Snikket vs Tigase

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.

Tigase scores 43 against Snikket's 28, putting it ahead on the strength of more recent releases and a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — Snikket may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Snikket	Tigase
Health score	28/100	43/100
Commits (11 mo)	36	39
Commits (last 3 mo)	6	7
Stars	451	359
Latest release	none tagged	22 Jul 2026
Licence	Apache-2.0	GPL-3.0
Built with	Docker	Java
Typical RAM	1 GB	2 GB

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

Tigase

XMPP server implementation in Java.

43/100

Slowing

Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.

Maintenance 7/40

Releases 25/25

Community 4/20

Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 16% of tracked projects; popularity more than 18%. 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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