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Conduit vs Prosody: catalog facts
Conduit	Prosody
Free Free and open source, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Single binary with an embedded database Low system requirements	Simple setup and low resource use Federates with other XMPP servers
Still in beta and missing some smaller features Requires a server you administer	Requires a server and some administration Users need a separate XMPP client
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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