Mumble vs Syphon
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 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 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 Syphon with
choose an app… SimpleX Chat Tinode Element Web Spectrum Berty ejabberd Dendrite qTox Synapse Cinny Ergo Converse.js Revolt Openfire FluffyChat Quicksy Bridge Tox Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit Spacebar ZNC Movim mautrix-whatsapp MongooseIM gomuks Profanity InspIRCd Toxic Convos IRC Element Call KiwiIRC Dendrite Lite Bonfire Delta Chat Element X Fractal Maubot Briar Mumble Web Continuwuity Miaou Session Chatmail Chatmail Relay SchildiChat Snikket Tigase XMPP Server Wesh Network Metronome IM
Feature Mumble Syphon Category Chat & Communication Matrix & XMPP License BSD-3-Clause AGPL-3.0 Language C++ Dart Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 128 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary binary, source GitHub stars ★ 8,175 ★ 1,061 First released 2005 2020 Replaces Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo WhatsApp, Discord
Why pick each one
Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details Choose Syphon if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license Easy to set up — beginner-friendly Active community (1.1k GitHub stars) Written in Dart Syphon details
Frequently asked questions Is Mumble or Syphon better? Neither is universally better. Mumble has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Mumble and Syphon free and open-source? Yes. Mumble is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Syphon under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mumble and Syphon with Docker? Mumble: yes. Syphon: check the project docs for container support.