# Dino XMPP client

21 Hacker News commenters recommended Dino XMPP client and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free XMPP chat client people find a better experience than alternatives, with broad protocol support. Limited feature set is the main caveat, including no automatic attachment compression.

## Why people recommend it

- Broad XEP and modern feature support (2 comments): "These two clients support all the "modern" features that whatsapp does" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880068)) "due to its broad support of XEPs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083822))
- Works well for daily use (2 comments): "Dino is a better experience, for the limited feature set that it supports" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46960641)) "it's been working pretty well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035959))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Facebook Messenger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/facebook-messenger.md): 36 recommend
- [Pidgin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pidgin.md): 30 recommend
- [Beeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beeper.md): 29 recommend
- [Element X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/element-x.md): 18 recommend
- [Teams for Linux](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unofficial-microsoft-teams-client-for-linux.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Dino XMPP client", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dino/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).