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Tigase XMPP ServervsVert

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

Tigase XMPP ServerVert
Score56/10071/100
Rank in category#30 of 110 in Chat#2 of 10 in File Conversion
GitHub stars35816 175
Stars, last 30 days+0+542
Stable releases, 12 months30
Latest releasetigase-server-dist-8.4.3 · 4 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageJavaTypescript

Which one should you pick?

Vert scores 71/100 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 Vert.

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

Vert is growing faster right now (+542 stars in 30 days).

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