ejabberd is an XMPP application server, written mainly in the Erlang programming language. It can run under several Unix-like operating systems such as Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OpenSolaris. Additionally, ejabberd can run under Microsoft Windows, however, a user must stay logged in or always restart the ejabberd service remotely after any logout from the machine. ejabberd stands for Erlang Jabber Daemon (Jabber being a for...
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ejabberd is an XMPP application server, written mainly in the Erlang programming language. It can run under several Unix-like operating systems such as Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OpenSolaris. Additionally, ejabberd can run under Microsoft Windows, however, a user must stay logged in or always restart the ejabberd service remotely after any logout from the machine. ejabberd stands for Erlang Jabber Daemon (Jabber being a former name for XMPP), and is written in lowercase only, as is common for daemon software.
ejabberd is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. As of 2009, it is one of the most popular open source applications written in Erlang. XMPP: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Media, 2009) praised ejabberd for its scalability and clustering feature, at the same time pointing out that being written in Erlang is a potential acceptance issue for users and contributors. The software's creator, Alexey Shchepin was awarded the...
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