A person called manu from the XMPP community had the idea to create a Codeberg page to list public regional XMPP channels (group chats).
I now created an overlay for Openstreetmap to make it a bit more accessible and to improve the user experience. You can go to the map by clicking the map picture in this blog entry.
If you know more public regional group chats which are missing on the map, do not hesitate to report them in this channel: mapofchannels@chat.
You received a Snikket invitation and want to get started using an Android device? You are at the right place. Let’s get started. This tutorial is written as a short story which you can translate to your personal use case.
Background Story Mary, Robert and Kim are cycling enthusiasts. They want to communicate with each other using their smartphones. Mary suggests to use Snikket to communcate with each other. Kim and Robert do not know Snikket but they are always motivated to try something new.
You received a Snikket invitation and want to get started using an iOS (iPhone, iPad) device? You are at the right place. Let’s get started. This tutorial is written as a short story which you can translate to your personal use case.
Background Story Mary, Robert and Kim are cycling enthusiasts. They want to communicate with each other using their smartphones. Mary suggests to use Snikket to communcate with each other.
Monal is a good choice if you want to use an XMPP account on your iPhone or iPad. You can get Monal from the App Store (external).
Monal has some nice feature:
encrypted chats encrypted groupchats encrypted audio- and videocalls (starting with version 6.1) sending and receiving files/pictures recording and sending/receiving voice messages Sending your geolocation creation/configuration of groupchats (starting with version 6.2) Registering an XMPP account At first you should register an XMPP address (if you do not already have one).
Preamble: In this article, I describe the installation and configuration of Siskin IM. I wrote it in June 2021. Since then, new Siskin IM versions were released. Today, some steps of this tutorial might differ. I will update this article soon.
Update 2022-10-02: Trashserver.net has been removed from the list of providers. Siskin IM is a good choice if you want to use an XMPP account on your iPhone or iPad.
