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Life & fun · January 22, 2018

Jackal – An XMPP server written in Go

💬 Instant messaging server for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). - ortuman/jackal

Jackal – An XMPP server written in Go launched on January 22, 2018 with 13 votes, #1,002 of 3,021 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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Jackal is an XMPP server built with the Go programming language. It enables instant messaging and real-time communication through the XMPP protocol. The server is designed for developers and organizations needing to set up their own messaging infrastructure. Being written in Go, it emphasizes performance and concurrent connections. The project is open source and available on GitHub for those wanting to deploy or customize their own messaging system.

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