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Modern, federated social network based on XMPP, with a fully featured group-chat, subscriptions and microblogging.

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Still maintained? Yes: 138 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.35.4 (Oct 2026).

Comparisons in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: Twitter alternatives, Facebook Groups alternatives, Reddit alternatives, Disqus alternatives.

Docker #8 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums

At a glance

Movim quick facts

Health score
93/100 GOOD
Stars
2,068
Last commit
yesterday (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v0.35.4, Oct 2026
Licence
AGPL-3.0
View movim/movim on GitHub ↗ Website ↗

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "About Movim is a federated blogging and chat platform that acts as a web frontend for the XMPP protocol."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

Movim scores 93/100, #8 of 40 in Communication - Social Networks and Forums: 138 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.35.4, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,068 stars add 13.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.7 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    138 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v0.35.4 released 6 days ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 13.3 / 20

    2.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)

  • Not archived 10.0 / 10

    Repository is active

  • Docker support 10.0 / 10

    Docker image or Compose file available

Commit activity

683 commits over the last 12 months
138
Last 90 days
683
Last 12 months
yesterday
Last push

Ranked #8 of 40 tools in Communication - Social Networks and Forums by health , between Loomio (#7) and Scoold (#9) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0
PlatformsPHP, Docker
Latest releasev0.35.4 · 6 days ago
Stars2,068
Open issues37
DockerYes
Repositorymovim/movim ↗
Visit website ↗ Source code ↗

Movim vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with Movim (Communication - Social Networks and Forums), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Misskey 96 11k AGPL-3.0 today
Movim (this tool) 93 2.1k AGPL-3.0 yesterday
GoToSocial 91 692 AGPL-3.0 today
Mastodon 89 50k AGPL-3.0 today
Akkoma 83 71 AGPL-3.0 25 days ago
Misago 80 2.8k GPL-2.0 yesterday

Movim: common questions

Is Movim still maintained?

Movim had 138 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.35.4, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.