Cinny vs Mumble
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 Cinny with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Zulip Tinode Element Web Spectrum Let's Chat Matterbridge ejabberd The Lounge Dendrite Synapse WeeChat Ergo Converse.js Revolt irssi Openfire FluffyChat Tox Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit Spacebar Nextcloud Talk ZNC Movim mautrix-whatsapp MongooseIM gomuks Profanity InspIRCd Convos IRC Syphon Element Call KiwiIRC Dendrite Lite Bonfire Element X Fractal Maubot Mumble Web JSXC Hydrogen matrix-nio Continuwuity mautrix-signal CoyIM Gajim Miaou mautrix-discord SchildiChat Ketesa Synapse Admin jabberd2 Mjolnir Construct Tigase XMPP Server Pantalaimon Sliding Sync Proxy matrix-appservice-slack Coqui Chat Synapse-MAS aioxmpp Poezio Slidge Sygnal Metronome IM matrix-corporal PeerTube Plugin LiveChat Commet go-sendxmpp Simple-Matrix-Bot-Lib Monocles Chat Openfire Pade Plugin Prose conduwuit Prosody
Compare Mumble with
choose an app… Plane Chatwoot Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan SimpleX Chat Etherpad OpenProject Habitica Self-Hosted Element Web Planka Leantime Spectrum Centrifugo Screego Typebot git-bug Kanboard Berty Kaneo The Lounge Papercups Taskwarrior Zammad WorkAdventure Dendrite Soketi Remark42 Isso FreeSWITCH qTox MiroTalk Synapse Ferdium FreeScout Telegram Bot API Server Rustpad Asterisk WeeChat Ergo Revolt irssi Quicksy Bridge Kamailio Cusdis Tox Stoat Nheko AnyCable Chitchatter Live Helper Chat Conduit Spacebar Nextcloud Talk Indico RetroShare SIPCAPTURE Homer Peer-calls mautrix-telegram Routr gomuks GlobaLeaks openSIPS mautrix Databag Galène InspIRCd Candy Toxic Hyphanet Syphon FusionPBX soju KiwiIRC Glowing Bear Dendrite Lite Bonfire Pretalx Delta Chat Fractal Notifo SimpleX Briar Quassel IRC OTS matrix-commander Mumble Web Comentario Continuwuity BitlBee ngIRCd Miaou Session Nextcloud Talk Signaling Server UnrealIRCd MiroTalk C2C matrix-appservice-irc Linphone Chatmail Relay Hookshot Atheme IRC Services Maunium Sticker Picker Spectrum 2 Shhh Gamja Jami Server Bridge Mollysocket Anope PushBits Comm Heisenbridge Slixmpp Ferdium Server Solanum Wesh Network Draupnir baibot matrix-media-repo Charybdis IRCd Zusam Cactus Comments ircd-hybrid Scuttlebutt Room Robust IRC Flexisip SAMA Biboumi Hebbot ircu2 Libervia Jami YunoHost Mail Relay 3CX ARN-Messager Freepbx GNUnet Groupboard MailBag Mailman3 Mailing List Manager Mlmmj Web Peachpub PrivMX WebMail SIP3 TrueConf Wazo Yeti-Switch
Feature Cinny Mumble Category Matrix & XMPP Chat & Communication License AGPL-3.0 BSD-3-Clause Language TypeScript C++ Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 64 MB 128 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal, binary GitHub stars ★ 3,826 ★ 8,175 First released 2021 2005 Replaces Slack, Discord Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo
Why pick each one
Choose Cinny if… Lightweight to host Attractive interface Cinny details Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details
Frequently asked questions Is Cinny or Mumble better? Neither is universally better. Mumble has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Cinny and Mumble free and open-source? Yes. Cinny is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Mumble under BSD-3-Clause. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Cinny and Mumble with Docker? Cinny: yes. Mumble: yes.