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What are the best Jabber/XMPP clients for Mac OS X?
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Best Jabber/XMPP clients for Mac OS X
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Media
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Adium
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Pidgin
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Windows, Linux
Video send/receive, Images
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Jitsi
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Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows,
Yes
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AstraChat
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Windows , Linux , Mac , Android , iOS
Yes
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Movim
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Adium
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Adium
My Recommendation for
Adium
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Experiences
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Pros
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Appears to be abandoned
Not Gatekeeper-compatible, SSL cert expired, social media presence is ancient.
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Easy-to-use interface
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InventiveLir's Experience
Bug has existed for 5+ years where chat rooms do not automatically scroll.
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Lack of OMEMO encryption
the de facto standard for Jabber Texting [xmpp]
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OTR encryption
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TrustingFecunditas's Experience
bug bug bug bug.......
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Release version has old OTR
The current release, version 1.5.10.4 only does OTR version 2, and version 3 has been out for a long time.
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Open source
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PrudentBorysthenis's Experience
Looks old but works well even on macOS Mojave
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Lack of multi-resource message capability
No carbon copy, for example.
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Supports file transfers
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No antispam (built-in or by plugin)
It has no challenge-like antispam (such as seen on github.com/jesobreira/box-sentry plugin for pidgin).
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Pidgin
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Pidgin
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Pidgin
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Experiences
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Pros
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Cons
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Specs
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Free and open source
Pidgin and its code is completely free and open source. Pidgin has no ads and no features behind a paywall.
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Con
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Not a Mac OS client
There is NO Pidgin client native for Mac OS - only other apps based on Pidgin library - like Adium above.
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CaffeinatedKaskuh's Experience
There is NO Pidgin client native for Mac OS - only other apps based on Pidgin library.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux
Media:
Video send/receive, Images
Message history:
Optional
Emoticons:
Add-on
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Cross platform
The Pidgin instant messaging client is cross platform, working on Linux, Windows and OSX.
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Con
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No native OTR encryption
Requires plug-in.
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Highly customisable with plugins
Pidgin not only has a large plugin library built-in, but also an array of third party plugins for a variety of functions.
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Requires X11
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Support for a wide range of additional chat services
Pidgin not only supports IRC, it also supports plenty of other services such as AIM, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ and plenty of others. This way, you can have all of your conversations in the same app and won't have to deal with multiple chat windows being open.
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Lacks OMEMO encryption
Not available natively nor via plug-in. Pidgin developers HOSTILE towards OMEMO.
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Convenient notification features
Like other quality messaging clients, Pidgin features notifications that the user can set in order to have a variety of things happen when the users is mentioned, such as an audio cue or changing the system tray icon.
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No native VoIP support
While there are plugins there is no built in support for VoIP in Pidgin which is time consuming to implement instead of being baked in from the jump.
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Jitsi
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Jitsi
My Recommendation for
Jitsi
All
12
Pros
7
Cons
4
Specs
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Con
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Crashes on MacOS Monterey
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Open-source
Project available on github for anyone to contribute to or use.
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Specs
Platforms:
Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows,
Media:
Yes
Message history:
Yes
VoIP:
Yes
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Abandoned Android development
They switched focus to Jitsi Meet client for Android.
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Cross platform
Mac, Windows & Linux availability.
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Uses Java
Not a native app, takes awhile to load.
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Video calls
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Gui not as slick or streamlined as competitors
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OMEMO encryption without plugin
Secure Jabber Texting, better than legacy sms texting.
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Supports SIP accounts
well implemented SIP SIMPLE (texting), SIP presence, XCAP.
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Supports XEP-0016 and privacy Lists
Jabber Texting apps without Privacy Lists are WOEFULLY deficient.
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Encryption out of the box
Encryption for chat, desktop sharing, and web confrencing available.
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AstraChat
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AstraChat
My Recommendation for
AstraChat
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11
Pros
6
Cons
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Specs
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Jingle VoIP Calling
VoIP calling between clients using jingle occasionally mistakenly referred to as p2p calling
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Desktop client download requires phone number
Cannot download desktop client if phone number field is blank.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows , Linux , Mac , Android , iOS
Media:
Yes
Message history:
Yes
VoIP:
Yes
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OTR encryption
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Con
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Does not appear to be open source
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Mobile & desktop message sync
Full message sync between all desktop and mobile clients.
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Elaborate desktop client download process
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Direct connect
Without any proxies in between.
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Con
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Lack of OMEMO encryption
The new de facto option for Jabber Texting [xmpp].
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Voice message
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Screen encryption
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Movim
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Movim
My Recommendation for
Movim
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9
Pros
7
Cons
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Pro
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Simple and social
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Con
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Unclear what it actually is, seems to be complete server framework
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Jingle video calling
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Web-based
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Jingle calling
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OMEMO encryption support being developed
https://github.com/movim/movim/issues/63 speed of development commensurate with bounty increases
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Actively developed
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Elegant
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Beautiful
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Fluid
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Fluid
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Fluid
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5
Experiences
1
Pros
2
Cons
2
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Pro
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Webchat webapp services are connected to more protocols than desktop apps on the mac
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Video chat will not work with FB Messenger
Even though the fluid app is supposedly a full blown browser, video chat on FB Messenger does not work within the Fluid App.
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WiseCreidhne's Experience
This is what I do right now… Mostly I needed FB Messenger. Any other webapp chat platforms can be open in separate tabs in one fluid app.
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Separate webchat from your webbrowser
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Hacky
Hacky solution for a lack of better desktop clients. Some webapps may behave strangely/ be buggy.
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