Draft:Monal (software)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monal is an XMPP client software, available on iPhone and MacOS..[1]

It's one of the rare XMPP client on iPhone, with Snikket and Siskin, to support both OMEMO encryption and voice/videoconference via Jingle protocols.[2]

In 2024, it was retired by Apple from the Chinese AppStore, from a government request, as well as WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram.[3]

History :[edit]

Monal is a fork of the SwordIM XMPP client, in 2002[4]. It's development has started again almost twenty years later, to adapt it better to Apple devices.[5]

Features :[edit]

Financing :[edit]

Monal is partly financed by NGI "NextGen Internet", a netherlands funds whom encourages to an opened and freed internet, using European Union funds[7]

Compatible systems:[edit]

Macos

iPhone[8]

References :[edit]

  1. ^ "XMPP". xmpp.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  2. ^ "NLnet; Monal IM". nlnet.nl. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  3. ^ Molitor, Thilo (2024-03-31). "iOS app banned from chinese appstore". monal-im.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  4. ^ "Monal" (PDF).
  5. ^ Monal. "About". monal-im.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  6. ^ Monal (2022-03-12). "Install". monal-im.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  7. ^ "NLnet; Monal IM". nlnet.nl. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  8. ^ "XMPP". xmpp.org. Retrieved 2024-04-27.