I still see XMPP mostly used in self-hosted or
privacy-focused setups rather than mainstream chat.
Prosody has been the easiest server to run in my
experience — lightweight and minimal maintenance.
ejabberd seems preferred when scalability or clustering
is important.
What keeps XMPP interesting is the federation model.
Running your own server while still communicating
across domains feels closer to email than modern
messaging platforms.
Prosody has been the easiest server to run in my experience — lightweight and minimal maintenance. ejabberd seems preferred when scalability or clustering is important.
What keeps XMPP interesting is the federation model. Running your own server while still communicating across domains feels closer to email than modern messaging platforms.