[jdev] c/c++ libraries for xmpp client

Peter Saint-Andre stpeter at stpeter.im
Mon Nov 24 13:12:45 CST 2008


Patrick Logan wrote:
> I'm looking for advice on c/c++ libraries for xmpp clients. My order
> of important issues, roughly...
> 
> 1. Ease of porting - the fewer library dependencies the better.
> 2. Functionality - the more xmpp capabilities the better.
> 3. Ease of API - the simpler to use from application code the better.
> 4. C vs.C++ - I'd prefer a C code base, but C++ is ok - the more
> C-like the API, the better.
> 
> I am aware of, but have never tried:
> * purple
> * loudmouth
> * iksemel

Among C libraries there's also libstrophe:

http://code.stanziq.com/strophe/

Some C++ libraries are listed here:

http://xmpp.org/software/libraries.shtml#cplusplus

/psa




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