# Movim

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Movim and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, self-hostable XMPP client praised for group calls and web use. One critic notes that pictures sent in chat are not encrypted.

## Why people recommend it

- Group calls and screensharing in chats (3 comments): "I think movim has GIF picker and screensharing features. It even does multiparty video calls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036560)) "The Movim client has been wonderful too allowing users to have calls/sharing from chatrooms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036468)) "decentralized XMPP server with a client that support group calls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108552))
- Federated, self-hostable Discord alternative (3 comments): "the NLNet funding is really giving a boost to Movim as a reasonable alternative to Discord that is self-hostable & federated" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45989837)) "decentralized XMPP server with a client that support group calls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46108552)) "You might as well just run something like Movim" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47100362))
- Works in browser and as PWA (2 comments): "I'm particularly impressed by movim (web)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928927)) "you could use movim as a PWA" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957559))
- Full-featured and reliable client (2 comments): "I think movim has GIF picker and screensharing features. It even does multiparty video calls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036560)) "the most full featured and reliable client turned out to be movim" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47036980))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Monal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/monal.md): 6 recommend
- [Gajim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gajim.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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