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norishvsTigase XMPP Server

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

norishTigase XMPP Server
Score61/10056/100
Rank in category#3 of 18 in Recipe Management#30 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars1 425358
Stars, last 30 days+197+0
Stable releases, 12 months03
Latest release—tigase-server-dist-8.4.3 · 4 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

norish scores 61/100 against 56/100 for Tigase XMPP Server, so it is the safer default.

Tigase XMPP Server ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for norish.

If you want the quickest setup, norish is easier to run; Tigase XMPP Server needs more configuration.

norish is growing faster right now (+197 stars in 30 days).

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