Xabber

Introducing Xabber

open-source XMPP client for Android

Xabber is the most popular open-source XMPP client for Android. It supports multiple XEPs, Off-The-Record (OTR) chat encryption and is available in multiple languages.

Xabber is built around open source standards, interoperability, design and user experience.

Xabber for Android is available to Google Play and F-Droid

Communication Features

Xabber is standards compliant and secure, supporting a vast number of XMPP extensions and services.

Pre-configured services

Many popular services support XMPP. Their settings are pre-configured in Xabber.

Android contacts integration

Each configured XMPP account may be integrated into Android system contacts.

Compatibility

Xabber is compatible with all standard XMPP servers. Ejabberd, Prosody, Operfire, etc.

Multiple accounts

Xabber supports unlimited amount of XMPP accounts.

Multi user chat

Exchange messages in the context of a room or channel, similar to Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

OTR encryption

Xabber is secure. You may choose to encrypt your conversations. Say ‘no’ to David Cameron and his NSA/FBI/CIA/FSB friends!

Superior design & usability

Xabber is one of the most advanced clients in a world, yet superbly designed and highly customizable to suit any user.

Notify on key phrases

Individual sound for key phrases matching text, jabber ID part, part of contact group. Yes, regular expressions are supported.

Rich notification settings

You may set individual notifications for each account, group and contact.

Rich visibility settings

Xabber is one of a few clients that allows different visibility settings for each account, groud and contact.

Customizable roster display

There are tons of options to customize contact list appearance according to your preferences.

Quick chat switching

Swipe sideways to quickly switch between active conversations.

Clever color codes

Xabber is relies on color codes and accents to help users manage many connected accounts.

Xabber is XMPP client, where XMPP stands for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol.
If you don't know what it is, please visit XMPP Standards Foundation website.

Other notable features

Besides standout features listed above, Xabber has a number of features that are aimed to provide a best possible user experience on mobile device:

Chat history
Export history to SD card
Emoticons
Inline hyperlink support (web pages, YouTube, e-mail, phone numbers, XMPP Uri)
Avatars
View contact's information (vCard)
Grouping contacts by groups and/or accounts
Contact search
Full Unicode support, chat in any language
Portrait and landscape views
Stream compression (not all servers supported for now)
Resources/priorities
TLS support
Legacy SSL support
SASL support
Check for the server certificate
SRV record and DNS round robin support
Client software icons in contact list (Adium, Empathy, Gajim, Gtalk, iChat, Miranda, Pidgin, Psi, QIP, Xabber, Xabber VIP)
Typing notification support
Message delivery receipts
Shortcut to a chat on home screen

Supported protocols

Xabber supports many extensions to XMPP protocol:

RFC-3920: Core
RFC-3921: Instant Messaging and Presence
XEP-0030: Service Discovery
XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat (incomplete implementation)
XEP-0054: vcard-temp
XEP-0078: Non-SASL Authentication
XEP-0085: Chat State Notifications
XEP-0091: Legacy Delayed Delivery

XEP-0115: Entity Capabilities
XEP-0128: Service Discovery Extensions
XEP-0138: Stream Compression
XEP-0147: XMPP URI Scheme Query Components
XEP-0153: vCard-Based Avatars
XEP-0184: Message Delivery Receipts
XEP-0199: XMPP Ping
XEP-0203: Delayed Delivery

About Developers

Xabber was originally developed by Redsolution, Inc. — an international software and services company based in Russia and United States. Xabber was licensed under GNU/GPL v.3 license early in 2013. Since then, a number of individuals joined Xabber as developers, testers and translators.

Our goal is to create a stable, reliable and user friendly ecosystem for instant messaging that does not rely on proprietary services. We welcome anyone who believes in open standards and free information interchange to take part in moving Xabber forward.

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