Berty vs MongooseIM
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Berty with
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Compare MongooseIM with
choose an app… SimpleX Chat Tinode Element Web ejabberd Dendrite qTox Synapse Cinny Converse.js Openfire FluffyChat Quicksy Bridge Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit ZNC Movim mautrix-whatsapp gomuks Profanity Toxic Convos IRC Syphon Element Call Dendrite Lite Delta Chat Element X Fractal Maubot Briar Session Chatmail Chatmail Relay SchildiChat Snikket Tigase XMPP Server Wesh Network Metronome IM
Feature Berty MongooseIM Category Chat & Communication Matrix & XMPP License Apache-2.0 GPL-2.0 Language TypeScript Erlang Setup difficulty Hard Hard Min. RAM 256 MB 1,024 MB Deployment bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 9,268 ★ 1,748 First released 2018 2012 Replaces WhatsApp, Signal Slack, WhatsApp
Why pick each one
Choose Berty if… Released under the Apache-2.0 license Mature project with 9.3k GitHub stars Written in TypeScript Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM Berty details Choose MongooseIM if… Released under the GPL-2.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (1.7k GitHub stars) Written in Erlang MongooseIM details
Frequently asked questions Is Berty or MongooseIM better? Neither is universally better. Berty has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Berty and MongooseIM free and open-source? Yes. Berty is licensed under Apache-2.0 and MongooseIM under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Berty and MongooseIM with Docker? Berty: check the project docs for container support. MongooseIM: yes.