ejabberd vs FluffyChat
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 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 Converse.js irssi Openfire 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
Compare FluffyChat with
choose an app… SimpleX Chat Tinode Element Web Berty Dendrite qTox Synapse Cinny Converse.js Openfire Quicksy Bridge Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit 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 ejabberd FluffyChat Category Matrix & XMPP Matrix & XMPP License GPL-2.0 AGPL-3.0 Language Erlang Dart Setup difficulty Hard Easy Min. RAM 512 MB 64 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 6,711 ★ 3,039 First released 2002 2019 Replaces Slack, WhatsApp WhatsApp, Telegram
Why pick each one
Choose ejabberd if… Extremely scalable Battle-tested Standards-based ejabberd details Choose FluffyChat if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Active community (3k GitHub stars) Written in Dart FluffyChat details
Frequently asked questions Is ejabberd or FluffyChat better? Neither is universally better. ejabberd has the larger community, while FluffyChat is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are ejabberd and FluffyChat free and open-source? Yes. ejabberd is licensed under GPL-2.0 and FluffyChat under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run ejabberd and FluffyChat with Docker? ejabberd: yes. FluffyChat: check the project docs for container support.