Movim vs Synapse
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted matrix & xmpp options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Movim with
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Compare Synapse with
choose an app… Rocket.Chat Mattermost Zulip SimpleX Chat Tinode Element Web Spectrum Let's Chat Berty Mumble Matterbridge ejabberd The Lounge Dendrite qTox Cinny WeeChat Ergo Converse.js Revolt irssi Openfire FluffyChat Quicksy Bridge Tox Dino Nheko Tuwunel Conduit Spacebar Nextcloud Talk ZNC mautrix-whatsapp MongooseIM gomuks Profanity InspIRCd Toxic Convos IRC Syphon Element Call KiwiIRC Dendrite Lite Bonfire Delta Chat Element X Fractal Maubot Briar Mumble Web JSXC Hydrogen matrix-nio Continuwuity mautrix-signal CoyIM Gajim Miaou Session mautrix-discord Chatmail Chatmail Relay SchildiChat Ketesa Synapse Admin jabberd2 Mjolnir Snikket Construct Tigase XMPP Server Pantalaimon Sliding Sync Proxy matrix-appservice-slack Coqui Chat Synapse-MAS Wesh Network aioxmpp Poezio Slidge Sygnal Metronome IM matrix-corporal PeerTube Plugin LiveChat Commet go-sendxmpp Simple-Matrix-Bot-Lib Monocles Chat Openfire Pade Plugin Prose conduwuit Prosody
Feature Movim Synapse Category Matrix & XMPP Matrix & XMPP License AGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0 Language PHP Python Setup difficulty Medium Hard Min. RAM 512 MB 1,024 MB Deployment docker, bare-metal, source docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 2,038 ★ 4,503 First released 2010 2014 Replaces Facebook, Slack Slack, Discord, WhatsApp
Why pick each one
Choose Movim if… Released under the AGPL-3.0 license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (2k GitHub stars) Written in PHP Movim details Choose Synapse if… Open federated protocol Strong encryption Bridges to other chats Synapse details
Frequently asked questions Is Movim or Synapse better? Neither is universally better. Synapse has the larger community, while Movim is simpler to set up (medium difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Movim and Synapse free and open-source? Yes. Movim is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Synapse under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Movim and Synapse with Docker? Movim: yes. Synapse: yes.