Movim
The most recommended of 3 XMPP clients
Free, self-hostable XMPP client praised for group calls and web use. One critic notes that pictures sent in chat are not encrypted.
Free, self-hostable XMPP client praised for group calls and web use. One critic notes that pictures sent in chat are not encrypted.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: 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
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Group calls and screensharing in chats
“I think movim has GIF picker and screensharing features. It even does multiparty video calls”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server” “The Movim client has been wonderful too allowing users to have calls/sharing from chatrooms”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server” “decentralized XMPP server with a client that support group calls”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years” Federated, self-hostable Discord alternative
“the NLNet funding is really giving a boost to Movim as a reasonable alternative to Discord that is self-hostable & federated”
Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Verifying your Matrix devices is becoming mandatory” “decentralized XMPP server with a client that support group calls”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years” “You might as well just run something like Movim”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Be Wary of Bluesky” Works in browser and as PWA
“I'm particularly impressed by movim (web)”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “The disguised return of EU Chat Control” “you could use movim as a PWA”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Discord Alternatives, Ranked” Full-featured and reliable client
“I think movim has GIF picker and screensharing features. It even does multiparty video calls”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server” “the most full featured and reliable client turned out to be movim”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Running My Own XMPP Server”
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
10 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You might as well just run something like Movim”
“the XMPP ecosystem is getting exciting again”
“the most full featured and reliable client turned out to be movim”
“I think movim has GIF picker and screensharing features. It even does multiparty video calls”
“The Movim client has been wonderful too allowing users to have calls/sharing from chatrooms”
“movim doesn't encrypt sent pictures in chat at all”
“you could use movim as a PWA”
“decentralized XMPP server with a client that support group calls”
“the NLNet funding is really giving a boost to Movim as a reasonable alternative to Discord that is self-hostable & federated”
“I'm particularly impressed by movim (web)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.