Mumble vs Tox
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 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 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 Tox with
choose an app… Chatwoot SimpleX Chat Etherpad Element Web Spectrum Centrifugo Screego Typebot Berty The Lounge Papercups Dendrite qTox Synapse Cinny Ergo Revolt Dino Nheko Conduit Spacebar Peer-calls gomuks InspIRCd Toxic Syphon KiwiIRC Dendrite Lite Bonfire Fractal Mumble Web Continuwuity CoyIM Spark IM Gajim Miaou Linphone Jangouts Jami Server Bridge Jami
Feature Mumble Tox Category Chat & Communication Chat & Communication License BSD-3-Clause GPL-3.0 Language C++ C Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 128 MB 64 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, binary bare-metal, source GitHub stars ★ 8,175 ★ 2,670 First released 2005 2013 Replaces Discord, TeamSpeak, Ventrilo Skype, Discord
Why pick each one
Choose Mumble if… Excellent voice quality Tiny resource footprint Mumble details Choose Tox if… Released under the GPL-3.0 license Active community (2.7k GitHub stars) Written in C Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM Tox details
Frequently asked questions Is Mumble or Tox better? Mumble is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Tox if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Mumble and Tox free and open-source? Yes. Mumble is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Tox under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Mumble and Tox with Docker? Mumble: yes. Tox: check the project docs for container support.