Mumble vs KiwiIRC
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted chat & communication options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Mumble with
choose an app… Plane Chatwoot Focalboard Super Productivity Wekan SimpleX Chat Etherpad OpenProject Habitica Self-Hosted Element Web Planka Leantime Spectrum Centrifugo Screego Typebot git-bug Kanboard Berty Kaneo The Lounge Papercups Taskwarrior Zammad WorkAdventure Dendrite Soketi Remark42 Isso FreeSWITCH qTox MiroTalk Synapse Ferdium FreeScout Telegram Bot API Server Rustpad Cinny Asterisk WeeChat Ergo Revolt irssi Quicksy Bridge Kamailio Cusdis Tox Stoat Nheko AnyCable Chitchatter Live Helper Chat Conduit Spacebar Nextcloud Talk Indico RetroShare SIPCAPTURE Homer Peer-calls mautrix-telegram Routr gomuks GlobaLeaks openSIPS mautrix Databag Galène InspIRCd Candy Toxic Hyphanet Syphon FusionPBX soju Glowing Bear Dendrite Lite Bonfire Pretalx Delta Chat Fractal Notifo SimpleX Briar Quassel IRC OTS matrix-commander Mumble Web Comentario Continuwuity BitlBee ngIRCd Miaou Session Nextcloud Talk Signaling Server UnrealIRCd MiroTalk C2C matrix-appservice-irc Linphone Chatmail Relay Hookshot Atheme IRC Services Maunium Sticker Picker Spectrum 2 Shhh Gamja Jami Server Bridge Mollysocket Anope PushBits Comm Heisenbridge Slixmpp Ferdium Server Solanum Wesh Network Draupnir baibot matrix-media-repo Charybdis IRCd Zusam Cactus Comments ircd-hybrid Scuttlebutt Room Robust IRC Flexisip SAMA Biboumi Hebbot ircu2 Libervia Jami YunoHost Mail Relay 3CX ARN-Messager Freepbx GNUnet Groupboard MailBag Mailman3 Mailing List Manager Mlmmj Web Peachpub PrivMX WebMail SIP3 TrueConf Wazo Yeti-Switch
Compare KiwiIRC with
choose an app… Chatwoot SimpleX Chat Etherpad Element Web Spectrum Centrifugo Screego Typebot Berty The Lounge Papercups Dendrite Synapse Cinny Ergo Revolt Tox Nheko Conduit Spacebar gomuks InspIRCd Syphon Dendrite Lite Bonfire Fractal Mumble Web Continuwuity Miaou
Feature Mumble KiwiIRC Category Chat & Communication Chat & Communication License BSD-3-Clause Apache-2.0 Language C++ Vue Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 128 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary docker, bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 8,175 ★ 982 First released 2005 2011 Replaces Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo Slack, Discord
Why pick each one
Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details Choose KiwiIRC if… Released under the Apache-2.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Written in Vue Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM KiwiIRC details
Frequently asked questions Is Mumble or KiwiIRC better? Mumble is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider KiwiIRC if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Mumble and KiwiIRC free and open-source? Yes. Mumble is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and KiwiIRC under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mumble and KiwiIRC with Docker? Mumble: yes. KiwiIRC: yes.