ProcessOne: Fluux multiple Subscriptions/Services
Fluux is our ejabberd Business Edition cloud service. With a subscription, we deploy, manage, update and scale an instance of our most scalable messaging server. Up to now, if you wanted to deploy several services, you had to create another account with a different email. Starting today, you can manage and pay for different servers from a single Fluux account.
Here is how to use that feature. On Fluux dashboard main page after the list of your se … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: XMPP Summit #27 and FOSDEM 2025
The XMPP Standards Foundation’s yearly Summit will be held on January 30 and 31st, in Brussels. The Summit is an annual two-day gathering where we discuss XMPP protocol development topics. It is a place for XMPP developers to meet each other, and make progress on current issues within the protocol and ecosystem.
Immediately following the Summit is FOSDEM. FOSDEM is a free e … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: BEAM – Erlang’s Virtual Machine
Welcome to the first chapter of the “Elixir, 7 Steps to Start Your Journey” series. In my previous post, I discussed my journey with the programming language.
In this chapter, we will discuss the Erlang Virtual Machine, the BEAM.
To understand why the Elixir programming language is so powerful and reliable, we must understand its foundations, which means talking about Erlang.
Elixir runs on the Erlang Virtual Machine and inherits many o … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: test
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Erlang Solutions: Erlang’s virtual machine, the BEAM
Welcome to the first chapter of the “Elixir, 7 Steps to Start Your Journey” series. In my previous post, I discussed my journey with the programming language.
In this chapter, we will discuss the Erlang Virtual Machine, the BEAM.
To understand why the Elixir programming language is so powerful and reliable, we must understand its foundations, which means talking about Erlang.
Elixir runs on the Erlang Virtual Machine and inherits … ⌘ Read more
Mathieu Pasquet: slixmpp v1.8.6 - Codename ICE 2926
A bit less than a year since the latest version, there has been around
45 commits to include in this new release.
Added initial support for:
- XEP-0264 (Jingle Content Thumbnails)
- XEP-0317 (Hats)
- XEP-0469 (Bookmarks pinning)
- XEP-0490 (Message Display Synchronization)
Erlang Solutions: Erlang’s virtual machine, the BEAM
Welcome to the first chapter of the “Elixir, 7 Steps to Start Your Journey” series. In my previous post, I discussed my personal journey with the programming language.
In this chapter, we will discuss the Erlang Virtual Machine, the BEAM.
To understand why the Elixir programming language is so powerful and reliable, we must understand its foundations, which means talking about Erlang.
Elixir runs on the Erlang Virtual Machine and … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter December 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of December 2024.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help thes … ⌘ Read more
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!
We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.
A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 24.12
Here comes ejabberd 24.12, including a few improvements and bug fixes. This release comes a month and half after 24.10, with around 60 commits to the core repository alongside a few updates in dependencies.
Release Highlights:
- XEP-0484: Fast Authentication Streamlining Tokens: Reduce the time it takes for authentication. This helps with a faster start for cl … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: JMP at SeaGL, Cheogram now on Amazon
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free a … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: Year in Review, Google Play Update
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as … ⌘ Read more
Kaidan: Kaidan 0.10.1: Media Sharing and New Message Marker Fixes
This release fixes some bugs.
Have a look at the changelog for more details.
Bugfixes:
- Fix displaying files of each message in appropriate message bubble (melvo)
- Fix sending fallback messages for clients not supporting XEP-0447: Stateless file sharing (melvo)
- Fix margins within message bubbles (melvo)
- Fix hiding hidden message part (melvo)
- Fix displaying marker for new messages (melvo)
Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Erik Schön
In our final “Meet the Team” of 2024, we’d like to introduce you to Erik Schön, Managing Director at Erlang Solutions.
Erik shares his journey with Erlang, Elixir, and the BEAM ecosystem, from his work at Ericsson to joining Erlang Solutions in 2019. He also reflects on a key professional highlight in 2024 and looks ahead to his goals for 2025. Erik also reveals his festive traditions, including a Swedish-Japanese twist.
Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Joanna Wrona
In this edition of our “Meet the Team” series, we’d like to introduce you to Joanna Wrona, Business Unit Leader for the Kraków office at Erlang Solutions.
She discusses her role at ESL and her passion for empowering her team. She also gives us a glimpse into life in beautiful Kraków and what makes her journey so fulfilling.
About Joanna**What is yo … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter November 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of November 2024.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help thes … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Advent of Code 2024
Welcome to Advent of Code 2024!Like every year, I start the challenge with the best attitude and love of being an Elixir programmer. Although I know that at some point, I will go to the “what is this? I hate it” phase, unlike other years, this time, I am committed to finishing Advent of Code and, more importantly, sharing it with you.
I hope you enjoy this series of December posts, where we will discuss the approach for each exercise. … ⌘ Read more
Madhur Garg: Jaipur
The perfect 3 days Jaipur itinerary -
Day 1: Panoramic Views and a Grand Evening Morning: Nahargarh Fort: Begin with stunning views of Jaipur city. Explore the fort’s intricate architecture and serene ambiance. Gaitor Ki Chhatriyan: Visit these beautiful royal cenotaphs for a glimpse into Jaipur’s regal history. Afternoon: Stop by Jal Mahal: Take 10-20 minutes to… ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Optimising for Concurrency: Comparing and contrasting the BEAM and JVM virtual machines
The success of any programming language in theErlang ecosystem can be apportioned into three tightly coupled components. They are the semantics of the Erlang programming language, (on top of which other languages are implemented), the OTP libraries and middleware (used to architect scalable and resilient concurrent systems) and **t … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Florian, Dan and Dave Elected in the XSF!
In an annual vote, not one, not two, but three Ignite Realtime community members have been selected into leadership positions of the XMPP Standards Foundation!
The XMPP Standards Foundation is an independent, nonprofit standards development organisation whose [primary mission is to define open protocols](https://xmpp.org … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: MongooseIM 6.3 - Monitor with Prometheus, scale up with CockroachDB
MongooseIM is a scalable, efficient, high-performance instant messaging server. At Erlang Solutions, we believe that it is essential to use the right tool for the job, and this is why the server implements the proven, open, and extensible XMPP protocol, which was designed for instant messaging from the beginnning. Thanks … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: MongooseIM 6.3: Prometheus, CockroachDB and more
MongooseIM is a scalable, efficient, high-performance instant messaging server using the proven, open, and extensible XMPP protocol. With each new version, we introduce new features and improvements. For example, version 6.2.0 introduced our new CETS in-memory storage, making setup and autoscaling in cloud environments easier than before (see the blog post for … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Docker: set up ejabberd and keep it updated automagically with Watchtower
This blog post will guide you through the process of setting up an ejabberd Community Server using Docker and Docker Compose, and will also introduce Watchtower for automatic updates. This approach ensures that your configuration remains secure and up to date.
Furthermore, we will examine the potential risks associated with automatic updates and suggest Diun as an alternative tool for notification-based up … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Thoughts on Improving Messaging Protocols — Part 2, Matrix
In the first part of this blog post, I explained how the Matrix protocol works, contrasted its design philosophy with XMPP, and discussed why these differences lead to … ⌘ Read more
Prosodical Thoughts: New server, new sponsor
It shouldn’t surprise you, but here we have an obsession for self-hosting. We
fought off many requests to migrate our hosting to Github (even before it was
cool to hate Github - Prosody and Github were both founded in the same year!).
As a result, we self-host our XMPP service (of course), our website, our code
repos, our issue tracker, package repository and our CI and build system.
This is not always easy - our project has always been a rather informal
collaboration of in … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.9.1 release
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.9.1 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!
4.9.1 is a bugfix and maintenance release. Among its most important fixes is one for a memory leak that affected all recent versions of Openfire (but was likely noticeable on … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: JMP at SeaGL, Cheogram now on Amazon
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Why you should consider machine learning for business
Adopting machine learning for business is necessary for companies that want to sharpen their competitive industries. With the global market for machine learning projected to reach an impressive [$210 billion by 2030](https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2023/03/01/2618668/0/en/Machine-Learning-ML-Market-Is-Expected-To-Reach-around-USD-209-91-Billion-by-2030-Grow-at-a-CAGR-Of-38-8-during-Forec … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 24.10
We’re excited to announce ejabberd 24.10, a major release packed with substantial improvements and support for important extensions specified by the XMPP Standard Foundation (XSF). This release represents three months of focused development, bringing around 100 commits to the core repository alongside key updates in dependencies. The improvements span enhanced security, streamlined connectivity, and new … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Implementing Phoenix LiveView: From Concept to Production
When I began working with Phoenix LiveView, the project evolved from a simple backend service into a powerful, UI-driven customer service tool. A basic Phoenix app for storing user data quickly became a core part of our client’s workflow.
In this post, I’ll take you through a project that grew from its original purpose- from a service fo … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ProcessOne Unveils New Website
We’re excited to announce the relaunch of our website, designed to better showcase our expertise in large-scale messaging solutions, highlighting our full spectrum of supported protocols—from XMPP to MQTT and Matrix. This reflects our core strength: delivering reliable messaging at scale.
The last major redesign was back in October 2017, so this update was long overdue. As we say farewell to the old design, here’s a screenshot of the previous version to commemorate … ⌘ Read more
Jabber.org Notices: Server Migration
On October 19th, we completed a migration of the service to a brand new server. Everything looks solid, but if you experience problems feel free to contact the administrator. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Client Case Studies with Erlang Solutions
At Erlang Solutions, we’ve worked with diverse clients, solving business challenges and delivering impactful results. We would like to share just some of our top client case studies in this latest post with you.
Get a glimpse into how our leading technologies—Erlang, Elixir, MongooseIM, and more—combined with our expert team, have transformed the outcomes for major industry players.
**Transforming streaming with zero dow … ⌘ Read moreIgnite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.5.0-beta5 released
The Ignite Realtime developer community is happy to announce that Smack 4.5 entered its beta phase. Smack is a XMPP client API written in Java that is able to run on Java SE and Android. Smack’s beta phase started already a few weeks ago, but 4.5.0-beta5 is considered to be a good candidate to announce, as many smaller issues have been ironed out.
With Smack 4.5 we bumped the minimum Java version to 11. Furthermore Smack now requires a minimum And … ⌘ Read more
Sam Whited: Coffeeneuring 2024
Every year in October I participate in Love To Ride’s (psst, sign up using
that link so I can get some extra points when you do your first bike ride!)
Biketober competition.
The TL;DR is that for every day that you go for a ride, for every mile that you
ride, and for every new rider that you invite you get points for your team.
At the end of the month winners are announced and there are some fun prizes.
It’s not about bi … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Why Open Source Technologies is a Smart Choice for Fintech Businesses
Traditionally, the fintech industry relied on proprietary software, with usage and distribution restricted by paid licences. Fintech open-source technologies were distrusted due to security concerns over visible code in complex systems.
But fast-forward to today and financial institutions, including neobanks like Revolut and Monzo, have embraced open source solutions. … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
We’re excited to announce the latest enhancement to Fluux.io services – the integration of WebPush support. This significant update extends our services beyond
FCM/APNs, enabling push notifications for XMPP across various platforms. Now, our push notification capabilities are not li … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter September 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of September 2024.
If you are interested in joining the XMPP Standards Foundation as a member, please apply until November 24th, 2024!.
The [XMPP Standards F … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Why do systems fail? Tandem NonStop system and fault tolerance
If you’re an Elixir, Gleam, or Erlang developer, you’ve probably heard about the capabilities of the BEAM virtual machine, such as concurrency, distribution, and fault tolerance. Fault tolerance was one of the biggest concerns of Tandem Computers. They created their Tandem Non-Stop architecture for high availability in their systems, which included ATMs and mainframes.
In this post, I’ll … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: XMPP: The Protocol for Open, Extensible Instant Messaging
Introduction to XMPPXMPP, the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, is an Instant Messaging (IM) standard of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - the same organization that standardized Email (POP/IMAP/SMTP) and the World Wide Web (HTTP) protocols. XMPP evolved out of the early XML streaming technology developed by the XMPP Open Source community and is now the leading pro … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Matrix and XMPP: Thoughts on Improving Messaging Protocols – Part 1
For over two decades, ProcessOne has been developing large-scale messaging platforms, powering some of the largest services in the world. Our mission is to build the best messaging back-ends imaginable–an exciting yet complex challenge.
We began with XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), but the need for interoperability and support for a variety of use cases led us to implemen … ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Gajim 1.9.5
This release comes with many improvements for Gajim’s Microsoft Store version. Translations are now available for all distributions again. Thank you for all your contributions!
Gajim now detects if you installed it from the Microsoft Store. This allows Gajim to delegate updates to the Store rather than handling updates by itself. Detecting the install method also allowed us to apply a fix which prevented native notifications to work in Windows. Last but not least, viewing r … ⌘ Read more
JMP: CertWatch
As you may have already seen, on October 21st, it was reported that a long-running, successful MITM (Machine-In-The-Middle) attack against jabber.ru had been detected. The nature of this attack was not specific to the XMPP protocol in any way, but it was of special interest to us as members of the XMPP community. This kind of attack relies on being able to present a TLS certificate which anyone trying to connect will accept as valid. In this case, it was done b … ⌘ Read more
JMP: SMS Censorship
Since almost the very beginning of JMP there have been occasional SMS and MMS delivery failures with an error message like “Rejected for SPAM”. By itself this is not too surprising, since every communications system has a SPAM problem and every SPAM blocking technique has some false positives. Over the past few years, however, the incidence of this error has gone up and up. But whenever we investigate, we find no SPAM being sent, just regular humans having regular conversations. So what is happening here? Are … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Mobile-friendly Gateway to any SIP Provider
We have for a long time supported the public Cheogram SIP instance, which allows easy interaction between the federated Jabber network and the federated SIP network. When it comes to connecting to the phone network via a SIP provider, however, very few of these providers choose to interact with the federated SIP network at all. It has always been possible to work around this with a self-hosted PBX, b … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: SMS Routes, RCS, and more!
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: eSIM Adapter (and Google Play Fun)
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as i … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Erlang Concurrency: Evolving for Performance
Some languages are born performant, and later on tackle concurrency. Others are born concurrently and later build on performance. C or Rust system’s programming are examples of the former, Erlang’s Concurrency is an example of the latter.
A mistake in concurrency can essentially let all hell loose, incurring incredibly hard-to-track bugs and even security vulnerabilities, and a mistake in performance can leave a product tr … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Elixir, 7 steps to start your journey
Welcome to the series “Elixir, 7 Steps to Start Your Journey”, dedicated to those who want to learn more about this programming language and its advantages.
If you still don’t have much experience in the world of programming, Elixir can be a great option to get started in functional programming, and if you have already experimented with other programming languages, not only will it be easier for you, but I am sure that you will find … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.9.0 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.9.0 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!
As compared to the previous non-patch release, this one is a bit smaller. This mostly is a maintenance release, and includes some preparations (deprecations, mainly) for a f … ⌘ Read more