About QXmpp
QXmpp is a cross-platform C++ XMPP client and server library. It is written
in C++ and uses Qt framework.
QXmpp strives to be as easy to use as possible, the underlying TCP socket,
the core XMPP RFCs (RFC3920 and RFC3921) and XMPP extensions have been
nicely encapsulated into classes. QXmpp comes with full API
documentation, automatic tests and many examples.
QXmpp uses Qt extensively, and as such users need to a have working knowledge
of C++ and Qt basics (Signals and Slots and Qt data types).
Qt is the only third party library which is required to build QXmpp, but
libraries such as speex and theora enable additional features.
QXmpp is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License,
version 2.1 or later.
Building QXmpp
QXmpp requires Qt 5.7 or higher with SSL enabled.
It uses CMake as build system.
Build from command line:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
You can pass the following arguments to CMake:
BUILD_SHARED to build with shared type library, otherwise static (default: true)
BUILD_DOCUMENTATION to build the documentation (default: false)
BUILD_EXAMPLES to build the examples (default: true)
BUILD_TESTS to build the unit tests (default: true)
WITH_OPUS to enable opus audio codec (default: false)
WITH_SPEEX to enable speex audio codec (default: false)
WITH_THEORA to enable theora video codec (default: false)
WITH_VPX to enable vpx video codec (default: false)
Installing QXmpp
After building QXmpp, you can install the Headers, Libraries
and Documentation using the following command:
Install from command line:
cmake --build . --target install
Examples
Look at the example directory for various examples. Here is a description of
a few.
-
example_0_connected
This example just connects to the xmpp server and start receiving presences
(updates) from the server. After running this example, you can see this user
online, if it's added in your roster (friends list). -
example_1_echoClient
This is a very simple bot which echoes the message sent to it. Run this
example, send it a message from a friend of this bot and you will
receive the message back. This example shows how to receive and send messages.
Documentation
You can find the API documentation for the latest QXmpp version here:
Supported Platforms
It should work on all the platforms supported by Qt. For a complete list of
platforms support by Qt, see:
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/supported-platforms.html
How to report a bug
If you think you have found a bug in QXmpp, we would like to hear about
it so that we can fix it. Before reporting a bug, please check if the issue
is already know at:
https://github.com/qxmpp-project/qxmpp/issues
Discussion Group
Join QXmpp Discussion Group for queries, discussions and updates.