[The XMPP Newsletter May
2025](https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/)
Posted on June 10, 2025 | 7 minutes |
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of May 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
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XMPP Events https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#xmpp-events
- [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).
- The [XMPP Sprint in Berlin](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin)
took place during the 23rd-25th of May 2025. Developers from Germany, France &
the United Kingdom representing [Conversations](https://conversations.im/),
[Dino](https://dino.im/), [ejabberd](https://www.ejabberd.im/),
[Kaidan](https://www.kaidan.im/), LiveDashboard, Macaw,
[Monal](https://monal-im.org/), [Renga](https://pulkomandy.tk/projects/renga/),
and [Prose](https://prose.org/) gathered to make it happen! The sprint was
sponsored by [the XSF](https://xmpp.org/), Ammonit Measurement GmbH, and
[Wikimedia e.V.](https://www.wikimedia.de/).
A still from the XMPP Sprint in Berlin, May 2025
Videos https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#videos
- [Goffi](https://mastodon.sdf.org/@[email protected]), from
[Libervia](https://libervia.org/), published a [short progress overview of the
new web frontend
design](https://videos.libervia.org/w/7fcb981e-5e6a-4c15-b6e5-d27db8a6e804) on
the [Libervia video channel](https://videos.libervia.org/c/libervia/videos?s=1).
Talks https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#talks
- On Friday, May 16, Vril hosted the [Workshop di XMPP e Free Software
all’AntiBiennale di
Venezia](https://www.xmpp-it.net/2025/05/20/vril/workshop-di-xmpp-e-free-software-allantibiennale-di-venezia/)
(a workshop on XMPP and free software) at Cabasego, in Venice, Italy. The
whole workshop lasted around one and a half hours and the slides are freely
[available for you to check
out](https://cryptpad.disroot.org/slide/#/2/slide/view/LD2suM7gLDdabbevD+OsMX4M1jknPJ57oq0fWJn0mcE/present/).
The event took place in a most beautiful house, incredibly located in the
center of Venice, inhabited by people who are always willing to leave their
door open to Venice’s underground communities. [IT]
XMPP Articles
https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#xmpp-articles
- [El gran lío de la mensajería
instantánea](https://jdrm.info/el-gran-lio-de-la-mensajeria-instantanea.html)
by [Jacobo Da Riva Muñoz](https://jdrm.info/pages/about.html). [ES]
- [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 March 28 to June 30.
- [XMPP is now featured](https://delightful.club/delightful_xmpp/) on the list
of the ‘Delightful Lists’.
- [Towards a Password-Mukt
XMPP](https://badrihippo.thekambattu.rocks/clog/towards-a-password-mukt-xmpp/)
for some thoughts and fantasies by [Badri
(Hippo)](https://badrihippo.thekambattu.rocks) on how passwordless XMPP login
could be achieved, either via an out-of-band mechanism or by authorizing from
an already logged-in client.
- [XMPP packages coming with Debian
13](https://xmpp-team.pages.debian.net/blog/2025/05/xmpp-debian-13-trixie-news.html)
as the freeze toward next stable Debian (13 or Trixie) has been engaged, an
overview of the XMPP clients, servers and librairies coming with it is provided
in this article from the Debian XMPP Team.
XMPP Software News
https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#xmpp-software-news
XMPP Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#xmpp-clients-and-applications
- [Converse.js](https://conversejs.org/) has released version
[11.0.0](https://opkode.com/blog/2025-05-21-converse-11/) of its open-source
and web-based XMPP chat client. The Desktop version can be downloaded from
[here](https://github.com/conversejs/converse-desktop/releases). This release
comes packed full of bugfixes, changes and new features. Way too many to list
in here. Make sure to check out the [release
link](https://github.com/conversejs/converse.js/releases) for all the details!
Converse 11
- [Gajim](https://gajim.org/) has released version
[2.2.0](https://gajim.org/post/2025-05-15-gajim-2.2.0-released/). This release
brings three new features: message retraction (via [XEP-0424: Message
Retraction](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0424.html)), blocking participants
in group chats, and updated support for modern group chat avatars (via
[XEP-0486: MUC Avatars](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0486.html)), among many
other improvements and bugfixes. Head over to their [news
section](https://gajim.org/post/) or check the
[changelog](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/-/blob/master/ChangeLog) for all
the details.
- [Monal](https://monal-im.org/) has released version
[6.4.11](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_1040) for iOS
an macOS.
- [Monocles Chat
2.0.7](https://codeberg.org/monocles/monocles_chat/releases/tag/CodebergRelease-v2.0.7)
for Android, has been released. This version brings fixes for lagging, pinned
status message, I2P and more.
- [Prose](https://prose.org/) has released versions
[0.10.1](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-app-web/releases/tag/0.10.1) of its
web frontend [prose-web-app](https://github.com/prose-im/prose-app-web).
XMPP Servers https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#xmpp-servers
- [Prosody IM](https://prosody.im/) is pleased to announce version
[13.0.2](https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-13.0.2-released/). This update
addresses various issues that have been noticed since the previous release, as
well as a few improvements, including some important fixes for invites. Some
log messages and prosodyctl commands have been improved as well. Read all the
details on the release [changelog](https://prosody.im/doc/release/13.0.2). 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/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#xmpp-libraries--tools
-
[Pade](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/version-1-8-4-of-openfire-pade-plugin-released/95434)
plugin version
[1.8.4](https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/plugin-archive.jsp?plugin=pade)
for [Openfire](https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/) has been
released.
-
[peertube-plugin-livechat](https://github.com/JohnXLivingston/peertube-plugin-livechat)
version
[12.0.4](https://github.com/JohnXLivingston/peertube-plugin-livechat/releases/tag/v12.0.4)
has been released.
- [python-nbxmpp](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp) version
[6.2.0](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/releases/6.2.0) has been
released.
- [strophejs](https://strophe.im/strophejs/) version
[3.1.1](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/releases/tag/v3.1.1) has been
released.
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/postorius/lists/standards.xmpp.org/) ([online
archive](https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/)).
Proposed https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#new
- No New XEPs this month.
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#updated
- No XEPs updated this month.
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-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/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#stable
- No XEPs moved to Stable this month.
Deprecated https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#deprecated
- No XEPs deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2025/06/the-xmpp-newsletter-may-2025/#rejected
- No XEPs rejected this month.
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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, Badri Sunderarajan, 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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