refining existing ways of doing things. Proposed by
anybody, the particularly successful ones end up as Final or Active - depending
on their type - while others are carefully archived as Deferred. This life
cycle is described in [XEP-0001](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html),
which contains the formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and
processes. [Read more about the standards
process](https://xmpp.org/about/standards-process/). Communication around
Standards and Extensions happens in the [Standards Mailing
List](https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards) ([online
archive](https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/)).
Proposed https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#proposed
The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to
the [XMPP Editor](https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/editor-team/). Within two weeks,
the [Council](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council)
decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.
- No XEPs proposed this month.
New https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#new
- Version 0.1.0 of [XEP-0503](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0503.html)
(Server-side spaces).
- Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#deferred
If an experimental XEP is not updated for more than twelve months, it will be
moved off Experimental to Deferred. If there is another update, it will put the
XEP back onto Experimental.
- No XEPs deferred this month.
Updated https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#updated
- No XEPs updated this month.
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#last-call
Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP
status. After the
[Council](https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council) decides
whether the XEP seems ready, the [XMPP
Editor](https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/editor-team/) issues a Last Call for
comments. The feedback gathered during the Last Call can help improve the XEP
before returning it to the Council for advancement to Stable.
- No Last Call this month.
Stable https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#stable
- No XEPs moved to Stable this month.
Deprecated https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#deprecated
- No XEPs deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#rejected
- No XEPs rejected this month.
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Newsletter Contributors & Translations
https://xmpp.org/2025/04/the-xmpp-newsletter-march-2025/#newsletter-contributors--translations
This is a community effort, and we would like to thank translators for their
contributions. Volunteers and more languages are welcome! Translations of the
XMPP Newsletter will be released here (with some delay):
- English (original): [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- General contributors: Adrien Bourmault (neox), Alexander “PapaTutuWawa”,
Arne, Benson Muite, cal0pteryx, emus, Federico, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi, Jonas
Stein, Kris “poVoq”, Licaon_Kter, Ludovic Bocquet, Mario Sabatino, melvo,
MSavoritias (fae,ve), nicola, Schimon Zachary, Simone Canaletti, singpolyma,
XSF iTeam
- French: [jabberfr.org](https://news.jabberfr.org/category/newsletter/) and
[linuxfr.org](https://linuxfr.org/tags/xmpp/public)
- Translators: Adrien Bourmault (neox), alkino, anubis, Arkem, Benoît Sibaud,
mathieui, nyco, Pierre Jarillon, Ppjet6, Ysabeau
- Italian: notes.nicfab.eu
- Translators: nicola
- Spanish: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- Translators: Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi
- German: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
- Translators: Millesimus
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