nowfound

Dev tools · April 8, 2015

Kaiwa, a Modern Open-Source XMPP Web Client

Kaiwa, a Modern Open-Source XMPP Web Client launched on April 8, 2015 with 339 votes, #27 of 3,600 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

Visit getkaiwa.com ↗Alternativestop 1% of April 2015

In plain words

Kaiwa is an open-source web-based client for XMPP, the standardized chat protocol. It works with Prosody, an XMPP server, to provide messaging functionality comparable to commercial alternatives. Kaiwa is designed for users who want to deploy their own chat infrastructure and can be installed on DigitalOcean with Prosody and LDAP configuration included. The tool is browser-based and its code is available on Github.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Inspired by the best and built for XMPP, Kaiwa is a beautiful web-based client for the only standardized chat protocol. Combined with Prosody , one of the best XMPP servers out there, Kaiwa provides an unparalleled XMPP experience, on par with well-known commercial alternatives. Deploy a ready-to-use XMPP server with Kaiwa. This will create a Droplet on your own DigitalOcean account with Prosody, LDAP and Kaiwa installed and configured according to the details you provide in the form. Very! The code for this tool is available on Github and everything is done from the browser so you can be sure we don’t do anything weird. On top of that, the Docker images are pulled from the Docker…from getkaiwa.com

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • Microsoft Kaizala2019 · ▲120

    A simple and secure mobile chat app for work

  • Kai for ChromeJun 2026 · hirekai.ai · ▲89

    Local meeting transcription with no account needed

  • Kai by Gleap2023 · gleap.io · ▲102

    Meet Kai, Gleap’s AI-driven customer support hero

  • kAiron2022 · app.kairon.com · ▲58

    Chatbot lifecycle management platform

  • RUSTWAJan 2026 · gitlab.com · ▲36

    A Unofficial WhatsApp Web API built in Rust

  • Kairon2020 · app.kairon.com · ▲10

    Web Based Microservices Driven Suite to Train Rasa Chatbots

More dev tools this month

the category →
  • /dev/null▲484

    a social network for devs

    Dev tools · 3d ago · dev-null.sh

  • open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dev tools · 28d ago · github.com

  • Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dev tools · 26d ago · github.com

  • OpenBot▲362

    Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

    Dev tools · 23d ago · openbot.run

  • Talanoa▲346

    Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

    Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email

  • CoreSpeed▲332

    One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

    Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io

Source: Show HN post ↗

Launched alongside, April 2015

the whole month →
  • Hunter▲1,703

    Find any company logo by domain with Hunter’s free logo API. No account, no API key. The simplest Clearbit Logo API replacement, switch in 30 seconds.

    Growth · 2015 · hunter.io

  • View Mac keyboard shortcuts in the current application

    Work · 2015 · mediaatelier.com

  • Helium▲794

    A floating browser window for your Mac

    Work · 2015

  • saas that helps convert

    Life & fun · 2015 · transformy.io

  • AR

    Life & fun · 2015 · tiffzhang.com

  • Operator▲546

    Looking for something? Make a request and we'll find it.

    AI · 2015 · operator.com