New version release

We have just installed the Minichat - simple web client on the Tigase website. It allows anybody who visits the website to chat with "admin" - me ;-). No user name, no password is required. Just click to connect to the XMPP/Jabber server and you can start conversation.

This is the AJAX application created using GWT (Google Web Toolkit). It connects to the XMPP server via Bosh and signs in using SASL Anonymous.

This is our first version of the client and we are going to move things further to add fully functional AJAX client to Tigase project. The AJAX client and the XMPP library written in GWT is also available under GPLv3 license and will be released publicly very soon.

Please have a look, experiment and let us know what you think...

I am happy to announce that the new version of the Tigase Jabber/XMPP server is available for download. It's been about 5 months since the last release and indeed huge number of changes and improvements come with today's version 3.3.2.

Here is a very brief list of changes:

• Reduced resources consumption and improved performance.
• New, smart caching system.
• Bosh component is now stable and ready for production.
• Dynamic rosters support added.
• Configuration wizards on MS Windows through new initial property file which also supports parameter's types.
• Improved support for multi-core and multi-cpu systems
• MSN gateway (transport) available in tigase-extras based on excellent Java MSN Messenger Library.
• SQL Server support added.
• SSL certificates loading from PEM files available in tigase-extras
• Many other minor changes, improvements and bug fixes....

I hope you like the new version and as usually all comments and suggestions are very welcomed. Also, as usually test results for the release are available on the test page.

For more detailed information keep reading...

Two new additions to the server standard component suite are Tigase MUC and Tigase Bosh. These components haven't been extensively tested by real users yet but they have been run through our test suite and have been also used on our live service for a while. I can not recommend them for production use yet but they should be good for development environment or for well controlled installations.

Apart from those 2 new components this version doesn't offer any spectacular innovations. It includes huge number of bug fixes and corrections as well as performance and resources consumption improvements. Tigase is known to be a light and efficient server. Now it is even better. Look at our last load tests results for more details.

Binaries are available in our downloads section and sources can be pulled from our SVN repository. Test page has been updated as usual with tests results for this version.

Enjoy and send me your comments, suggestions or ask if you have any problems.

I have just released new version of Tigase server.

2 major changes:

1. License change to GPLv3.
2. Added fully functional Bosh component.

And numerous minor changes and bug fixes. Please refer to Changelog for more detailed information.

Binary packages contain also development version of Tigase MUC component. MUC component can be loaded and configured at runtime using service discovery and ad-hoc commands.

Note, this is beta release. It is not yet well tested so please do not use it in production service

I have implemented simple Monitor - Drupal module for the Website. It shows basic statistics about Jabber service and server development.

Currently all data are loaded from database so the statistics might not be accurate in some cases.

More accurate and complete statistics based on data retrieved directly from Jabber service will be added shortly.

Enjoy!

Any comments are very welcomed.

Big fix release of Tigase sever has been published.

After last major version release many people were to connecting to tigase.org service to try it out. Real users executing functions in non-standard way exposed a few bugs and allowed me to improve the code. Well, I test my server extensively but these are just automatic tests...

Thank you all who connected to the server, even those who broke it ;-).

Test page has been updated. For details about changes in this release continue reading.....

New version of Tigase server is now available. The main new feature is StanzaReceiver - simplified PubSub. There are a lot of possible ways to benefit from this component.

The component and the API allows easy integration of XMPP service with other systems, especially with community building sites. There are a few ready to use modules for StanzaReceiver at the moment allowing integration Tigase with Drupal system:

1. Authentication against Drupal database.
2. Notifications about new posts on the forum.
3. Short/Mini news posting from your XMPP client. This includes simple plug in in StanzaReceiver (Drupal independent, can be used with other systems) and simple module for Drupal - look for "Minis from XMPP" on Tigase site.

Let me know if you are interested in integration Tigase server with any other system or want more plug ins/modules for Drupal. It's easy to add more!

You don't have to install and use whole Tigase server to benefit from the StanzaReceiver. It works fine as an external component too. So if you are happy with your existing Jabber/XMPP server you can integrate StanzaReceiver in your working system.

Continue reading for description of all other changes...