Gajim
Ranked 3 of 3 XMPP clients by recommenders
Recommended as the best non-mobile XMPP client, and it works on Windows. Critics report slowness, unresponsiveness and no audio or video calls.
Recommended as the best non-mobile XMPP client, and it works on Windows. Critics report slowness, unresponsiveness and no audio or video calls.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 45%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Best non-mobile XMPP client
“gajim/conversations (which afaik are the best modern Windows/Android clients”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server” “I personally use Conversations on the go and Gajim otherwise.”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence” “Gajim works on Windows and is the best non-mobile client.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked” Works on Windows
“gajim/conversations (which afaik are the best modern Windows/Android clients”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server” “Gajim works on Windows and is the best non-mobile client.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow and unresponsive at times
“bugs and slowness of the GTK-based clients”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked” “Miranda NG, Psi, Gajim, and Pidgin all tend to become unresponsive”
Comment from 25 Aug 2026 in “Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence” No audio or video calls
“I wish I had the time to work on getting A/V calls back in gajim”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked” “Gajim doesn't support the defacto standard calls extension”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked”
Other XMPP clients people recommend
The two most recommended other XMPP clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 3 XMPP clients, rankedWhat people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Miranda NG, Psi, Gajim, and Pidgin all tend to become unresponsive”
“I personally use Conversations on the go and Gajim otherwise.”
“Gajim works but Pidgin doesn't even show”
“which is more banquet-style and serves to follow along fast-paced large rooms”
“most clients use an outdated and insecure implementation of OMEMO”
“gajim is Python (nothing more needs to be said)”
“gajim/conversations (which afaik are the best modern Windows/Android clients”
“Gajim seems to have had big updates lately”
“Gajim doesn't support the defacto standard calls extension”
“I enjoy irssi much more than Gajim, Dino, or Conversations.”
“bugs and slowness of the GTK-based clients”
“Gajim works on Windows and is the best non-mobile client.”
“I wish I had the time to work on getting A/V calls back in gajim”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.