[The XMPP Newsletter February
2026](https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/)
Posted on March 5, 2026 | 9 minutes |
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers
the month of February 2026.
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XSF Announcements
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xsf-announcements
XMPP logo in Font Awesome
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-logo-in-font-awesome
Just as we announced back in our [Newsletter December
2025](https://xmpp.org/2026/01/the-xmpp-newsletter-december-2025/#xmpp-logo-and-font-awesome)
issue, the official XMPP logo now comes bundled up in [Font
Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/) since version
[7.2.0](https://fontawesome.com/changelog). And it looks
[Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/icons/xmpp?f=brands&s=solid)!
XMPP Events
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-events
- [XMPP material for DI.DAY](https://di-day.xmpp.link/): Four
[recipes](https://imday.de/en/) to use an open chat protocol at the ‘Digital
Independence Day’, the German ([DI.DAY](https://di.day/de)) initiative, from
the [XMPP
community](https://xmpp.org/2026/02/xmpp-listed-as-alternative-chat-at-di.day-initiative/)
to enable people to start with independent messaging!
[Four recipes for an open chat protocol at the Digital Independence Day!]
Four recipes for an open chat protocol at the Digital Independence Day!
- [XMPP Sprint in Berlin](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2026-06_Berlin) (DE
/ EN): will take place from June Friday 19th to Sunday 21st 2026, at the
[Wikimedia Deutschland
e.V.](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2551527703#map=19/52.498414/13.381049)
offices in Berlin, Germany. If this sounds like the right event for you, come
and join us! Just make sure to list yourself
[here](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2026-06_Berlin#Attendees), so we know
how many people will attend and we can plan accordingly. If you have any
questions or concerns, join us at the chatroom:
[[email protected]](xmpp:[email protected]?join)!
Videos and Talks
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#videos-and-talks
- [Discord Was Never the End Game](https://youtu.be/XwMWUZYUTvM) by
[tony-btw](https://www.youtube.com/@tony-btw).
- [[PT-BR] XMPP #engineeringsessions #S06E16](https://youtu.be/dNmUZvM5CUA).
[PT-BR]
XMPP Articles
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-articles
- [Upcoming changes to Let’s Encrypt and how they affect
operators](https://blog.prosody.im/2026-letsencrypt-changes/), by the The
Prosody Team for [Prosodical Thoughts](https://blog.prosody.im/).
- [Apprise](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/blob/master/README.md), Push
Notifications that work with just about every platform,
[restored](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/pull/1505) its XMPP support using
[Slixmpp](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/src/branch/master/README.rst),
(after >4 years). ATM no stable
[release](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/releases), but it’s coming …
- [Bye bye Discord, hello
Movim!](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/bye-bye-discord-hello-movim-FunzTy),
by Timothée Jaussoin for the [Movim
Blog](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim).
- [A (big) memory incoming memory optimization in
Movim](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/a-big-memory-incoming-memory-optimization-in-movim-k1GWXd),
by Timothée Jaussoin for the [Movim
Blog](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim).
- [Help Movim Reach Its Goals for
2026](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/help-movim-reach-its-goals-for-2026-LQext9)
by Timothée Jaussoin for the [Movim
Blog](https://mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim).
- [Great
Invitations](https://joinjabber.org/tutorials/service/great_invitations/), a
tutorial that outlines how to create invites for the most popular clients
according to [XEP-0401](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0401.html) (Ad-hoc
Account Invitation Generation), from the
[tutorials](https://joinjabber.org/tutorials/) section at
[joinjabber.org](https://joinjabber.org/).
- [Visite nossa cozinha](https://blog.isacloud.im/visite-nossa-cozinha/), by
[Isadora](https://blog.isacloud.im/sobre/) for the [isacloud.im
blog](https://blog.isacloud.im/). [PT_BR]
- [About Snikket and Prosody IM: relationship & goals in the XMPP
ecosystem](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034801#47037214), by
[MattJ](https://matthewwild.co.uk/about/) on [Hacker
News](https://news.ycombinator.com).
- [Running My Own XMPP
Server](https://blog.dmcc.io/journal/xmpp-turn-stun-coturn-prosody/), by
[danny](https://blog.dmcc.io/contact/) for the [dmcc
blog](https://blog.dmcc.io/).
- [MembeBot: ohhh I
member](https://cyberdelia.com.ar/membebot-ohhh-i-member.html): ¿Listo para
implementar tu propio sistema de notificaciones de eventos en calendario sin
depender de gigantes tecnológicos? by
[TheCoffeMaker](https://rebel.ar/@thecoffemaker) for
[Cyberdelia](https://cyberdelia.com.ar/). [ES]
- [Introducing Wimsy](https://github.com/dwd/Wimsy/blob/main/README.md): A
cross-platform XMPP client built with Flutter.
XMPP Software News
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-software-news
XMPP Clients and Applications
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-clients-and-applications
- [Conversations](https://conversations.im/) has released versions
[2.19.10](https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/releases/tag/2.19.10),
[2.19.11](https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/releases/tag/2.19.11)
and
[2.19.12](https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/releases/tag/2.19.12)
for Android. This version introduces a refactored QR code scanning and URI
handling, a fix for rotation issues in tablet mode and also offers to delete
messages when banning someone in a public channel among other things. You can
take a look at the
[changelog](https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/src/branch/master/CHANGELOG.md)
for all the details.
- [Fluux
Messenger](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/blob/main/README.md),
a modern, cross-platform XMPP client for communities and organizations,
versions
[0.11.3](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/releases/tag/v0.11.3),
[0.12.0](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/releases/tag/v0.12.0),
[0.12.1](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/releases/tag/v0.12.1),
[0.13.0](https://www.process-one.net/blog/fluux-messenger-0-13/),
[0.13.1](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/releases/tag/v0.13.1)
and
[0.13.2](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/releases/tag/v0.13.2)
have been released, with a list of additions, new features, improvements and
bugfixes that is way longer than what we could ever mention in here! Go
straight for the
[changelog](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
for all the details!
[Fluux Messenger main window and XMPP console]
Fluux Messenger main window and XMPP console
- [Gajim](https://gajim.org/) has released version
[2.4.4](https://gajim.org/posts/2026-02-25-gajim-2.4.4-released/) of its free
and fully featured chat app for XMPP. This release comes with link previews,
many improvements for macOS, and bugfixes. Thank you for all your
contributions! You can take a look at the
[changelog](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/-/blob/master/ChangeLog) for all
the details.
[Link previews in Gajim 2.4.4]
Link previews in Gajim 2.4.4
- [Monal](https://monal-im.org/) has released versions
[6.4.18](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_1077) for iOS
and macOS.
- [Monocles](https://monocles.eu/more) has released versions
[2.1.2](https://codeberg.org/monocles/monocles_chat/releases/tag/CodebergRelease-v2.1.2)
and
[2.1.3](https://codeberg.org/monocles/monocles_chat/releases/tag/CodebergRelease-v2.1.3)
of its chat client for Android. The former release brings fixes for message
retraction, images sent as link and infinite recursion in TagEditorView, adds
support for links in posts, disables publish button after click to prevent
double posts, refactored message correction UI and a change in the social feed
pubsub access model. The latest, adds pause and resume story on delete dialog,
fixes for progress bar handling and contact lookup for stories and brings fixes
from [Conversations](https://conversations.im/), plus updated translations.
- [Profanity](https://profanity-im.github.io/) has released version
[0.16.0](https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/releases/tag/0.16.0) of its
console based XMPP client written in C. This release brings fixes for OTR
detection, OMEMO startup, overwriting new accounts when running multiple
instances, reconnect when no account has been set up yet, adds a new /changes
command that allows the user to compare the modifications of the runtime
configuration and the saved configuration among many other fixes and
improvements. Make sure to read the
[changelog](https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/blob/master/CHANGELOG)
for all the details!
- [xmpp-web](https://github.com/nioc/xmpp-web/blob/master/README.md) has
released version [0.11.0](https://github.com/nioc/xmpp-web/releases/tag/0.11.0)
of its lightweight web chat client for XMPP server.
[XMPP-Web main window]
XMPP-Web main window
XMPP Servers
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-servers
- [ProcessOne](https://www.process-one.net/) is pleased to announce the bugfix
release of [ejabberd 26.02](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-26-02/).
Make sure to read the
[changelog](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-26-02/#changelog) for all
the details and a complete list of fixes and improvements on this release.
XMPP Libraries & Tools
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#xmpp-libraries--tools
-
[python-nbxmpp](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/blob/master/README.md?ref_type=heads),
a Python library that provides a way for Python applications to use the XMPP
network, version
[7.1.0](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/releases/7.1.0) has been
released. Full details on the
[changelog](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/blob/master/ChangeLog?ref_type=heads).
-
[QXmpp](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/blob/master/README.md?ref_type=heads),
the cross-platform C++ XMPP client and server library, versions
[1.13.1](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/tags/v1.13.1),
[1.14.1](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/tags/v1.14.1),
[1.14.2](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/tags/v1.14.2) and
[1.14.3](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/tags/v1.14.3) have been
released. Full details on the
[changelog](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md?ref_type=heads).
- [Siltamesh](https://codeberg.org/tpikonen/siltamesh), a simple bridge between
[Meshtastic](https://meshtastic.org/) and XMPP networks, version
[0.2.0](https://codeberg.org/tpikonen/siltamesh/src/tag/0.2.0) has been
released.
- [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) versions
[0.3.7](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.3.7) has been
released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.6 to
0.3.7](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/compare/v0.3.6...v0.3.7) for all the
details.
- [Slixmpp](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/src/branch/master/README.rst),
the MIT licensed XMPP library for Python 3.7+ versions
[1.13.0](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/releases/tag/slix-1.13.0) and
[1.13.2](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/releases/tag/slix-1.13.2) have
been released. You can read their respective official release announcements
[here](https://blog.mathieui.net/slixmpp-1-13.html) and
[here](https://blog.mathieui.net/slixmpp-1-13-2.html) for all the details.
- [xmpppy](https://github.com/xmpppy/xmpppy/blob/0.7.2/README.rst), a Python
library that is targeted to provide easy scripting with Jabber, version
[0.7.3](https://github.com/xmpppy/xmpppy/releases/tag/0.7.3) has been released.
Full details on the
[changelog](https://github.com/xmpppy/xmpppy/blob/0.7.3/CHANGES.rst).
Extensions and specifications
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#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/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#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.
- [Link Metadata](https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/link-metadata.html)
- This specification describes how to attach metadata for links to a message.
New https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#new
- Version 0.1.0 of [XEP-0510](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0510.html)
(End-to-End Encrypted Contacts Metadata)
- Accepted as Experimental by council vote (dg)
- Version 0.1.0 of [XEP-0511](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0511.html) (Link
Metadata)
- Accepted as Experimental by council vote (dg)
Deferred https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#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/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#updated
- Version 1.26.0 of [XEP-0001](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html) (XMPP
Extension Protocols)
- Surface (and correct) the source control information.
- Surface the publication URL (although I assume anyone reading this has
figured that one out by now).
- Surface the contributor side of things.
- Add bit about XEP authors making PRs if they don’t exist - this is “new”
rather than documenting existing practice.
- Add bit about PRs getting XEP author approval (existing practice hithertofore
undocumented).
- Add bit about Council (etc) adding authors if they drop off (existing
practice hithertofore undocumented).
- Add note to clarify that Retraction doesn’t mean Deletion (existing practice,
documented, but has been misunderstood before). (dwd)
- Version 1.1.0 of [XEP-0143](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0143.html)
(Guidelines for Authors of XMPP Extension Protocols)
- Reflect preference for GitHub pull requests for initial submission,
- PRs to contain only one changed XEP. (dwd)
- Version 0.8.0 of [XEP-0353](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0353.html)
(Jingle Message Initiation)
- Adapt usage of JID types to real-world usage:
- Send JMI responses to full JID of initiator instead of bare JID
- Send JMI <finish/> element to full JID of both parties (melvo)
Last Call https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#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 XEPs last calls this month.
Stable https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#stable
- No stable XEPs this month.
Deprecated
https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#deprecated
- No XEPs deprecated this month.
Rejected https://xmpp.org/2026/03/the-xmpp-newsletter-february-2026/#rejected
- No XEPs rejected this month.
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Resoli
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