Monal — XMPP Chat
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| Rating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22%139 | 3.71 | |
| Germany | 18%110 | 4.01 | |
| Russia | 13%78 | 3.91 | |
| Canada | 4%27 | 3.78 | |
| United Kingdom | 3%21 | 3.57 | |
| Spain | 3%17 | 3.76 | |
| Italy | 2%14 | 4.21 | |
| India | 2%11 | 4.45 | |
| Austria | 2%10 | 4.30 | |
| France | 2%10 | 4.40 | |
| Poland | 1%9 | 3.78 | |
| Switzerland | 1%8 | 4.13 | |
| Sweden | 1%8 | 4.50 | |
| Australia | 1%7 | 4.00 | |
| Indonesia | 1%7 | 4.43 |
Description
There has never been a better time to get into XMPP, a free public chat network no one controls or owns. Monal is a fast and user friendly way to use XMPP. Just download the app, login or register and you are ready to chat in minutes. It looks and works the way other apps do, so there is no need to “learn XMPP” or even care what it is.
Notable features:
Open Source
No Ads! Strong focus on privacy. Does not phone home and does not have software "metrics"
Does not read any personal information
With a direct connection to your server, your password and all other info are never sent to a third-party
OMEMO encrypted chat
Will work with corporate XMPP servers that require VPN
Multi user chat (MUC) support for group chats
Audio/Video calls
Implements certain XMPP extensions intended to improve mobile communication:
XEP-0357: Push Notifications
XEP-0280: Message Carbons keep messages in synch between clients
XEP-0198: Stream Management to quickly reconnect
XEP-0199: XMPP Ping to maintain connections
XEP-0313: Message Archive Management to download chat history
XEP-0352: Client State Indication for dramatic reduction on power use
XEP-0363: HTTP File Upload to send images in conversations