Comparison of instant messaging protocols: Difference between revisions

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| Key

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes|Yes, optional}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

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| {{free|[[Open standard]]}}

| [[Nickname]]![[User (computing)|Username]]@[[hostname]]<br />(or "hostmask")<br />e.g. user!~[e-mail]{{efn|name=fn_1}}

| {{partialyes2|Yes, but via aIRCv3<ref>{{cite web |title=chathistory Extension |url=https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/chathistory |website=ircv3.net |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref> memoor systemMemoServ that differs from the main system}}

| {{Nooptional}}

| {{partial|Yes, depending on individual server support}}

| {{partial|OTR by DM to client-to-client only or SDCC CHAT}}

| {{No}}{{efn|name=fn_3|Scalability issue: The protocol gets increasingly inefficient with the number of contacts.{{#tag:ref|{{IETF RFC|1324}}, D. Reed, 1992. 2.5.1, Size}}{{#tag:ref|[http://www.psyc.eu/synconf Functionality provided by systems for synchronous conferencing], C.v. Loesch, 1992. 1.2.1 Growth}}}}

| {{No}}

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| {{partial|Medium}}

| {{Yes}} (everyone, multiple simultaneous, any size)

| {{lost|many implementations which are incompatible with other IRC clients<ref>{{cite web |title=dcc.voice |url=http://www.kvirc.net/doc/cmd_dcc.voice.html |website=kvirc.net |access-date=25 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=VoIRC |url=https://github.com/asiekierka/voirc}}</ref>}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Nopartial|via BNC}}

| {{Noyes2|yes, via DCC CHAT}}

![[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]]

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| @[[Username]]:[[Hostname]] (<abbr title="Matrix User ID">MXID</abbr>)

| {{Yes}}

| {{YesIncluded|Yes, mandatory}}

| {{Yes|Yes, default for private conversations<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cross-signing and End-to-end Encryption by Default is HERE!!!|url=https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/06/cross-signing-and-end-to-end-encryption-by-default-is-here|website=Matrix.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref>}}

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

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![[Rendezvous protocol|RVP]] ([[Windows Messenger]], etc.)

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| {{Optional}}<ref>{{cite web|title=XEP-0027: Current Jabber OpenPGP Usage|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0027.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2014-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=XEP-0373: OpenPGP for XMPP|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0373.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2018-07-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=XEP-0384: OMEMO Encryption|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0384.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2018-07-31}}</ref>

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}<ref>.eg route.all-resource in OpenFire</ref>

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}<ref name="xmpp muc">{{cite web|title=XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2019-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2019-10-06}}</ref>

| {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence|url=https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#blocking|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=XEP-0159: Spim-Blocking Control|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0159.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2006-07-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=XEP-0161: Abuse Reporting|url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0161.html|website=xmpp.org|access-date=2020-03-09|date=2007-05-06}}</ref>