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Openfire is a real time collaboration (RTC) server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber). Openfire is incredibly easy to setup and administer, but offers rock-solid security and performance.

Openfire is a comprehensive and efficient software solution developed to function as a Instant Messaging server, based on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (or XMPP), allowing you to create and manage chat rooms and groups. Openfire is a complex yet fairly approachable application aimed to help you build your own IM server, enabling you to add and manage users and chat rooms from a browser-based interface, with minimal effort on your part. The installation process is quite straight-forward and intuitive, as you simply need to run the executable, then press on the ‘Launch Admin’ button, if you intend to work with the built-in database.