Daniel Gultsch

Project lead on https://Conversations.im & https://Ltt.rs · Council Chair & Editor, #XMPP Standards Foundation · 2.9W/kg · Flat white socialist · Defying Gravity · European Republic

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2026-05-29 14:32:28 UTC

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@nprofile…ehvw We put the instant into instant messaging.

2026-05-24 12:24:04 UTC

What #Conversations_im did was prove that the technology works. When #Matrix reinvented the wheel as an eventually consistent graph database with a JSON API, they didn't do it because #XMPP didn't work. They did it because their investors were seeking control over the entire stack.

2026-05-22 23:48:19 UTC

Element (@nprofile…k30q) makes a very big deal out of every single government agency that gives #Matrix a shot. However when you look at what actual people choose to deploy it's #XMPP.
https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php (via https://framapiaf.org/@debacle/116618695432651294)

2026-05-11 10:59:58 UTC

At this point, the Google Play app review process has become a security liability. I have had an app update for #Conversations_im in the review queue since April 28th. Previously, app updates have been rejected for stupid, hallucinated reasons; this time, we are just being ignored entirely. The release is not shipping any security fixes, but imagine if it did.
#XMPP

2026-05-03 06:13:46 UTC

It's Digital Independence Day again and #Conversations_im, the best Jabber/XMPP client for Android, is currently available for free on Google Play.
Enjoy true independence with independent messaging. No central server. No venture capital. No 'non profits' with centralized decision-making.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations
#XMPP #Jabber #IndieMessaging #DIDit

2026-05-01 16:02:11 UTC

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@nprofile…q5qd that's my second attempt at an Aerocano.
https://gultsch.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/500/156/522/199/598/original/1dd54125b383666b.jpg

2026-04-09 16:30:35 UTC

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@nprofile…82zk @nprofile…246t Improving 0027 by untangling it from OpenKeychain and implementing OX.

2026-04-09 09:52:37 UTC

I’m delighted to announce that the OpenPGP implementation in #Conversations_im will see some love over the next ~6 months. Simultaneously, we will be laying the groundwork for OMEMO2 by implementing Stanza Content Encryption.
Thanks to funding from @nprofile…246t and the European Commission.
https://nlnet.nl/project/Conversations-OpenPGP-refresh/
#XMPP #Jabber #OMEMO #OpenPGP

2026-04-07 10:58:25 UTC

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@nprofile…weew https://search.jabber.network

2026-04-01 07:45:15 UTC

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@nprofile…mtmf The S2S needs to be resolvable (A records are fine, no need for SRV records) and reachable (open port)
You can put your domain into https://connect.xmpp.net/ to check. Ignore the errors/warning for the client connections. StartTLS only is fine as well.

2026-03-31 13:01:28 UTC

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@nprofile…zykx Im Prinzip ist die schon unified allerdings gibt es - weil es ein recht junges Projekt ist - mehrere Iterationen. FMD müsste auf die neuste connector library migrieren und es gibt auch schon ein branch im FMD repository.
Gotify ist sowieso kein UnifiedPush Distributor¹
¹: https://github.com/gotify/android/issues/29#issuecomment-1163522251

2026-03-31 09:13:47 UTC

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@nprofile…zykx @nprofile…kewh Es kommt drauf an welchen Teil von ntfy.sh du denn Ersetzen möchtest. Wenn es dir um die Status Meldungen per HTTP verschicken geht habe ich hier mal etwas dazu geschrieben: https://gultsch.de/posts/xmpp-via-http/
Das ist ein wirklich sehr minimales Prosody setup mit 10 Zeilen config. Prosody ist idr über die Paketverwaltung installierbar und sollte dann kaum stress machen. Der 'reguläre' XMPP Account kann dann ja bei einem öffentlichen Provider liegen.

2026-03-31 07:35:11 UTC

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@nprofile…egsk Ja, da kann ich mich auch noch dran erinnern. Oguz Han war krank und wir haben mitten in der Nacht noch bei irgendeinem McDonalds gehalten.

2026-03-31 06:59:25 UTC

Gerade mal geguckt: Offenbar war ich 2008 das erste Mal auf den Chemnitzer Linux Tage (inklusive Übernachtung in der Turnhalle) und 2009 habe ich meinen ersten Vortrag gehalten. Über Yacy und andere verteilte Suchmaschinen.
https://test.chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2009/vortraege/detail.html.96.html
#CLT

2026-03-31 06:14:15 UTC

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@nprofile…dceq @nprofile…lj7g XEPs define protocol that are required for interoperability. XMPP clients (at least speaking for #Conversations_im but I think this is true for most) have both the current nick and the nick at the time of sending. It's a pure design choice on which one to display / prefer. So what you are proposing would be to define design preferences not protocol interoperability.
https://docs.modernxmpp.org handles some of those things.

2026-03-30 12:42:52 UTC

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@nprofile…kewh Sehe ich auch kritisch aber der talk wurde wahrscheinlich geschrieben und eingereicht bevor ntfy.sh zu AI slopware geworden ist.

2026-03-30 08:46:04 UTC

Merle's Vortrag "Warum selbst Signal bei Google und Apple anklopft" ist übrigens eine schöne Ergänzung zu meinem UnifiedPush Vortrag.
https://media.ccc.de/v/clt26-143-warum-selbst-signal-bei-google-und-apple-anklopft

2026-03-30 08:20:16 UTC

Mein Vortrag über #UnifiedPush von den Chemnitzer Linux Tage ist übrigens auch schon online verfügbar. Diesmal mit Demo und schöner, langer Q/A Runde.
https://media.ccc.de/v/clt26-202-unifiedpush

2026-03-30 05:09:43 UTC

Our combined booth for #UnifiedPush and #XMPP at #CLT2026 went great. There was huge interest in UnifiedPush, and we successfully funneled some of that interest into XMPP as well.
I think it's a great combination since those projects are ideologically well-aligned, and we will likely do it again.

2026-03-28 07:35:25 UTC

We are at Chemnitzer Linux Tage with a stand for #XMPP and #UnifiedPush.
Come find us and talk to us or grab some stickers or Haribo.
#CLT2026 #Jabber
https://gultsch.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/305/645/578/373/708/original/3162e82090ff0eb8.jpg

2026-03-25 15:09:21 UTC

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@nprofile…xw0e Looks like FMD needs to update their unified push connector library to v3.0+

2026-03-24 04:50:35 UTC

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@nprofile…aqt3 Decentralized decision making. Having multiple independent server and client implementations. Everything doesn't just depend on one company.

2026-03-23 05:41:52 UTC

Due to the recent popularity of #Conversations_im, I've already earned more than enough money this month and have decided to make the app free this week. Use this opportunity to onboard friends who might otherwise have a hard time paying for the app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

2026-03-23 04:19:09 UTC

A good litmus test for the morality of software is asking the developers if they would let their kids use it.
Meta execs: Fuck no!
XMPP devs: Yes, that's why I started this project.

2026-03-21 11:33:16 UTC

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@nprofile…ehwc Yes. Omemo key material is included in the backup. Make sure to disable the account on the old phone, do a backup, during restore on the new phone you will be asked if you want to restore the omemo keys. Select yes.

2026-03-20 02:44:56 UTC

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@nprofile…jzdh Yes and enabling the developer options in the first place is a non trivial thing either. (I mean for us that's second nature, but for regular users that's yet another step they have to learn how to do.)

2026-03-19 09:15:45 UTC

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@nprofile…9een No. It's valid sign ups. SMS pumping looks different.

2026-03-19 01:40:01 UTC

We are getting close to having half of Russia onboarded to #Quicksy and me going broke on SMS fees. привет, I guess 👋🇷🇺
#XMPP #Jabber

2026-03-12 13:48:38 UTC

The reason we choose to have inflation is to pay workers less year over year, forcing them to fight just to maintain the same compensation.
Remember that next time you are impacted by a strike.
Will #Lufthansa fly us to #IETF125 today? We'll see. 🤷‍♂️

2026-03-10 14:26:21 UTC

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@nprofile…s6qn Yes. The this thread and my response to it: https://gultsch.social/@daniel/116193231506527816

2026-03-10 14:25:20 UTC

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@nprofile…z99u I say that in the post that there are a million ways to send XMPP messages. What I find neat about the solution outlined in my post is that the sender doesn’t need an external XMPP account. Like a cron job email or other status email the XMPP message is coming directly from the machine or network that generated it.

2026-03-10 10:20:34 UTC

Yesterday, I quickly put together a tutorial on how to replace ntfy.sh with a minimal, self-hosted XMPP server and published it as a GitHub Gist. Then I remembered I have a website and reworked it into two nice little posts:
https://gultsch.de/tags/ntfy.sh/
#ntfy #XMPP #Jabber #Prosody

2026-03-10 08:59:51 UTC

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@nprofile…kewh They can replace it. But they don't have to. I'm still maintaining the Java version and in the medium term I'm planning some improvements that may or may not be immediately back ported to the native modules.
For new setups it's easier to use native modules though. Especially for prosody where the UnifiedPush module comes with the Debian package.

2026-03-09 15:40:45 UTC

Actually, even if you don’t care about #UnifiedPush, having this minimal Prosody server that just accepts messages via a simple REST API and sends them out via #XMPP is great alternative to the various sendxmpp scripts out there.
https://gist.github.com/iNPUTmice/4f58f15d9a8d2d09cfc586074184decb#sending-messages-from-command-line-via-curl

2026-03-09 15:24:51 UTC

If you are concerned about ntfy.sh recently turning into AI-slopware, you can replace both the #UnifiedPush Distributor and the curl-based status messaging with XMPP. You can keep your existing XMPP account and simply replace ntfy's functionality with a self-hosted Prosody instance.
https://gist.github.com/iNPUTmice/4f58f15d9a8d2d09cfc586074184decb

2026-03-08 11:06:50 UTC

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@nprofile…4awp @nprofile…xvvd I did look that up before I boosted that claim. It says so in the release note https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/blob/main/docs/releases.md#ntfy-server-v2180. Additionally the README has a thank you note to some AI tool.

2026-03-07 08:41:36 UTC

We will have a combined #XMPP and #UnifiedPush stand at #CLT2026 on March 28th and 29th. Come talk to us if you are curious about either! We will have merch for both, test devices, lots of advice, and I've even heard rumors about free Haribo.
XMPP Standards Foundation: https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2026/en/programm/beitrag/204
UnifiedPush: https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2026/en/programm/beitrag/411
https://gultsch.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/186/996/269/765/368/original/91e2253232680e5b.jpg

2026-03-05 19:16:07 UTC

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@nprofile…834j @nprofile…3mlc Indeed, the Fediverse desperately needs an URI scheme (for example web+ap, but something else might work too).
In XMPP you can implement a provider independent share with feature with xmpp:?message;body=hi
I've trying to make web+ap: happen for a while and #Conversations_im for example auto links URIs like that (my small contribution as someone who is not really in the Fediverse community)

2026-03-01 17:04:05 UTC

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@nprofile…wugs @nprofile…nrmm @nprofile…9s8w Pachli needs to update its UnifiedPush library to 3.0+

2026-03-01 09:18:42 UTC

Historically, events like Meta announcing ads in WhatsApp haven’t significantly impacted #Conversations_im download numbers. This time feels different. February saw double the installs of a typical month. It seems the sentiment against Big Tech is finally translating into action.
#DiDay #XMPP

2026-02-28 13:41:42 UTC

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@nprofile…8pl6 What I usually do is check what Debian stable has. And/or what is available in Debian oldstable via backports. Checking Ubuntu LTS honestly did not occur to me.
However this is also fixing a security issue so it's not like we have too much choice here.

2026-02-28 13:24:49 UTC

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@nprofile…8pl6 Unfortunately the ejabberd version in Ubuntu LTS is really old and contrary to Debian Ubuntu doesn't even have backports. However there is a crude work around documented here https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/issues/813

2026-02-28 09:56:03 UTC

If the latest #Conversations_im release prompted you to upgrade your #ejabberd (Sorry about that 😔), do yourself a favor: go into the Account Details, select Server Info from the overflow menu, and check if all extensions are enabled. Some need to be explicitly enabled in the configuration file.

2026-02-26 17:42:39 UTC

According to stats from F-Droid #Conversations_im is the most downloaded #UnifiedPush distributor.

2026-02-24 13:37:32 UTC

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@nprofile…fsk0 If you ban in another client (Dino, Gajim or another Conversations) Conversations will close the corresponding chats. But Conversations obviously doesn't have influence over other clients not doing the same vice versa.

2026-02-24 11:32:08 UTC

Over the years, I’ve fixed numerous security issues in #Conversations_im. Whether reported by third parties or flagged internally, all were resolved within 24 hours of discovery.
The two most severe issues were both identified during internal reviews.

2026-02-24 10:11:09 UTC

Conversations 2.19.11 fixes four security issues that have been reported to me by @nprofile…s8xx. The release has been tagged and is currently under Play Store review.
Here are the commits. I've tried to include as much detail in the commit message as possible so you can make your own impact assessment.
1) https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/86375d567b1120ee10acdd3d09f568ccabdc9c83
2) https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/c18d469be3f54361e58f7c70d3567cb1958a9f99
3) https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/f59806bca2b9e113c2d38a2379e461e2cb6d795f
4) https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/6fdd6761e7edbaddb08d91f36d8feff75b601a10
Thank you @nprofile…s8xx!

2026-02-24 10:10:54 UTC

2026-02-21 08:03:17 UTC

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@nprofile…zf2p Yes, Stalwart (https://stalw.art/) has great JMAP support.

2026-02-20 09:47:46 UTC

The best part about LHR is the Concorde parked in a corner. 😍 Where else can you frame up Concorde and an A380 in the same shot?
https://gultsch.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/102/322/673/048/709/original/67ff6d707a96aafd.jpg

2026-02-19 12:36:37 UTC

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@nprofile…9syy Matrix needs an external notification provider do get updates (usually FCM or APNS) but can use the open source alternative UnifiedPush as well. And Conversations is a one of the available UnifiedPush distributors. The notification that travel through the XMPP are invisible though.
Independently of that you can also bridge Matrix to XMPP with https://codeberg.org/slidge

2026-02-19 12:06:46 UTC

Conversations (via #UnifiedPush) is the backbone that gives #Matrix its reliable and timely notifications. An eventually consistent graph database is a nice concept, but it takes #XMPP to put the real-time into real-time communications.
#ThatsXMPP

2026-02-19 03:28:03 UTC

#Quicksy is getting an unusually high amount of registrations from Russia and the US. I wonder if these two countries have something in common.
#XMPP #Jabber

2026-02-18 14:21:49 UTC

I’m not qualified to comment on the alleged security vulnerability in #Matrix, but 'the entire Matrix community sucks because one user once disagreed with me on the Internet' is such a wild take.

2026-02-16 08:29:32 UTC

I finally got the chance to watch Evan’s (@nprofile…hl8d ) talk¹ on tags.pub from #FOSDEM.
There is no denying that the Fediverse needs something like this, but I don’t understand how tags.pub is substantially different from #FediBuzz Relay², which already exists.
¹: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WNDQUQ-tags-pub/
²: https://relay.fedi.buzz/

2026-02-14 06:09:05 UTC

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@nprofile…5hgp it's fine that the blog post doesn't mention it. It's just that I myself was wondering.
What does this mean in practice? Is it mostly admin users who can create ibr=y invites?
Is there a way to set it up in a way that my server has closed registration but every user can invite more users?
Maybe the server setup guide on @nprofile…xvvd can get a paragraph regarding possible setups.

2026-02-14 02:23:13 UTC

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@nprofile…5hgp the post seems to imply that the existence of the ibr=y parameter depends on server configuration. Can you go into more details on what specific configuration option this depends on?

2026-02-13 09:32:45 UTC

Every setting has a cost, both in terms of code complexity and the user's ability to understand how an app works. We never introduce a setting for no reason, and occasionally it's good to reevaluate the trade-offs we made.

2026-02-10 20:30:39 UTC

Nice! The #XMPP logo is now officially part of Font-Awesome. 🎉
https://fontawesome.com/icons/xmpp?f=brands&s=solid

2026-02-10 15:02:51 UTC

I’ll be in Chemnitz, Germany, for the last weekend of March at #CLT2026, talking again about #UnifiedPush.
https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2026/en/programm/beitrag/202

2026-02-10 15:01:45 UTC

I’ll be in Chemnitz, Germany, for the last weekend of March at #CTL2026, talking again about #UnifiedPush.
https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2026/en/programm/beitrag/202

2026-02-10 10:04:00 UTC

It’s been almost a decade since I wrote a blog post on the State of Mobile XMPP in 2016. Time to start working on an update.
The situation has only improved since then, and #XMPP has matured into a solid, feature-rich protocol for federated instant messaging
https://gultsch.de/posts/the-state-of-mobile-xmpp-in-2016/

2026-02-08 10:44:15 UTC

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@nprofile…ex93 I think SMTP doesn't use client certs. Meaning when one SMTP server connects to another it doesn't put it's own certificate into the connection. Maybe @nprofile…e4nr has more technical insights into this.

2026-02-07 10:24:58 UTC

Dear #Fediverse developers, please do more things cools with #ActivityPub C2S.
Just note that "Direct Messaging apps" are way more complex than you might realize and that #XMPP has solved most of the problems you might encounter.

2026-02-07 08:51:19 UTC

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@nprofile…t2lr @nprofile…amy7 No. It’s not really an implementation. It’s ~20 lines of code that I copied over from Ltt.rs.

2026-02-06 10:12:57 UTC

Unfortunately spam and abuse - like anywhere on the Internet - can be a problem in public channels on the Jabber/XMPP network.
That's why the next version of #Conversations_im is combining ban and message deletion (moderation) into one step.
Let's hope you won't need that functionality very often.
#XMPP #Jabber
https://gultsch.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/023/146/274/325/854/original/d186f263e62c4352.png

2026-02-05 14:16:00 UTC

Now that #Conversations_im is interfacing with Google Play Services via open-source code to retrieve a push token, we could potentially add Firebase Cloud Messaging as a last-resort fallback to the F-Droid build flavor as well.
I’m not sure if people want that. To some, the F-Droid version is a guarantee that Play Services won’t be used, even when installed on the device.

2026-02-05 14:12:03 UTC

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@nprofile…utjp Not at all. Instead of having the library retrieve a push token from Google Play Service I’m now doing it myself.

2026-02-05 10:05:48 UTC

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@nprofile…p36c looking at the dependency list I'm reasonable sure that both the playstore and the website/github version include the firebase-messaging library
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/blob/main/app/build.gradle.kts

2026-02-05 09:27:11 UTC

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Funny thing is, interfacing directly with Google Play Services via Android IPC (Broadcast Intents) results in roughly the same amount of code as going through the library.
Why does Google want you to use their malware-infested library? Who knows...

2026-02-05 08:56:05 UTC

The firebase-messaging library is supposed to provide developers with push notification capabilities. However, it includes many dependencies that add unwanted features like analytics and other "calling home" behaviors.
The recent vulnerability in Signal¹ reminded me to finally do something I've been planning for a while: removing that library and interfacing with Play Services directly.
https://codeberg.org/iNPUTmice/Conversations/commit/1abb22b542343642aacb4f7bd82f0bb2bc380ea4
1: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/14556

2026-02-05 08:50:29 UTC

The problem isn't Signal itself; it's that including the firebase-messaging dependency is akin to including malware, even if Play Services aren't installed on the user’s phone.
That’s why having alternatives such as #UnifiedPush is so important.

2026-02-05 08:49:10 UTC

The problem isn't Signal itself; it's that including the firebase-messaging dependency is akin to including malware, even if Play Services aren't installed on the user’s phone.

2026-02-04 09:34:46 UTC

I understand that the endless social media debates about which messaging client is best are obnoxious. That’s why we need to finally adopt a common standard so everyone can choose between Cheogram, Conversations, and Yaxim, or Dino and Gajim, without having to convince everyone else to use the same one.
#Jabber #XMPP #IETF #RFC

2026-02-03 09:26:33 UTC

Remember the guy from YouTube who taught you how to use a dishwasher? He just posted a new video that is definitely worth watching.

2026-02-02 12:11:14 UTC

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@nprofile…ph64 @nprofile…5lsr @nprofile…gsj5 @nprofile…kyv9 @nprofile…4l0q @nprofile…72r6 I don't see myself integrating any wasm plugins. But using the format from that XEP to communicate that we are using the well known OpenPGP and the well known MIME is something we could do.
No promises on whether this is something I want to ship to end users. But I'm going to tinker around with OpenPGP (And OX) anyway. And I also have some experience with MIME.

2026-02-02 10:59:46 UTC

XMPP in general and #Conversations_im in particular are used a lot by organizations and individuals that have something to hide. They have absolutely zero interest in appearing on marketing slides or blog posts. But buy #XMPP developers enough Belgian beer at FOSDEM and you'll hear the stories.

2026-02-02 09:45:30 UTC

I think the talk Simon (@nprofile…r9cm) and I gave on #UnifiedPush at #FOSDEM turned out very well. If you have 30 minutes and want to learn how push notifications in general and UnifiedPush in particular work, check out the recording.
https://gultsch.video/w/gRGZqKKvNBvvMesyWNQzoK

2026-02-02 08:06:24 UTC

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@nprofile…nepf @nprofile…5lsr @nprofile…ldm2 @nprofile…72r6 Yes, let's do Deltachidge! That might provide some opportunity to try true end-to-end encryption with client side support for the DeltaChat content format in #Conversations_im.

2026-02-01 17:52:22 UTC

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@nprofile…8hyk ich finde es auch Schwachsinn, dass alle zwei Tage jemand einen neuen Messenger erfindet. Deshalb empfehle ich die Lösung die 27 Jahre alt ist, sich aber stetig weiter entwickelt und die einzige Lösung die ein #IETF Standard ist.

2026-02-01 13:24:32 UTC

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@nprofile…4ldc @nprofile…37xe @nprofile…40mc @nprofile…2klv einfach mal den Signal Android issue tracker nach fdroid durchsuchen. Zum Beispiel hier https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/281
Gibt aber noch viele weitere.

2026-02-01 12:34:18 UTC

I'm in Belgium for #FOSDEM and the #XMPP Summit, and ever since I crossed the border on Wednesday, my roaming has been extremely spotty or non-existent. It's amazing how much XMPP instant messaging traffic I can still get through a very slow EDGE connection, whereas the Mastodon API with Tusky doesn't work at all.

2026-02-01 09:58:47 UTC

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@nprofile…4ldc @nprofile…37xe @nprofile…40mc Ob man es Big Tech nennt oder nicht ist mir egal. Was mich an Signal stört ist derene offene Verachtung gegenüber der klassischen freien Software Bewegung und Signals Weigerung zum Beispiel F-Droid oder UnifiedPush zu unterstützen. Der Chefin ~$1m im Jahr zu zahlen hat für eine angebliche non profit Organisation auch ein Gschmäckle.

2026-02-01 09:49:32 UTC

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@nprofile…4ldc Quicksy ist genauso einfach einzurichten.
Betreiben kann man Signal allerdings nicht. Der source code ist zwar theoretisch offen aber ich kenne niemanden der einen Signal Server betreibt außer Signal. Geht alles durch die USA und durch Amazon Infrastruktur.
Deshalb ist Independent Messaging so wichtig. Da kann man die Server dort betreiben wo man es möchte. Sogar im eigenen Keller auf einem Raspberry Pie.

2026-02-01 08:46:40 UTC

Heute ist #DiDay
Der Digital Independence Day ist eine tolle Initiative, deren Werte wir zu 100 % teilen. Die Empfehlung für Signal ist allerdings ein Schritt in die falsche Richtung und treibt Nutzer von einem geschlossenen System in ein anderes.
Zum Glück gibt es auch Wechselrezepte für die Independent Messaging Apps #Quicksy, #Monal und #Conversations_im, die wirkliche Souveränität bieten.
Ein Wechsel zu Quicksy ist genauso einfach wie ein Wechsel zu Signal
https://imday.de/de/
#DIDIt

2026-01-31 13:51:40 UTC

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@nprofile…pzgz https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7HJJS7-unifiedpush_-_push_notifications_decentralized_and_open_source/

2026-01-31 11:24:49 UTC

I'm at #FOSDEM. If you want to chat with me about #Conversations_im or #XMPP come by our Jabber/XMPP Realtime Lounge in AW 1.124. We also have lots of stickers and other merch!
If you want to learn about #UnifiedPush, my talk is today (Saturday) at 16:00 in the FOSS on Mobile dev room.

2026-01-29 17:35:48 UTC

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@nprofile…h6ty yes. But with additional benefits such as working channel binding.

2026-01-29 17:02:18 UTC

One of my key takeaways from IETF123 was that we should specify #XMPP over WebTransport. However, I want to reiterate that, even without QUIC, XMPP can be pretty FAST.

2026-01-28 10:33:09 UTC

I just finished the slides for our talk on UnifiedPush (@nprofile…amy7) at FOSDEM 2026! Come see Simon (@nprofile…r9cm) and me in the FOSS on Mobile devroom this Saturday at 16:00.
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7HJJS7-unifiedpush_-_push_notifications_decentralized_and_open_source/
#UnifiedPush #FOSDEM #FOSDEM26
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2026-01-26 09:56:01 UTC

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@nprofile…qd7t Yes, the 'Invite to server' triggers the "Great Invitations" aka Easy Invites. Prosody and Snikket have that and since recently ejabberd as well.
This is exactly for small, family and friends deployments that don’t have open registrations.
I’m not exactly sure how the access control looks like on ejabberd. Maybe only the admin can trigger easy invites. I guess theoretically there are also deployments possible where all users could trigger them.
@nprofile…5hgp can probably tell you more.

2026-01-26 08:57:20 UTC

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@nprofile…qd7t indeed. Thanks to @nprofile…57js for reminding me to look into this again.
https://fosstodon.org/@link2xt/115843494460805213

2026-01-25 17:01:43 UTC

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@nprofile…n7gw I develop a client for Android and I basically can't make any unilateral decisions without involving two client developers (Desktop + iOS) and/or two different server developers from the two major server implementations. And that's a good thing!

2026-01-25 17:00:00 UTC

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@nprofile…n7gw The Matrix ecosystem is primarily dominated by one VC funded company. The server that everyone uses is developed by them. The client that everyone recommends is developed by them.
There are some baby steps towards a slightly more diverse ecosystem but for now it's a toss up between whether that's going to happen and enshittification once the VCs want their money back.
XMPP on the other hand is a healthy diverse ecosystem with various stake holders.

2026-01-25 10:57:06 UTC

The only relevant feature for any instant messaging app (or social app, for that matter) is: Are my friends using it? People will gladly overlook minor inconsistencies or missing features as long as they can communicate with their friends. We shouldn’t recommend #Signal as a stepping stone before Jabber/XMPP becomes "good enough," if goodness is defined by the number of people using it.
#Jabber #XMPP #Conversations_im

2026-01-24 20:31:30 UTC

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@nprofile…4ucq Wenn von einem ETF in einen quasi equivalenten, aber europäischen ETF umgeschichtet wird werden die Gewinne ja effektiv nicht realisiert.

2026-01-24 18:36:13 UTC

Mir steuerneutral zu ermöglichen, meine Altersvorsorge vom Vanguard FTSE All World in einen Amundi All Country World umzuschichten, wäre im Sinne von #BuyFromEU auch mal eine gute Maßnahme. Aber mit BlackRock-Merz und der 'Die Rente ist sicher'-SPD wahrscheinlich nicht zu machen.

2026-01-24 12:47:39 UTC

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@nprofile…jer7 Das Behörden gelegentlich meine Anschrift brauchen kann ich ja nachvollziehen. Aber das kann man auch nicht öffentlich lösen. Bei der BNetzA bin ich als Telco ja zB sowieso gemeldet.

2026-01-24 12:44:36 UTC

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@nprofile…jer7 Privatadresse. Anbieter für wirklich ladungsfähige Anschriften sind wirklich sehr teuer (~100 Euro im Monat).
Bei der Impressumspflicht muss der Gesetzgeber dringend nachbessern. Für Einzelunternehmer im Homeoffice ist das komplett unverhältnismäßig.
Auf der anderen Seite bringt mir das als Verbraucher auch überhaupt nichts zu wissen, dass Meta in 1 Mark Zuckerberg Drive, San Francisco, California seinen Sitz hat. Verklagen kann ich die trotzdem nicht.

2026-01-19 07:13:45 UTC

Wir unterschätzen schnell, wie Social-Media-abhängig die Generation unserer Eltern teilweise ist. Sucht ist die einfachste Erklärung dafür, dass Friedrich Merz und die Hauptstadtpresse immer noch auf Twitter sind.