Monal — XMPP Chatting

Open source XMPP Messenger

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

There has never been a better time to get into XMPP, a free public chat network no one controls or owns. Monal is a fast and user friendly way to use XMPP. Just download the app, login or register and you are ready to chat in minutes. It looks and works the way other apps do, so there is no need to “learn XMPP” or even care what it is. Notable features: - Open Source - No Ads! Strong focus on privacy. Does not phone home and does not have software "metrics" - Does not read any personal information - With a direct connection to your server, your password and all other info are never sent to a third-party - OMEMO encrypted chat - Will work with corporate XMPP servers that require VPN - Multi user chat (MUC) support for group chats - Audio/Video calls Implements certain XMPP extensions intended to improve mobile communication: - XEP-0357: Push Notifications - XEP-0280: Message Carbons keep messages in synch between clients - XEP-0198: Stream Management to quickly reconnect - XEP-0199: XMPP Ping to maintain connections - XEP-0313: Message Archive Management to download chat history - XEP-0352: Client State Indication for dramatic reduction on power use - XEP-0363: HTTP File Upload to send images in conversations

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- Now forcing SASL2+SCRAM for yax.im (already forced for conversations.im) - Fixed display of messages containing a list of urls - Fixed crash when receiving files with too long filenames - Fixed rare case not connecting to a server after bringing the app from foreground to background too fast - Fixed rare OMEMO devicelist publishing loop (thanks renegade) - Fixed list of contacts in share sheet to not contain contacts only known from groupchats (thanks Kati) - Fixed very rare OMEMO identity regeneration when receiving a push after device reboot but before entering the passcode for the first time - Notes about new/deleted OMEMO devices of chat partners aren't displayed anymore for TOFU devices (no device explicitly trusted/untrusted by the user) - Fixed some more small bugs

The developer, Molitor und Dietzel, Inh. Thilo Molitor, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Seller
    • Thilo Molitor
    Size
    • 32.1 MB
    Category
    • Social Networking
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 11.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 31 more
    • English, Arabic, Basque, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Thilo Molitor