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title: "XMPP listed as Alternative Chat at DI.DAY Initiative"
date: 2026-02-01T09:00:00+00:00
author: "Edward Maurer"
categories: ["Event", "Miscellaneous"]
summary: "The German initiative 'Digital Independence Day' (DI.DAY) has been kicked off this year to enable users to migrate to open-source software alternatives in various contexts. Beside others XMPP is listed as an alternative chat option and XMPP Community members have created so-called switch recipes."
---

The German initiative 'Digital Independence Day' ([DI.DAY](https://di.day/)) has been kicked off this year to enable users to migrate to open-source software alternatives in various contexts.
Besides other services, XMPP is listed as an [alternative chat option](https://di.day/whats-app-zu-signal/) and XMPP Community members have created so-called switch recipes: [Digital Independence Day](https://imday.de/en/).

The DI.DAY is not a single event, it takes place every [first sunday of the month](https://termine.di.day/) so interested users can switch one service at a time.
This initiative shares many values of the XMPP community, such as digital sovereignty and digital privacy.
Still, we believe XMPP as standardised technology for realtime communication serves these values best.

Many thanks to the XMPP Community members and beyond for investing their time and efforts to provide all material, namely Axel, Daniel, emus, Ge0rG, padeluun and especially *IM* from [freie-messenger.de](https://www.freie-messenger.de/)!
Additional thanks to [Digitalcourage](https://digitalcourage.de/en) and [Save Social](https://savesocial.eu/en/) for sponsoring the handouts for [FOSDEM](https://xmpp.org/2026/01/xmpp-at-fosdem-2026-update/)!

Find many other chat apps at [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/software/?category=clients)!

See you [online via XMPP](https://xmpp.org/community/chat/) and open-source software!

{{< figure src="/images/blog/di-day.jpg" caption="The XMPP switch recipie handouts infront of the XMPP booth at FOSDEM." >}}
