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 **XMPP** (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is a set of open technologies for **instant messaging** (IM), multi-party chat, voice and video calls, collaboration and content syndication. In short, it is an **open**, **free** and **decentralized** messaging service. Today it is probably best compared to the **Matrix** messaging protocol, although there are some significant technical differences (XMPP is extensible and lightweight on server resources, whereas Matrix is monolithic and heavy, just to name some of the differences).
-XMPP was originally developed in the Jabber open-source community to provide an open, decentralized alternative to the closed instant messaging services at that time. It has a long history, but that does not mean that it's outdated. It is being used massively all around the world (WhatsApp messenger is one of the many examples, although WA uses a modified and closed-source version of XMPP not available to the public).
+XMPP was originally developed in the Jabber open-source community to provide an open, decentralized alternative to the closed instant messaging services at that time. It has a long history, but that does not mean that it's outdated, it is under constant development (extensions being created, updated or closed) and offers modern, secure ways of communication (**end-to-end encryption** via OMEMO or PGP). It is being used all around the world (WhatsApp messenger is one of the many examples, although WA uses a modified and closed-source version of XMPP not available to the public).
 I am a big fan of XMPP for many reasons. If you don't want to use XMPP then I would suggest using Matrix. These are currently the only truly free major messaging services available. Everything else is centralized, evil and/or proprietary.
-To get started choose one of the many providers (most of them are free of charge), open an account, download a client or use a web client and that's it.
+===== Quick start =====
-===== Links =====
+To get started choose one of the many [[https://providers.xmpp.net/|providers]] (most of them are free of charge), open an account (you don't even have to enter your e-mail address, it's usually only used for password recovery), download a client or use a web client. On AndroidOS I recommend [[https://codeberg.org/monocles/monocles_chat|Monocles Chat]] or  [[https://xmpp.org/software/conversations/|Conversations]], where the latter has fewer features, but offers solid quality without many updates throughout the year. For the web browser I recommend [[https://join.movim.eu/|Movim]]. On desktop PCs I recommend [[https://xmpp.org/software/dino/|Dino]], a very good CLI program (console based) for XMPP is [[https://profanity-im.github.io/|Profanity]].
+===== Basic links =====
   * [[https://xmpp.org/|XMPP homepage]]
   * [[https://xmpp.org/software/|XMPP software overview]]
   * [[https://providers.xmpp.net/|XMPP providers (list still growing)]]
+More links on another page [[xmpp:links|here]].