Openfire vs Snikket

Both are self-hosted communication - xmpp - servers projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Openfire scores 80 against Snikket's 28, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — Snikket may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Openfire	Snikket
Health score	80/100	28/100
Commits (11 mo)	918	36
Commits (last 3 mo)	356	6
Stars	3.1k	451
Latest release	17 Aug 2026	none tagged
Licence	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Built with	Java	Docker
Typical RAM	2 GB	1 GB

Openfire

Real time collaboration (RTC) server.

80/100

Healthy

Actively maintained with regular releases.

Maintenance 31/40

Releases 25/25

Community 12/20

Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 78% of tracked projects; popularity more than 58%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Snikket

All-in-one Dockerized easy XMPP solution, including web admin and clients.

28/100

At risk

Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.

Maintenance 6/40

Releases 13/25

Community 4/20

Momentum 4/15

Commit activity more than 16% of tracked projects; popularity more than 22%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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