Transports and gateways

Transports/gateways are services that allow XMPP users to communicate with users that are connected to other networks and protocols. Gateways exist for most popular networks, and Prosody works with all of them (via the XEP-0114 Jabber component standard).

The recommended gateway software to use with Prosody is Spectrum. Spectrum is based on libpurple, the same code that the Pidgin IM client is built on. This means that its protocol support is very broad and actively developed.

The Spectrum wiki has a guide for configuring Spectrum to connect to Prosody, so don't forget to read it after you have installed Spectrum. You can also refer to the general Prosody documentation for adding external components.