Mumble vs Dendrite Lite
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 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 KiwiIRC Glowing Bear 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 Dendrite Lite with
choose an app… Tinode Element Web Spectrum ejabberd Dendrite Synapse Cinny Ergo Converse.js Revolt Openfire FluffyChat Tox Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit Spacebar ZNC Movim mautrix-whatsapp MongooseIM gomuks Profanity InspIRCd Convos IRC Syphon Element Call KiwiIRC Bonfire Element X Fractal Maubot Mumble Web Continuwuity Miaou
Feature Mumble Dendrite Lite Category Chat & Communication Matrix & XMPP License BSD-3-Clause Apache-2.0 Language C++ Go Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary docker, bare-metal, binary GitHub stars ★ 8,175 ★ 955 First released 2005 2017 Replaces Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo Slack, Discord
Why pick each one
Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details
Frequently asked questions Is Mumble or Dendrite Lite better? Mumble is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Dendrite Lite if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Mumble and Dendrite Lite free and open-source? Yes. Mumble is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Dendrite Lite under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mumble and Dendrite Lite with Docker? Mumble: yes. Dendrite Lite: yes.