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SleekXMPP
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.. sidebar:: Get the Code
.. code-block:: sh
pip install sleekxmpp
The latest source code for SleekXMPP may be found on `Github
<http://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP>`_. Releases can be found in the
``master`` branch, while the latest development version is in the
``develop`` branch.
**Latest Stable Release**
- `1.0 RC3 <http://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/zipball/1.0-RC3>`_
**Develop Releases**
- `Latest Develop Version <http://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/zipball/develop>`_
A mailing list and XMPP chat room are available for discussing and getting
help with SleekXMPP.
**Mailing List**
`SleekXMPP Discussion on Google Groups <http://groups.google.com/group/sleekxmpp-discussion>`_
**Chat**
`sleek@conference.jabber.org <xmpp:sleek@conference.jabber.org?join>`_
SleekXMPP is an :ref:`MIT licensed <license>` XMPP library for Python 2.6/3.1+,
and is featured in examples in
`XMPP: The Definitive Guide <http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521271>`_
by Kevin Smith, Remko Tronçon, and Peter Saint-Andre. If you've arrived
here from reading the Definitive Guide, please see the notes on updating
the examples to the latest version of SleekXMPP.
SleekXMPP's design goals and philosphy are:
**Low number of dependencies**
Installing and using SleekXMPP should be as simple as possible, without
having to deal with long dependency chains.
As part of reducing the number of dependencies, some third party
modules are included with SleekXMPP in the ``thirdparty`` directory.
Imports from this module first try to import an existing installed
version before loading the packaged version, when possible.
**Every XEP as a plugin**
Following Python's "batteries included" approach, the goal is to
provide support for all currently active XEPs (final and draft). Since
adding XEP support is done through easy to create plugins, the hope is
to also provide a solid base for implementing and creating experimental
XEPs.
**Rewarding to work with**
As much as possible, SleekXMPP should allow things to "just work" using
sensible defaults and appropriate abstractions. XML can be ugly to work
with, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Getting Started (with Examples)
-------------------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
getting_started/echobot
getting_started/sendlogout
getting_started/component
getting_started/presence
getting_started/muc
getting_started/proxy
getting_started/scheduler
getting_started/iq
Tutorials, FAQs, and How To Guides
----------------------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
faq
xeps
xmpp_tdg
howto/stanzas
create_plugin
features
sasl
handlersmatchers
Plugin Guides
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
guide_xep_0030
SleekXMPP Architecture and Design
---------------------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 3
architecture
plugin_arch
API Reference
-------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
event_index
api/clientxmpp
api/componentxmpp
api/basexmpp
api/jid
api/xmlstream/stanzabase
api/xmlstream/tostring
api/xmlstream/filesocket
Additional Info
---------------
.. toctree::
:hidden:
glossary
license
* :ref:`license`
* :ref:`glossary`
* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`
Credits
-------
**Main Author:** Nathan Fritz
`fritzy@netflint.net <xmpp:fritzy@netflint.net?message>`_,
`@fritzy <http://twitter.com/fritzy>`_
Nathan is also the author of XMPPHP and `Seesmic-AS3-XMPP
<http://code.google.com/p/seesmic-as3-xmpp/>`_, and a member of the XMPP
Council.
**Co-Author:** Lance Stout
`lancestout@gmail.com <xmpp:lancestout@gmail.com?message>`_,
`@lancestout <http://twitter.com/lancestout>`_
**Contributors:**
- Brian Beggs (`macdiesel <http://github.com/macdiesel>`_)
- Dann Martens (`dannmartens <http://github.com/dannmartens>`_)
- Florent Le Coz (`louiz <http://github.com/louiz>`_)
- Kevin Smith (`Kev <http://github.com/Kev>`_, http://kismith.co.uk)
- Remko Tronçon (`remko <http://github.com/remko>`_, http://el-tramo.be)
- Te-jé Rogers (`te-je <http://github.com/te-je>`_)
- Thom Nichols (`tomstrummer <http://github.com/tomstrummer>`_)