Element Web vs Tinode
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 Element Web with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Zulip Spectrum Let's Chat BigBlueButton Mumble Matterbridge ejabberd The Lounge Dendrite Synapse Cinny WeeChat Ergo Converse.js Revolt irssi Openfire FluffyChat Tox Dino Nheko Tuwunel La Suite - Meet Conduit Spacebar Nextcloud Talk ZNC Movim Twake Workplace 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 Tinode with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Zulip SimpleX Chat Let's Chat Berty Matterbridge ejabberd The Lounge Dendrite qTox Synapse Cinny WeeChat 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
Feature Element Web Tinode Category Matrix & XMPP Matrix & XMPP License AGPL-3.0 GPL-3.0 Language TypeScript Go Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 13,353 ★ 13,452 First released 2016 2016 Replaces Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams WhatsApp, Slack
Why pick each one
Choose Tinode if… Good developer foundation Multiple clients Lightweight Tinode details
Frequently asked questions Is Element Web or Tinode better? Neither is universally better. Tinode has the larger community, while Element Web is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Element Web and Tinode free and open-source? Yes. Element Web is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Tinode under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Element Web and Tinode with Docker? Element Web: yes. Tinode: yes.