XMPP server hands-on comparison: ejabberd vs. Prosody


Having been involved in testing an open-source XMPP web client (JSXC) against ejabberd and Prosody, I have noticed the following differences that I would like to share, to make it easier for you to decide. Please note that I have done more with ejabberd, so there will naturally be more nitpicking there, but also more praise.

ejabberd

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Cons

Prosody

Pros

Cons

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Are you aware of additional differences? (An earlier version of this post also appeared on StackExchange, so there might be additional comments.)

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One response to “XMPP server hands-on comparison: ejabberd vs. Prosody”

  1. Excellent summary!
    This post seems like a good place to keep information up-to-date. For example I’ll be selecting one of these two servers for my personal XMPP server and was wondering what are the differences.
    ejabberd claims to support ACME (Let’s Encrypt) in future versions ( source: https://blog.process-one.net/ejabberd-17-06/ ) so it’ll be a strong point for them.

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