jabberd 1.4
jabberd 1.4 is the latest version of the original implementation of the jabberd server. While not supporting some of the more advanced features of the Jabber protocols, it is stable, reliable and well tested.
Downloads
The latest stable release is jabberd 1.4.4 (2005-04-16, announcement), available at jabberd.org.
There are also binary releases available for the following platforms (these may be old versions!):
- Debian - available from the 'testing' tree with the name 'jabber' (thanks to Jamin W Collins)
- Gentoo - available from the 'stable' tree with the name 'jabberd' (net-im/jabberd)
- Redhat Source RPMs - available from ftp://people.redhat.com/ksonney/SRPMS/ (thanks to Kevin Sonney)
- Mandrake - available from the '9.1' and 'cooker' trees with the name 'jabber' (thanks to Frederic Crozat)
- OpenBSD - jabber-obsd-1.4.2.tgz (447 Kb)
- Solaris 2.6 - jabber-1.4.2a-sparc-solaris-2.6.tar.gz (1.2 Mb) (thanks to Kevin Hollenshead)
- Solaris 7 - jabber-1.4.2a-sparc-solaris-7.tar.gz (495 Kb) (thanks to Kevin Hollenshead)
- Solaris 8 - jabber-1.4.2.solaris8.tar.gz (3.5 Mb) (thanks to Jonathan Siegle)
- Windows 2000/XP - JabberD-1.4.2.exe (978 Kb) (thanks to Thomas Muldowney)
- Windows/Cygwin - jabberd 1.4.3 + MU-Conference 0.6.0 - jabberd.zip (external, thanks to James White)
- Windows/Cygwin - jabberd 1.4.3 + MU-Conference 0.6.0 + JUD 0.5 - janjetovic.de (external, thanks to Predrag Janjetovic)
Documentation
The following documentation for this release is available:
- Jabberd 1.4.x Administration Guide, read how to setup a Jabber server and post your comments here
- Jabberd 1.4.x Administration FAQ, read the Frequently Asked Questions and post your comments here
- Jabberd 1.4.x configuration file, commentable
- jadc2s, a fast client-to-server connection manager
- The Jabber Manual, including a user guide and FAQ (offsite)
- Old 1.x developer documentation (out of date)
Support/Contact
Take a look at the documentation (see above) and the comments there. Probably your question is already answered there.
The preferred way of requesting support is by posting a comment in the docs above. However, if absolutely necessary, use the JADMIN mailing list. Please search the mailing list's archives for immediate answers.
Development
Write a mail if you want to contribute. Please do not expect user/admin support from this address.