Spark 2.8.1 Released
The Ignite Realtime community has just released Spark 2.8.1 and it can be downloaded from Ignite Realtime: Downloads . This is a bugfix release for 2.8.0, which has introduced a huge overhaul and...
View ArticleStarting the Ignite Realtime Foundation
A few months ago, I wrote about the relocation of our community. The bits and bolts that power our community have since been migrated, and all is running wel. During that progress, we had a couple of...
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SparkMeet - Spark Plugin for Openfire Meetings
Lately, I have stared to use Spark client again alongside Skype for Business which I use daily for my professional work. My renewed interest in Spark came initially to have a look at the hard...
View ArticleSmack Security Advisory 2016-11-22
A critical security vulnerability has been found in Smack. Please upgrade immediately to Smack 4.1.9. Like all Smack releases with the same major and minor version numbers, 4.1.9 is a drop in...
View ArticleSpark 2.8.2 Released
The Ignite Realtime community has just released Spark 2.8.2 and it can be downloaded from Ignite Realtime: Downloads . This is a regular update. But there is a change, which can affect new users....
View ArticleOpenfire 4.0.4 is Released
The Ignite Realtime Community is pleased to announce the 4.0.4 release of Openfire. Openfire is a cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP (Jabber) protocol. This release...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.1.0 Beta
A Year and a Day - TV Tropes On the 13th of December, 2015, we released Openfire 4.0.0 Beta. Now, a year later, we have a new Beta to try. This one has numerous major security fixes and enhancements,...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.1.0 Final Release
Christmas has come early. Our github repository - GitHub - igniterealtime/Openfire: A XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. - reached a thousand and one stars today, so we've...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.1.1 Release
The Ignite Realtime Community is pleased to announce the release of Openfire 4.1.1. This release contains a few database related bugfixes that only impacted those who upgraded to 4.1.0 and...
View ArticleFirst Release Candidate of Smack 4.2 has been released
The Ignite Realtime community is proud to announce that nearly 2 years after the release of Smack 4.1, the first Release Candidate (RC) of Smack 4.2 has been uploaded to Maven Central. Smack 4.2 marks...
View ArticleSpark 2.8.3 Released
The Ignite Realtime community has just released Spark 2.8.3 and it can be downloaded from the Ignite Realtime: Downloads This is a regular update. A few issues have been fixed. Bundled Java updated to...
View ArticleRevival of the Asterisk-IM project!
I am happy to announce that we are bringing back one of our older projects from the grave: the Asterisk-IM project! This project was started in 2005 by Jive Software, and can be used to integrate the...
View ArticleSmack 4.2.0-rc3 released
I've just released Smack 4.2.0-rc3 to Maven Central. Smack 4.2.0 is scheduled to be released early Q2 2017, according to Smack's release life cycle. And right now, it looks like the train is right on...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.1.2 Release
The Ignite Realtime Community is pleased to announce the availability of version 4.1.2 of Openfire. This release signifies our ongoing effort to produce a stable 4.1 series while effort is made on new...
View ArticleOpenfire Chat API
I am trying to build a new web based client for Openfire to replace the outdated and abandoned Flash-based Sparkweb. The project is called Pade (A Yoruba word for Meeting) and my first step was to...
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Request for Comments: Mavenizing Spark
Most of our projects have a long history. This certainly goes for Spark, which was created over ten years ago. Although many of you are actively using Spark today, it is beginning to show its age. This...
View ArticleOpenfire 4.1.3 Release
The Ignite Realtime Community is pleased to announce the 4.1.3 release of Openfire. This release signifies our continued effort to have a stable 4.1 release series while work progresses on the next...
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Kaiwa - A modern web client for Openfire
I have added Kaiwa XMPP web client to the Chat API plugin. I hope to extend it with the audio/video conferencing stuff from Openfire Meetings later on.First time you use it...
View ArticleGoogle Summer of Code 2017
For many years now, Google is orchestrating its "Summer of Code" program. GSoC aims to bring student developers into the open source community, during the summer holidays. As it did before, the XMPP...
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Openfire Meetings - Update
Chrome version 57 makes a breaking change to webrtc that breaks Openfire Meetings. For details, read this.You can apply a work-around by using the meetings settings admin web page to force a...
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