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Prosody

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Summary

Prosody is a free software[1]. Prosody ranks in the top 9% of free software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: XMPP[3], instant messaging client[4]
  • Copyright license: MIT License[5]
  • Programmed in: Lua[6], C[7]
  • Operating system: Unix-like operating system[8], GNU/Linux[9], Mac OS operating systems[10]
  • Software version identifier: 0.9.8[11], 0.9.10[12], 0.9.11[13], 0.10.0[14], 0.9.12[15], 0.10.1[16], 0.9.13[17], 0.10.2[18], 0.9.14[19], 0.11.1[20], 0.11.2[21], 0.11.3[22], 0.11.4[23], 0.11.5[24]
  • Has use: real-time text[25], synchronization[26]
  • Inception: August 22, 2008[27]
  • Official website: https://prosody.im[28]
  • Source code repository URL: https://hg.prosody.im/[29]
  • Issue tracker URL: https://issues.prosody.im/[30]
  • Official blog URL: https://blog.prosody.im/[31]
  • Protocol: XMPP[32]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[33]
  • IM channel URL: xmpp:prosody@conference.prosody.im[34]
  • Social media followers: 819[35], 847[36]

Why It Matters

Prosody has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Prosody is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

free software Lua Mac OS operating systems Snikket Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . hg.prosody.im. hg.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . openhub.net. openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . prosody.im. Retrieved . prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . prosody.im. prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . prosody.im. prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . blog.prosody.im. Retrieved . blog.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . software revision. hg.prosody.im. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Tom Morris · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alpine linux package → prosody
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: prosody, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324921643|prosody (#324921643)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]]"
  2. 19w ago · Haansn08 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arch linux package → prosody
    Freebase id → —
    Operating system → —
    Aur package → —
    + 74 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nixpkgs id: prosody"
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