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Add to SafariWhen comparing Adium vs Jitsi, the Slant community recommends Adium for most people. In the question“What are the best Jabber/XMPP clients for Mac OS X?” Adium is ranked 1st while Jitsi is ranked 3rd.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Easy-to-use interface
Pro OTR encryption
Pro Open source
Pro Supports file transfers
Pro Open-source
Project available on github for anyone to contribute to or use.
Pro Cross platform
Mac, Windows & Linux availability.
Pro Video calls
Pro OMEMO encryption without plugin
Secure Jabber Texting, better than legacy sms texting.
Pro Supports SIP accounts
well implemented SIP SIMPLE (texting), SIP presence, XCAP.
Pro Supports XEP-0016 and privacy Lists
Jabber Texting apps without Privacy Lists are WOEFULLY deficient.
Pro Encryption out of the box
Encryption for chat, desktop sharing, and web confrencing available.
Cons
Con Appears to be abandoned
Not Gatekeeper-compatible, SSL cert expired, social media presence is ancient.
Con Lack of OMEMO encryption
the de facto standard for Jabber Texting [xmpp]
Con 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.
Con Lack of multi-resource message capability
No carbon copy, for example.
Con 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).
Con Crashes on MacOS Monterey
Con Abandoned Android development
They switched focus to Jitsi Meet client for Android.
Con Uses Java
Not a native app, takes awhile to load.
Con Gui not as slick or streamlined as competitors
