Mumble vs Session
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 KiwiIRC Glowing Bear Dendrite Lite Bonfire Pretalx Delta Chat Fractal Notifo SimpleX Briar Quassel IRC OTS matrix-commander Mumble Web Comentario Continuwuity BitlBee ngIRCd Miaou 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 Session with
choose an app… Chatwoot SimpleX Chat Etherpad Tinode Centrifugo Screego Typebot Berty ejabberd The Lounge Papercups qTox Synapse FluffyChat Quicksy Bridge MongooseIM Toxic Syphon Delta Chat Element X Briar mautrix-signal Chatmail Chatmail Relay SchildiChat Snikket Tigase XMPP Server Wesh Network Metronome IM Monocles Chat Prose
Feature Mumble Session Category Chat & Communication Chat & Communication License BSD-3-Clause GPL-3.0 Language C++ TypeScript Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary bare-metal, binary, source GitHub stars ★ 8,175 ★ 546 First released 2005 2020 Replaces Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram
Why pick each one
Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details Choose Session if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Written in TypeScript Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM Session details
Frequently asked questions Is Mumble or Session better? Mumble is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Session if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Mumble and Session free and open-source? Yes. Mumble is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Session under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mumble and Session with Docker? Mumble: yes. Session: check the project docs for container support.