...Wire transport is JSON over websocket (long polling is also available) for custom bindings, or protobuf with gRPC. Persistent storage is any one of RethinkDB, MySQL or MongoDB. A third-party unsupported DynamoDB adapter also exists. Other databases can be supported by writing custom adapters. Tinode is not XMPP/Jabber. It is not compatible with XMPP. It's meant as a replacement for XMPP. On the surface, it's a lot like open source WhatsApp or Telegram. Version 0.17. This is beta-quality software, feature-complete and stable but probably with a few bugs. Follow instructions to install and run or use one of the cloud services provided.