Openfire


Openfire is an instant messaging and groupchat server for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol. It uses written in Java and licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

History

The project was originated by Jive Software around 2002, partly in order to support their FastPath web-based customer support tool, as Jive Messenger, and renamed to Wildfire in 2005. Due to a trademark issue, it was further renamed to Openfire in 2007. The project was wholly handed to the community in 2008. Jive continued to host the project until 2016.

Current Governance

Openfire is developed under a community model, as part of the Ignite Realtime project. The project lead is Dave Cridland.

Web-based administration panel

Most administration of the server is done through a web interface, which runs on the ports 9090 and 9091 by default. Administrators can connect from anywhere and edit the server and configuration settings.

Features

Openfire supports the following features:
Openfire has strong support for plugins and customized builds; there are numerous plugins available for immediate download and install via the admin console, and many installations have bespoke plugins.
Openfire allows multiple server instances to work together in one clustered environment. There is an open-source clustering plugin based on open-source Hazelcast technology.