Modern XMPP project discussion - 2026-04-15

is the XMPP API and Discord API at all similar

Nope, not at all.

Yeah, didn't think so

Cause someone is asking me if the Discord API could be federated over XMPP

Like I wouldn't be against it

That's a weird question. Depending on what they actually mean, it is possible.

But it seems like XMPP is kinda not at all the same as the discord API

(for context I work on a FOSS impl of the discord APIs)

Hmm, OldCord?

No

Modern APIs

Ah, modern. That's cool.

got modern pluralkit working once

> Hmm, OldCord? used to be spacebar ↺

But now I'm having to fork it

Oh, mmm

Oldcord has a guild on spacebar

And its WebRTC impl is from Spacebar

also

nice pfp

Mhm, thanks!

You on oldcord?

Sadly no

Ok

Fair enough

I have an account

But I'm not really active there

Seems like a fine project

different goals

Mhm

Do you code?

Yeah, with Lua, C#, barely C++ and Go

Neat :3

I'm mostly a TS dev

a crazy TS dev :3

Mhm

lol

xmpp has an api? xmpp IS the api, lol

might as well use per-message profiles for Pluralkit purposes ✏

it'd be interesting for Slidge to support such features, ngl

did you notice how heavily instrumented with telemetry everything in discord's apps is

they suspend accounts or ask for verification if you opened developer tools

and 1000 other conditions like that

it's sad that so many people use them

the above board chat app stuff is like 10% of their code, the other 90% is all the spying on users stuff etc

unencrypted too

all the projects that use discord have very little understanding of the fact that they can be locked out of their accounts at random

or it is an accepted risk

> xmpp has an api? xmpp IS the api, lol Fair, but yk what I meant lol ↺