---
title: The XMPP Newsletter July 2026
date: 2026-08-05
categories: ['Newsletter']
summary: "In this issue: Fully online 29th XMPP Summit announcement! Q3 call for XSF members admission. XMPP at FrOSCon 2026. Read about Openfire, Fluux Messenger and ejabberd among others! Introducing xmppchat (the DokuWiki xmppsupport plugin) and Artalk.Xmpp. Update your clients with aTalk, Cheogram, Fluux Messenger, Gajim, and Kaidan. Update your servers: Openfire 5.1.0 and ejabberd 26.07. Updated libraries and tools. And our Specifications update with one Last Call."
---

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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of July 2026.

The [XMPP Newsletter](/categories/newsletter/) is brought to you by the [XSF Communication Team](/about/xsf/comm-team/) and contributors of the XMPP community.

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Interested in contributing to the [XSF Communication Team](/about/xsf/comm-team/)? Read more [at the bottom](#help-us-to-build-the-newsletter).

## XSF Announcements

### XMPP Summit 29

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is excited to announce the [29th XMPP Summit](/2026/05/xmpp-summit-29/), the first XMPP Summit to take place [fully online](/2026/05/xmpp-summit-29/#the-online-xmpp-summit)! The XMPP Summit will be held from Friday 4th September to Saturday 5th September 2026, both days between 13:00 - 16:00 UTC. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of XMPP technologies to attend, and discuss all things XMPP remotely!

### XSF Membership

Being an elected member of the XMPP Standards Foundation signals a commitment to open standards and professional engagement in / with the XMPP community. Here, your membership helps position the XSF as a healthy organization, which in itself is valuable. It also grants voting rights on technical and administrative matters within the XSF. The application is a light-weight and free of cost process and you can use your membership to get more involved more easily, too. If you are interested in joining the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member, please apply to our **3rd quarterly** call for members admission [before August 16th, 2026 00:00UTC](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q3_2026).

## XMPP Events

- XMPP at FrOSCon 2026: This year's edition of [FrOSCon](https://froscon.org/en/) will take place during August 15th & 16th, at the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin, Germany, and the XMPP community will be part of it. Make sure to come by the [XMPP booth](https://froscon.org/en/program/exhibitors/) and say hi!. We promise there will be stickers. ;)
- The [di.day](https://di.day/en) takes place every [first Sunday of the month](https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp/116867255827209479) where the XMPP community also [promotes their solutions](https://di-day.xmpp.link/)! di.day is a mainly German initiative to help people switch to open-source and privacy-friendly solutions.

## Videos and Talks

- [XMPP: A Forgotten King of Privacy in Messaging ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_iNNmzvVDyQ), by Rob Braxman for [Rob Braxman Tech](https://www.youtube.com/@robbraxmantech).
- [IETF125 Hackathon: XEP-0490: Message Displayed Synchronization](https://gultsch.video/w/vDzUCsU1UXVyyKKJc9otzY), by [Daniel Gultsch](https://gultsch.video/a/daniel/video-channels) at the [IETF 126 Hackathon](https://www.ietf.org/meeting/hackathons/126-hackathon/).
- [How a 27 years old communication protocol is still relevant today: Jabber/XMPP!](https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2026/DebConf26/debconf26-356-how-a-27-years-old-communication-protocol-is-still-relevant-today-jabberxmpp.av1.webm), by [Martin](https://debconf26.debconf.org/users/debacle/) at the [DebConf26](https://debconf26.debconf.org/talks/100-how-a-27-years-old-communication-protocol-is-still-relevant-today-jabberxmpp/).
- [Jabber/XMPP in Debian](https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2026/DebConf26/debconf26-359-jabberxmpp-in-debian.av1.webm), by [Martin](https://debconf26.debconf.org/users/debacle/) at the [DebConf26](https://debconf26.debconf.org/talks/99-jabberxmpp-in-debian/).

## XMPP Articles

- [The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark: A thought experiment in what we built without noticing](https://マリウス.com/the-day-whatsapp-goes-dark/), for [マリウス.com/](https://マリウス.com/).
- [Quicksy ferme les inscriptions](https://www.nicoco.fr/blog/2026/07/16/quicksy-shutting-down/), by [Nicolas](https://www.nicoco.fr/) for [nicoco blog](https://www.nicoco.fr/blog/). [FR]
- [Are Emojis Allowed in XMPP Addresses?](https://op-co.de/blog/posts/emoji_xmpp_address/), by [Georg Lukas](https://op-co.de/) for the [op-co.de blog](https://op-co.de/blog/).

## XMPP Software News

### XMPP Clients and Applications

- [aTalk](https://github.com/cmeng-git/atalk-android/blob/master/README.md) has released version [6.4.0](https://github.com/cmeng-git/atalk-android/releases/tag/6.4.0) of its encrypted instant messaging with video call and GPS features for Android. This release brings a lot of improvements, quite a few fixes and some really heavy work 'under the hood'. Please refer to the [release notes](https://github.com/cmeng-git/atalk-android/blob/master/aTalk/ReleaseNotes.txt) for all the details.
- [Cheogram](https://cheogram.com/) has released version [2.19.0-6](https://git.sr.ht/~singpolyma/cheogram-android/refs/2.19.0-6) of its XMPP client for Android. This release brings jump to searched message, fixes enabling the dialer integration on Android 17, improves the experimental export, won't linkify invalid URLs, changes default 'big' media size to 1MB for new installs and fixes many crashes. Make sure to check out the [changelog](https://git.sr.ht/~singpolyma/cheogram-android/refs) for all the details.
- [Fluux Messenger](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/blob/main/README.md), has released versions [0.17.0](https://www.process-one.net/blog/fluux-messenger-0-17-0-aurora-a-new-visual-identity-and-conversation-first-navigation/), [0.17.1](https://www.process-one.net/blog/fluux-messenger-0-17-1-improved-read-sync-a-pure-theme-and-aurora-refinements/) and [0.17.2](https://www.process-one.net/blog/fluux-messenger-0-17-2-gapless-history-faster-transfers-and-emoji-autocomplete/) of its modern, cross-platform XMPP client for communities and organizations. These releases are massive and improve almost every single aspect of the client with follow-up releases to fix what real-world use exposed. They bring an awful lot of additions, changes and fixes. So many that we could never even attempt to summarize them here. Please, go straight to the [full changelog](https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for all the details!

{{< figure src="/images/newsletter/2026-08-05/fluux-video-tour-26.png" link="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bba5778b-5024-4dbb-a6df-4c54428f3180" target="_blank" caption="A quick tour — messaging, group rooms, end-to-end encryption, and theming." >}}

- [Gajim](https://gajim.org/) has released version [2.5.0](https://gajim.org/posts/2026-07-15-gajim-2.5.0-released/) of its free and fully featured chat app for XMPP. This release comes with many improvements for Gajim's integrated audio player, and it comes with some bug fixes. Thank you for all your contributions!

{{< figure src="/images/newsletter/2026-08-05/gajim-audio-player.png" caption="Gajim: An updated look for Gajim’s audio player" >}}

- [Kaidan](https://www.kaidan.im/) has released version [0.16.0](https://www.kaidan.im/2026/07/21/kaidan-0.16.0/) of its user-friendly and modern chat app for XMPP. This release adds a media viewer, improves the emoji picker, and got a button to try another XMPP provider during registration. In addition, it adds support to record voice messages via long press. As always, it includes several smaller improvements and fixes. Most of the work being funded by [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/foundation/) via [NGI Zero Entrust](https://nlnet.nl/entrust/) and [NGI Zero Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/) with [public money](https://publiccode.eu/en/) provided by the European Commission. You can find a detailed list of new features, bugfixes and notes in their respective release announcements, or the [changelog](https://invent.kde.org/network/kaidan/-/blob/master/NEWS.md?ref_type=heads).

{{< figure src="/images/newsletter/2026-08-05/kaidan-media-viewer.png" caption="Kaidan 0.16.0: Media viewer." >}}

{{< figure src="/images/newsletter/2026-08-05/kaidan-message-recording.gif" caption="Kaidan 0.16.0: Message recording." >}}

- [Psi+](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/) has released version [1.5.2142.0 installer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/files/Windows/Personal-Builds/KukuRuzo/) of its development branch of the [Psi](https://sourceforge.net/projects/psi/) XMPP client.

### XMPP Servers

- The [Ignite Realtime community](https://www.igniterealtime.org/) is pleased to announce the release of [Openfire 5.1.1](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/openfire-5-1-1-release/96521), a maintenance update to the open-source XMPP real-time communication server. This release comes with a focus on PubSub correctness and connection handling. Highlights: fixed [excessive memory use](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/java-memory-use-causes-crash/96502) from a bloated pubsub subscription table, resolved an IQBind thread-starvation bug, corrected IP encoding in certificate SANs, and resolved 24 issues in total. Make sure to read the [full changelog](https://download.igniterealtime.org/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html) for all the details!
- [ProcessOne](https://www.process-one.net/) has released [ejabberd 26.07](https://www.process-one.net/blog/ejabberd-26-07/). This security release of ejabberd includes several security fixes, some improvements and other minor bugfixes. **It is strongly encouraged that you update ejabberd as soon as possible**. Make sure to read the [changelog](https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for all the details and a complete list of fixes and improvements on this release.

### XMPP Libraries & Tools

- [Introducing Artalk.Xmpp](https://github.com/araditc/Artalk.Xmpp/blob/master/README.md), a .NET 10 XMPP client library for connecting to XMPP servers, sending and receiving messages, managing presence and rosters, and using common XMPP extension protocols.
- [Introducing DokuWiki xmppsupport plugin: xmppchat](https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:xmppsupport) an implementation of a chat widget, typically for providing customer service, that appears on the bottom-left of the screen and allows users to interact with staff logged-in to XMPP.
- [Introducing Koishi bridge](https://github.com/jjj333-p/koishi/blob/main/README.md): a [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) <-> XMPP bridge, picking up where [Parsee Bridge](https://foundry.fsky.io/kappachat/Parsee) left off, more ambitious in terms of features, less [NIH syndrome](https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-invented-here-syndrome/).
- [ffetcher](https://code.woodpeckersnest.space/roughnecks/ffetcher), an XMPP bot that monitors [RSS](https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification) and [Atom](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4287.txt) feeds and posts new articles to one or more MUC rooms, version [3.1.0](https://code.woodpeckersnest.space/roughnecks/ffetcher/releases/tag/3.1.0) has been released. You can read the intermediate changelog from [3.0.0 to 3.1.0](https://code.woodpeckersnest.space/roughnecks/ffetcher/compare/3.0.0...3.1.0) for all the details.
- [go-xmpp](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/blob/master/README.md), a go xmpp library, version [0.3.7](https://github.com/xmppo/go-xmpp/releases/tag/v0.3.7) has been released.
- [go-sendxmpp](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp/-/blob/master/README.md), a tool to send messages to an XMPP contact or MUC inspired by [sendxmpp](https://sendxmpp.hostname.sk/), version [0.17.0](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp/-/releases/v0.17.0) has been released. Full details on the [changelog](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/go-sendxmpp/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
- [jabber.el](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/about/), the XMPP client for [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/), versions [0.12.0](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tag/?h=0.12.0), [0.12.1](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tag/?h=0.12.1), [0.12.2](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tag/?h=0.12.2), [0.12.3](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tag/?h=0.12.3), [0.12.4](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tag/?h=0.12.4) and [0.12.5](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tag/?h=0.12.5) have been released. Full details on the [changelog](https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/tree/CHANGELOG.org).
- [python-nbxmpp](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/blob/master/README.md), a Python library that provides a way for Python applications to use the XMPP network, version [7.3.0](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/releases/7.3.0) has been released. Full details on the [changelog](https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/python-nbxmpp/-/blob/master/ChangeLog?ref_type=heads).
- [QXmpp](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/blob/master/README.md), the cross-platform C++ XMPP client and server library, versions [1.16.2](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/tags/v1.16.2) and [1.16.3](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/tags/v1.16.3) have been released. Full details on the [changelog](https://invent.kde.org/libraries/qxmpp/-/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
- [Slidge](https://slidge.im/), a software library, built in Python, for creating gateways from XMPP to other networks, such as [Telegram](https://telegram.org/), [Discord](https://discord.com/), or [WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/), versions [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.4.0), [0.4.1](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.4.1) and [0.4.2](codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/releases/tag/v0.4.2) have been released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.11 to 0.4.2](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge/compare/v0.3.11...v0.4.2) for all the details.
  - [matridge](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matridge#readme), the [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) to XMPP gateway based on [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) and [nio](https://matrix-nio.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), versions [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matridge/releases/tag/v0.4.0) and [0.4.1](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matridge/releases/tag/v0.4.1) have been released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.3 to 0.4.1](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matridge/compare/v0.3.3...v0.4.1) for all the details.
  - [matteridge](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matteridge#readme), the [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/) to XMPP gateway based on [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) and [mattermost-api-reference-client](https://git.sr.ht/~nicoco/mattermost-api-reference-client), version [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matteridge/releases/tag/v0.4.0) has been released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.2 to 0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/matteridge/compare/v0.3.2...v0.4.0) for all the details.
  - [sleamdge](https://codeberg.org/slidge/sleamdge#readme), the [Steam](https://steamcommunity.com/) to XMPP gateway based on [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) and [steamio](https://steam-py.github.io/docs/latest/), version [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/sleamdge/releases/tag/v0.4.0) has been released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.0 to 0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/sleamdge/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0) for all the details.
  - [slidcord](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidcord#readme), the [Discord](https://discord.com/) to XMPP gateway based on [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) and [discord.py-self](https://discordpy-self.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), version [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidcord/releases/tag/v0.4.0), has been released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.1 to 0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidcord/compare/v0.3.1...v0.4.0) for all the details. 
  - [slidge-whatsapp](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge-whatsapp/src/branch/main/README.md), the [WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/) to XMPP gateway based on [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) and [whatsmeow](https://github.com/tulir/whatsmeow/blob/main/README.md), version [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge-whatsapp/releases/tag/v0.4.0) has been released. You can read the intermediate changelog from [0.3.11 to 0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidge-whatsapp/compare/v0.3.11...v0.4.0) for all the details.
  - [slidgram](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidgram#readme), the [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) to XMPP gateway based on [Slidge](https://slidge.im/) and [Pyrofork](https://pyrofork.wulan17.dev/main/), version [0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidgram/releases/tag/v0.4.0), has been released. You can check the intermediate changelog from [0.3.1 to 0.4.0](https://codeberg.org/slidge/slidgram/compare/v0.3.1...v0.4.0) for all the details.
- [strophejs](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/blob/master/README.md), a JavaScript library for speaking XMPP via BOSH ([XEP-0124](/extensions/xep-0124.html) and [XEP-0206](/extensions/xep-0206.html)) and [WebSockets](/rfcs/#7395), versions [4.1.0](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/releases/tag/v4.1.0), [4.1.1](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/releases/tag/v4.1.1), [4.1.2](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/releases/tag/v4.1.2) and [5.0.0](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/releases/tag/v5.0.0) have been released. The list of changes is larger and has more details and notices on **breaking** changes that what could ever mention in here. You can read the full [changelog](https://github.com/strophe/strophejs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for all the details.
- [slixmpp](https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/src/branch/master/README.rst), the MIT licensed XMPP library for Python 3.7+ version [1.17.0](https://blog.mathieui.net/slixmpp-1-17.html) has been released. This release has one major deprecation, two bug fixes, several new features as well as plenty of improvements under the hood. Thanks to everyone involved!

## Extensions and specifications

The XMPP Standards Foundation develops extensions to XMPP in its [XEP series](/extensions/) in addition to [XMPP RFCs](/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](/extensions/xep-0001.html), which contains the formal and canonical definitions for the types, states, and processes. [Read more about the standards process](/about/standards-process.html). Communication around Standards and Extensions happens in the [Standards Mailing List](https://mail.jabber.org/postorius/lists/standards.xmpp.org/) ([online archive](https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/)).

### Proposed

The XEP development process starts by writing up an idea and submitting it to the [XMPP Editor](/about/xsf/editor-team/). Within two weeks, the [Council](/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council) decides whether to accept this proposal as an Experimental XEP.

- No proposed XEPs this month.

### New

- No new XEPs this month.
  
### 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

- No XEPs updated this month.

### Last Call

Last calls are issued once everyone seems satisfied with the current XEP status. After the [Council](/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council) decides whether the XEP seems ready, the [XMPP Editor](/about/xsf/editor-team/) 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.

- [Last Call](https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/ONDL5PEIZSXR2E2UDMOVKD2N3NCEHUR3/) for comments on [XEP-0424](/extensions/xep-0424.html) (Message Retraction)
  - This Last Call begins on 2026-07-03 and shall end at the close of business on 2026-07-20.

### Stable

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