[NonGNU ELPA] Jabber version 0.10.0
ELPA update <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:07:40 -0400
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Version 0.10.0 of package Jabber has just been released in NonGNU ELPA.
You can now find it in M-x list-packages RET.
Jabber describes itself as:
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A minimal Jabber client
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More at https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/jabber.html
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JABBER.EL - THE XMPP CLIENT FOR EMACS
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1 About
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`jabber.el' is an [XMPP] client for Emacs.
⁃ [Upstream]
⁃ [Codeberg] /Mirror/
[XMPP] <http://xmpp.org>
[Upstream] <https://git.thanosapollo.org/emacs-jabber/>
[Codeberg] <https://codeberg.org/emacs-jabber/emacs-jabber/>
2 Requirements
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⁃ Emacs 29.1 or later, compiled with dynamic module support
2.1 OMEMO encryption (optional)
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## Recent NEWS:
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CHANGELOG
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2026-04-02
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog].
[Keep a Changelog] <https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/>
1 [0.10.0]
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1.1 Breaking changes
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• Minimum Emacs version raised to 29.1
• Flat-file message history replaced with SQLite (`jabber-db.el')
• Many obsolete modules removed (see commit history for full list)
1.2 New XEP implementations
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• XEP-0060 Publish-Subscribe
• XEP-0184 Delivery Receipts and XEP-0333 Chat Markers
• XEP-0191 Blocking Command
• XEP-0198 Stream Management with resume
• XEP-0249 Direct MUC Invitations
• XEP-0280 Message Carbons
• XEP-0308 Last Message Correction
• XEP-0313 Message Archive Management
• XEP-0352 Client State Indication
• XEP-0373 OpenPGP for XMPP
• XEP-0384 OMEMO 0.3 encryption (requires native module build)
• XEP-0393 Message Styling
• XEP-0402 PEP Native Bookmarks
• XEP-0410 MUC Self-Ping
• XEP-0424/0425 Message Retraction and Moderation
• XEP-0454 OMEMO Media Sharing
• XEP-0461 Message Replies
1.3 Features
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• SQLite message storage with full-text search
• Inline image display and encrypted media (aesgcm://)
• Typing indicators, delivery receipts, and read markers in chat
buffers
• Encryption indicator in header line (OMEMO, OpenPGP, plaintext)
• Message correction, reply, retraction
• Stream Management with automatic resume on reconnect
• Disco-prioritized MUC autojoin (smallest rooms first)
• Room preservation and self-ping across reconnect
• MUC notification filtering (`all', `mentions', `nil')
• OMEMO trust management UI and device management
• Modernized roster display
• Unified modeline with activity tracking
• Auto-reconnect enabled by default
1.4 Security
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• [CVE-2017-5589]: Message Carbons validates sender JID to prevent
spoofed carbon copies
• Receipt handling guards against MAM replay
• OMEMO trust filtering at encrypt time
[CVE-2017-5589] <https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-5589/>
2 [0.9.0]
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2.1 Enable carbons by default
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Enable support for XEP-0280 (message carbons) by default.
2.2 Support for reading passwords from netrc/authinfo files
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Use "machine example.com login username password s3cret port xmpp".
2.3 Provide MUC presence announcement formatting
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Provide customization to limit, highlight, or deemphasize MUC presence
announcements. See the manual for details (info "(jabber) Presence
announcements").
2.4 Support for roster's groups roll state saving
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2.5 Full support for XEP-0012
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Response of idle time.
2.6 Support for XEP-0202
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Entity Time for request/response time as main method.
2.7 Support for automatic MUC nicks colorization
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See "Customizing the chat buffer" in the manual.
2.8 XML Console
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Log all received/sending XML stanzas into special buffer. Also can be
used to send custom XML stanzas manually.
2.9 Autoaway
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Support for list of autoaway methods. Support for Xa. See section
"Autoaway" in manual.
2.10 MUC
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MUC participants list format is now customizable: see
jabber-muc-print-names-format in manual. Also, participants sorted by
role.
2.11 Treat XML namespace prefixes correctly
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A change in the Google Talk server has brought to light the fact that
jabber.el didn't handle XML namespace prefixes correctly. This should
be fixed by the new jabber-xml-resolve-namespace-prefixes function.
3 [0.8]
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3.1 Added
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