Draft:Monal (software)

Monal is a free and opensource XMPP client software, and application, for both iOS and MacOS.[1] It is among the rare XMPP client software supporting both OMEMO encryption, and Voice/Video communication, on Apple platforms, especially with Beagle, Snikket and Siskin.[2]

Monal

History

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Monal is a fork of XMPP client Sword, started in 2002. It's developpment took off almost two decades later, to renew the xmpp software clients on Apple devices.[3] In 2024, with Whatsapp, Telegram, and Signal, Monal is removed from Chinese AppStore, due to a government request.[4]

Features

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  • Encrypted communications with OMEMO[5]
  • Voice/Video communications with Jingle
  • File transfert[6]

Financing

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Project is financed by NGI "Next Gen Internet" funds from Netherlands, to promote a freedom and opensource-software initiatives for Internet, with EU aids.[7]

Quicksy

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In 2024, the Monal team and Quicksy's developers agreed on forking Monal as a Quicksy adaptation for iOS.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "XMPP". xmpp.org. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  2. ^ "NLnet; Monal IM". nlnet.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  3. ^ Monal. "About". monal-im.org. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  4. ^ Molitor, Thilo (2024-03-31). "iOS app banned from chinese appstore". monal-im.org. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  5. ^ Akinbi, Alex; Ojie, Ehizojie (2024-10-08). "Forensic analysis of open-source XMPP multi-client social networking apps on iOS devices - ScienceDirect". Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. 36. doi:10.1016/j.fsidi.2021.301122. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  6. ^ Monal (2022-03-12). "Install". monal-im.org. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  7. ^ "NLnet; Monal IM". nlnet.nl. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  8. ^ "‎Quicksy". App Store. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2024-10-31.