Converse.js vs ejabberd
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted matrix & xmpp options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Converse.js with
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Compare ejabberd with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Zulip SimpleX Chat Tinode Element Web Let's Chat Berty Matterbridge The Lounge Dendrite qTox Synapse Cinny WeeChat Ergo irssi Openfire FluffyChat Quicksy Bridge Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit Nextcloud Talk ZNC Movim mautrix-whatsapp MongooseIM gomuks Profanity Toxic Convos IRC Syphon Element Call Dendrite Lite Delta Chat Element X Fractal Maubot Briar JSXC Hydrogen matrix-nio Continuwuity mautrix-signal CoyIM Gajim Session mautrix-discord Chatmail Chatmail Relay SchildiChat Ketesa Synapse Admin jabberd2 Mjolnir Snikket Construct Tigase XMPP Server Pantalaimon Sliding Sync Proxy matrix-appservice-slack Coqui Chat Synapse-MAS Wesh Network 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
Feature Converse.js ejabberd Category Matrix & XMPP Matrix & XMPP License MPL-2.0 GPL-2.0 Language JavaScript Erlang Setup difficulty Easy Hard Min. RAM 64 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 3,285 ★ 6,711 First released 2013 2002 Replaces Slack Slack, WhatsApp
Why pick each one
Choose Converse.js if… Released under the MPL-2.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (3.3k GitHub stars) Converse.js details Choose ejabberd if… Extremely scalable Battle-tested Standards-based ejabberd details
Frequently asked questions Is Converse.js or ejabberd better? Neither is universally better. ejabberd has the larger community, while Converse.js is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Converse.js and ejabberd free and open-source? Yes. Converse.js is licensed under MPL-2.0 and ejabberd under GPL-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Converse.js and ejabberd with Docker? Converse.js: yes. ejabberd: yes.