ejabberd vs WeeChat
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 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 Ergo Converse.js 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
Compare WeeChat with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Chatwoot Zulip SimpleX Chat Etherpad Tinode Element Web Centrifugo Screego Typebot Let's Chat Berty Mumble Matterbridge The Lounge Papercups Zammad WorkAdventure Dendrite Soketi Remark42 Isso FreeSWITCH qTox MiroTalk Synapse Ferdium FreeScout Telegram Bot API Server Rustpad Cinny Asterisk Ergo Converse.js irssi Openfire Dino Nheko Conduit Nextcloud Talk Movim
Feature ejabberd WeeChat Category Matrix & XMPP Chat & Communication License GPL-2.0 GPL-3.0 Language Erlang C Setup difficulty Hard Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 64 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal bare-metal, binary, source GitHub stars ★ 6,711 ★ 3,366 First released 2002 2003 Replaces Slack, WhatsApp Slack
Why pick each one
Choose ejabberd if… Extremely scalable Battle-tested Standards-based ejabberd details Choose WeeChat if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Active community (3.4k GitHub stars) Written in C Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM WeeChat details
Frequently asked questions Is ejabberd or WeeChat better? Neither is universally better. ejabberd has the larger community, while WeeChat is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are ejabberd and WeeChat free and open-source? Yes. ejabberd is licensed under GPL-2.0 and WeeChat under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run ejabberd and WeeChat with Docker? ejabberd: yes. WeeChat: check the project docs for container support.