FluffyChat 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 FluffyChat with
choose an app… SimpleX Chat Element Web Berty ejabberd 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
Compare Tinode with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Zulip SimpleX Chat Element Web Let's Chat Berty Matterbridge ejabberd 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
Feature FluffyChat Tinode Category Matrix & XMPP Matrix & XMPP License AGPL-3.0 GPL-3.0 Language Dart Go Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 64 MB 256 MB Deployment bare-metal, source docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 3,039 ★ 13,452 First released 2019 2016 Replaces WhatsApp, Telegram WhatsApp, Slack
Why pick each one
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 Choose Tinode if… Good developer foundation Multiple clients Lightweight Tinode details
Frequently asked questions Is FluffyChat or Tinode better? Neither is universally better. Tinode 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 FluffyChat and Tinode free and open-source? Yes. FluffyChat is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Tinode under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run FluffyChat and Tinode with Docker? FluffyChat: check the project docs for container support. Tinode: yes.