MongooseIM
MongooseIM 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 1,758 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 15, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,758
- Forks
- 443
- Open issues
- 16
- Commits, last 12 months
- 997
- Last commit
- Oct 15, 2026
- Latest release
- 6.10.0Oct 15, 2026
- Created
- Sep 9, 2011
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 15, 2026, 997 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 15, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 997 |
| Latest release | 6.10.0 (Oct 15, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 |
| Releases, all time | 54 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Open pull requests | 17 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Sep 9, 2011 |
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About MongooseIM
Mobile messaging platform with a focus on performance and scalability.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/esl/MongooseIM.
Topics
- mongooseim
- erlang
- xmpp
- jabber
- messaging
- chat
- hacktoberfest
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Is MongooseIM free and open source?
Yes. MongooseIM 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 MongooseIM with Docker?
Yes. MongooseIM 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 MongooseIM?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to MongooseIM include ejabberd, The Lounge and Weechat.
Is MongooseIM actively maintained?
The most recent commit to MongooseIM was on Oct 15, 2026 with 997 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 6.10.0, published Oct 15, 2026. It had 16 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.