Snikket

Is Snikket actively maintained?

Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 36 commits, of which 6 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 2 commits a month.

Activity is cooling: commits are down 67% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.

No tagged releases are published, so there is no stable version to pin to — you would deploy from the default branch or a container image built from it.

Snikket ranks #5 of 6 tracked communication - xmpp - servers projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.

What Snikket actually does

Snikket provides a complete, containerised XMPP communication platform packaged with a web administration interface and client applications. It allows you to host your own federated messaging infrastructure using container orchestration. The service bundles server and client tooling into a unified deployment to simplify administration.

Best fit: Administrators who want to set up an independent, self-hosted XMPP communication service without configuring every component individually.

Worth knowing: The repository currently has no tagged releases and a low computed maintenance score, indicating potential risks regarding long-term updates and stability.

Deployment notes

Because the service runs via Docker, you will typically need persistent volumes for data storage and a reverse proxy to handle external TLS termination.

Links

• Official website
• Source code