---
title: The XMPP Newsletter July 2024
date: 2024-08-05
categories: ['Newsletter']
---

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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of July 2024.

## XSF Announcements
            
If you are interested to join the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member, [please apply until August 18th, 2024!](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q3_2024).
  

### XMPP and Google Summer of Code 2024

The XSF has been accepted as a [hosting organisation at GSoC in 2024](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2024) again!
These XMPP projects have received a slot and have kicked-off with coding:

- [Monal](https://monal-im.org/)
  - [Modern Monal onboarding and Media gallery (175 hours, medium)](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Gsoc2024/Monal/Media_Gallery)
    - [Blog post 1](https://thevaidik.medium.com/google-summer-of-code-gsoc-my-experience-1-xmpp-standards-foundation-da781ac95560)
    - [Blog post 2](https://thevaidik.medium.com/google-summer-of-code-gsoc-my-experience-2-midterm-evaluations-xmpp-standards-foundation-3be8b27dc653)
- [Prav.app](https://prav.app/)
  - INFO: Unfortunately, the mid-term evaluation has not been passed and the project has been stopped
  - [Standards compliant SMS OTP based authentication (350 hours, medium)](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Gsoc2024/Prav.app/Standards_compliant_SMS_OTP_based_authentication)
    - [Blog post 1](https://write.as/assu/gsoc-and-open-source-my-first-steps-into-xmpp)

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### XSF Fiscal Hosting Projects

The XSF offers [fiscal hosting](https://xmpp.org/community/fiscalhost/) for XMPP projects. Please apply via [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/xmpp). For more information, see the [announcement blog post](https://xmpp.org/2021/09/the-xsf-as-a-fiscal-host/). Current projects you can support:

- [Mellium Co-op](https://opencollective.com/mellium)
- [Bifrost bridge](https://opencollective.com/bifrost-mam)
- [Prav iOS](https://opencollective.com/prav-ios)
- [diasp.in](https://opencollective.com/diasp-in)

## XMPP Events

- [XMPP Sprint in Worcester, UK](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2024-09_Worcester_UK):  September, 21st - 22nd 2024 — The Hive, Worcester
- [XMPP Track at FOSSY](https://2024.fossy.us/): August 1-4th 2024 — Portland State University
- [Berlin XMPP Meetup](https://mov.im/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/berlin-xmpp-meetup)[DE / EN]: Monthly meeting of XMPP enthusiasts in Berlin, every 2nd Wednesday of the month
- [XMPP Italian happy hour](https://video.xmpp-it.net/c/happyhour/videos) [IT]: Monthly Italian XMPP web meeting, every third Monday of the month at 7:00 PM local time (online event, with web meeting mode and live streaming).

## XMPP Articles

- [Rivista](https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista) is a new publishing system which creates a dynamic journal site from XMPP PubSub nodes; Rivista is compatible with Atom/RSS news readers and HTML browsers as one.
- [A blogpost from Haiku-OS on the XMPP Sprint Berlin July 2024](https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/nephele/2024-07-21_xmpp_coding_sprint_berlin). Find also July's [XMPP Sprint in Berlin list of projects](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2024-07_Berlin#Attendees) that got worked on!
- [JMP.chat: Calls from SIP and a potential new SIM plan](https://blog.jmp.chat/b/july-newsletter-2024)
- [ProcessOne: Breaking Down the Costs of Large Messaging Services](https://www.process-one.net/blog/breaking-down-the-costs-of-large-messaging-services/)

## XMPP Software News

### XMPP Clients and Applications

- [Rivista 0.1](https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista) has been released.
- [Psi+ 1.5.2033 portable](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/tehnick/) has been released.
- [Psi+ 1.5.2029 through 1.5 2038 installer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/KukuRuzo/) have been released.
- [Gajim 1.9.2](https://gajim.org/post/2024-07-19-gajim-1.9.2-released/) has been released and comes with an important OMEMO encryption fix, native notifications on Windows, plus usability improvements. Also, [Gajim 1.9.3](https://gajim.org/post/2024-07-29-gajim-1.9.3-released/) has been released, which fixes an issue with the MS Store installer and brings some improvements.
- [Monal 6.4.1](https://github.com/monal-im/Monal/releases/tag/Build_iOS_941) has been released with quite a few fixes and updated translations. ATTENTION, this is the last release that will support macOS 11 + 12 and the last release that will support iOS 14 + 15. Furthermore, [Monal IM](https://monal-im.org/) got selected in [another funding round](https://nlnet.nl/project/Monal-IM-UI/) by the [EU’s NGI](https://ngi.eu) via the [NLnet Foundation NGI0 Entrust Fund](https://nlnet.nl/entrust/) to work on some important features. Namely: Implement Dialpad, Rewrite Chat UI, Implement Message Reactions, Rich Replies and Stickers, XSF work and a documentation of Monal's internals. You can find out more on the [Monal IM Blog post](https://monal-im.org/post/00013-nlnet-funding2/).
- [Movim 0.26](https://github.com/movim/movim/releases/tag/v0.26) has been released. Featuring Custom Emojis, Codeblock support in messages, better handling of spam messages, updated message moderation and retraction and also some bug fixes. [Movim](https://movim.eu/) is also happy to announce that it was selected by the [NLnet Foundation](https://nlnet.nl/) to receive funds through the [NGI0 Core](https://nlnet.nl/core/) to work on a [large set of exciting features](https://mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/f619c49c-ccd3-4487-8c2e-20b6d3555da2) around [video-conferencing](https://nlnet.nl/project/Movim-E2EE-video/) on the platform, including one-to-many audio and video calls. Some more specifics and technical blogs posts will be published soon.

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### XMPP Servers

- [openfire 4.8.2](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/openfire-4-8-2-release/94171) and [4.8.3](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/openfire-4-8-3-release/94194) have been released.
- [ejabberd 24.07](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-24-07/) has been released.
  - Publication of an ejabberd [extauth script for OIDC password grant flow](https://codeberg.org/Natureshadow/ejabberd-extauth-oidc-password)

### XMPP Libraries & Tools

- [nbxmpp 5.0.2](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/tags/5.0.2) and [5.0.3](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/tags/5.0.3) have been released.
- [QXmpp 1.7.1](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.7.1) (with improved [OMEMO](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0384.html) support) and [1.8.0](https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/releases/tag/v1.8.0) (with support for [SRV records](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0368.html), [Bind 2](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0386.html), [FAST](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0484.html), [XMPP URIs](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0147.html) and account migration to another server) have been released.

## 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.html). Communication around Standards and Extensions happens in the [Standards Mailing List](https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards) ([online archive](https://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/)).

### Proposed

The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to the XMPP Editor. Within two weeks, the Council decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.

- No XEPs Proposed this month.

### New

- Version 0.1.0 of XEP-0492 (Chat notification settings)
  - Promoted to Experimental (XEP Editor: dg)

### 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

- Version 0.1.1 of XEP-0484 (Fast Authentication Streamlining Tokens)
  - Link to latest draft version (09) of the HT SASL mechanism. (lnj)
- Version 0.2.0 of XEP-0484 (Fast Authentication Streamlining Tokens)
  - Added an XML Schema.
  - Fixed text where 'count' was assumed to be an element, not an attribute.
  - Fixed indentation in a few examples. (egp)
- Version 0.4.2 of XEP-0440 (SASL Channel-Binding Type Capability)
  - Add an XML schema.
  - Mention that this specification does add a new namespace that should go to the registrar.
  - Fix indentation, typos, misuse of `''` vs. `</>` for elements, etc. (egp)
- Version 0.1.2 of XEP-0491 (WebXDC)
  - Suggest what to use for selfAddr
  - Add acknowledgements (spw)

### Last Call

Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP status. After the Council decides whether the XEP seems ready, the XMPP Editor 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 Last Call this month.

### Stable

- No XEP moved to Stable this month.

### Deprecated

- No XEP deprecated this month.

### Rejected

- No XEP rejected this month.

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This is a community effort, and we would like to thank translators for their contributions. Volunteers an more languages are welcome! Translations of the XMPP Newsletter will be released here (with some delay):

- English (original): [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/)
  - General contributors: *Adrien Bourmault (neox), Alexander "PapaTutuWawa", Arne, cal0pteryx, emus, Federico, Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi, Jonas Stein, Kris "poVoq", Licaon_Kter, Ludovic Bocquet, Mario Sabatino, melvo, MSavoritias (fae,ve), nicola, Schimon Zachary, Simone Canaletti, singpolyma, XSF iTeam*
- French: [jabberfr.org](https://news.jabberfr.org/category/newsletter/) and [linuxfr.org](https://linuxfr.org/tags/xmpp/public)
  - Translators: *Adrien Bourmault (neox), alkino, anubis, Arkem, Benoît Sibaud, mathieui, nyco, Pierre Jarillon, Ppjet6, Ysabeau*
- Italian: [notes.nicfab.eu](https://notes.nicfab.eu)
  - Translators: *nicola*
- Spanish: [xmpp.org](https://xmpp.org/categories/newsletter/])
  - Translators: *Gonzalo Raúl Nemmi*

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