Sharing XMPP links

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At this point, you probably want to share your XMPP address (also known as "Jabber ID", or "JID") with others, so they can reach you on XMPP.

A JID looks like you@yourserver.tld - just like an email address.

For Quicksy/Prāv users, it looks like +<2-digit country code><10-digit mobile number>@quicksy.im, e.g. +919876543210@quicksy.im

However, it's probably better to share an XMPP link instead. There are two kinds of XMPP links.

xmpp: URIs

xmpp: URIs, e.g. xmpp:me@myserver.tld for 1:1 chat, or xmpp:mychannel@myserver.tld?join for joining a channel.

These are supported by most (if not all) XMPP clients. But they aren't supported in most non-XMPP software, and may not be clickable there. (Tell the developers of such apps to add support for XMPP links 🙂)

However, xmpp: URIs aren't very useful if the recipient doesn't have an XMPP client.

Web invitation links

e.g.

https://xmpp.link/#me@myserver.tld for 1:1 chat
https://xmpp.link/#mychannel@myserver.tld?join for joining a channel.

xmpp.link is just one invite service. You can also use others, like join.jabber.network or invite.joinjabber.org. These are all instances of easy-xmpp-invitation, which you can easily self-host and customize.

Web invitation links are supported everywhere, and can be opened even if the recipient doesn't have an XMPP client installed. The invitation page also suggests clients based on the user's operating system.

However, the recipient's browser needs to support JavaScript for the invitation to work, and these web invites don't work with Tor Browser (where the ability to launch external applications is disabled).