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Movim vs Converse: catalog facts
Movim	Converse
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0, funded by donations.	Free Free and open source under the MPL-2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Uses standard XMPP and talks to other XMPP clients Chat, feeds and video calls in one web interface	Works with any standard XMPP server OMEMO end-to-end encryption
Self-hosting needs PostgreSQL and some setup Largely maintained by one developer	Needs an XMPP account or server to be useful Some features such as URL previews depend on server support
Web application, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MPL-2.0
Account 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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