XMPP Summit 26 & FOSDEM
On February 1st and 2nd, the 26th XMPP Summit will take place in Brussels. Immediately afterwards, the FOSDEM event will take place on the 3rd and 4th of February. I’ll be attending both (although I...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.8.1 Release
The Ignite Realtime Community is pleased to announce the release of Openfire 4.8.1. This release addresses a number of issues found with the major 4.8.0 release a few months back. Interested in...
View ArticleOpenfire inVerse plugin version 10.1.7.1 released!
We have made available a new version of the inVerse plugin for Openfire! This plugin allows you to easily deploy the third-party Converse client in Openfire. In this release, the version of the client...
View ArticlePàdé plugin for Openfire version 1.8.0 released!
There is now available a new version of the Pàdé plugin for Openfire! This plugin offers web-based unified communications - chat, groupchat, telephone, audio and video conferencing using ConverseJS,...
View ArticlePionTurn plugin 1.0.0 released!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the release of version 1.0.0 of the PionTurn plugin. This plugin uses the Pion Turn Project (GitHub - pion/turn: Pion TURN, an API for building TURN...
View ArticleSmack 4.4.8 released
We are happy to announce the release of Smack 4.4.8, our XMPP-client library for JVMs and Android. For a high-level overview of what’s changed in Smack 4.4.8, check out Smack’s changelog Smack 4.4.8...
View ArticleNew Openfire plugin: XMPP Web!
We are excited to be able to announce the immediate availability of a new plugin for Openfire: XMPP Web! This new plugin for the real-time communications server provided by the Ignite Realtime...
View ArticleOpenfire restAPI plugin version 1.11.0 release
Earlier today, version 1.11.0 of the REST API plugin for Openfire was released! The REST API Plugin provides the ability to manage Openfire (the real-time communications server created by the Ignite...
View ArticleBotz version 1.3.0 release
We have just released version 1.3.0 of the Botz framework for Openfire (the real-time communications server provided by the Ignite Realtime community)! The Botz library adds to the already rich and...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.8.2 Release
Openfire 4.8.2 has landed! This release addresses a number of issues in the real time collaboration server created by the Ignite Realtime Community that aim to reduce bugs and increase stability and...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.8.3 Release
The Ignite Realtime community is pleased to announce the release of Openfire 4.8.3. This release contains an important fix for thread lock situation described with OF-2845. If you have noticed clients...
View ArticleOpenfire plugin maintenance releases!
The Ignite Realtime community is gearing up for a new release of Openfire. In preparation, we have been performing maintenance releases for many Openfire plugins. These Openfire plugin releases have...
View ArticleOpenfire Hazelcast plugin version 3.0.0
Earlier today, we blogged about a boatload of Openfire plugins for which we made available maintenance releases. Apart from that, we’ve also made a more notable release: that of the Hazelcast plugin...
View ArticleWebsite maintenance
There is a bit of ongoing website maintenance happening. You shouldn’t notice to much of this (we are not dramatically changing things), but if you do notice things that are suddenly not working (or...
View ArticleOpenfire HTTP File Upload plugin v1.4.1 release!
We have now released version 1.4.1 of the HTTP File Upload plugin! This plugin adds functionality to Openfire that allows clients to share files, as defined in the XEP-0363 ‘HTTP File Upload’...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.9.0 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.9.0 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol! As...
View ArticlePàdé plugin for Openfire version 1.8.3 released!
Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the release of the Pàdé Openfire plugin version 1.8.3 . This version fixes the identified compatibility issues with Openfire 4.9.0 As always,...
View ArticleXMPP: The Protocol for Open, Extensible Instant Messaging
Introduction to XMPP XMPP, the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, is an Instant Messaging (IM) standard of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - the same organization that standardized...
View ArticleSmack 4.5.0-beta5 released
The Ignite Realtime developer community is happy to announce that Smack 4.5 entered its beta phase. Smack is a XMPP client API written in Java that is able to run on Java SE and Android. Smack’s beta...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.9.1 release
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.9.1 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!...
View ArticleVersion 1.2.0 of Threaddump plugin Released!
Today, we’ve released a new version of the Threaddump plugin for Openfire: version 1.2.0. The Threaddump plugin is a handy plugin to collect diagnostics, useful for drilling down into the inner...
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Florian, Dan and Dave Elected in the XSF!
In an annual vote, not one, not two, but three Ignite Realtime community members have been selected into leadership positions of the XMPP Standards Foundation! The XMPP Standards Foundation is an...
View ArticleXMPP Summit #27 and FOSDEM 2025
The XMPP Standards Foundation’s yearly Summit will be held on January 30 and 31st, in Brussels. The Summit is an annual two-day gathering where we discuss XMPP protocol development topics. It is a...
View ArticleIt’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen!
When I explain to others what I do for a living, I often ask why it is that we are not surprised that one can use a Gmail account to send an email to someone who uses an Outlook account, yet many...
View ArticleNew releases for Tinder and Whack!
The IgniteRealtime community is happy to announce releases for two of its projects! Both are for XMPP-libraries that we produce. Tinder is a Java based XMPP library, providing an implementation for...
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