13 July, 2011
By Simone D'Amico
Strophe is a collection of libraries for speaking the XMPP protocol. While most XMPP libraries and implementations are focused on chat-based applications, Strophe takes a grander view. It has been used to implement real-time games, notification systems, search engines, as well as traditional instant messaging.
There are currently two members of the Strophe family of libraries.
Strophe.js
Strophe.js is a JavaScript implementation targeting browser-based clients. It uses BOSH, a binding of XMPP to HTTP using long polling. Strophe.js makes creating real-time web applications easy.
libstrophe
libstrophe is a C library for XMPP clients and components. It has very minimal dependencies and was designed with both POSIX and Windows systems in mind.
