ejabberd
ejabberd is an open-source, self-hosted app in the IRC & XMPP category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in Erlang. It ships a Docker image. It has 6,749 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 6,749
- Forks
- 1,552
- Open issues
- 206
- Commits, last 12 months
- 644
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- 26.09Sep 30, 2026
- Created
- Feb 8, 2010
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 644 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 644 |
| Latest release | 26.09 (Sep 30, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 |
| Releases, all time | 21 |
| Open issues | 206 |
| Open pull requests | 20 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 8, 2010 |
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About ejabberd
XMPP instant messaging server.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/processone/ejabberd.
Topics
- erlang
- xmpp
- jabber
- chat
- messaging
- sip
- voip
- iot
- pubsub
- groupchat
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Is ejabberd free and open source?
Yes. ejabberd is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run ejabberd with Docker?
Yes. ejabberd provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to ejabberd?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to ejabberd include The Lounge, Weechat and Ergo.
Is ejabberd actively maintained?
The most recent commit to ejabberd was on Oct 23, 2026 with 644 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 26.09, published Sep 30, 2026. It had 206 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.