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<h2 id="concept">Concept</h2> <p>Movim is a distributed social networking platform. It builds an abstraction layer for communication and data management while leveraging the strength of the underlying XMPP protocol. </p><p>XMPP is a widely used open standards communication platform. Using XMPP allows the service to interface with existing XMPP clients like <a href="/facts/Conversations_(software)/4IcEqj1C">Conversations</a>, <a href="/facts/Pidgin_(software)/HB6pG0V2">Pidgin</a>, <a href="/facts/Xabber/F8I7oITC">Xabber</a> and <a href="/facts/Jappix/WAtbXfC1">Jappix</a>. Users can directly login to Movim using their existing Jabber account. </p><p>Movim addresses the privacy concerns related to <a href="/facts/Social_network_service/qFIh6VT1">centralized social networks</a> by allowing users set up their own server (or "pod") to host content; pods can then interact to share status updates, photographs, and other social data.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Users can export their data to other pods or offline allowing for greater flexibility.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>It allows its users to host their data with a traditional web host, a cloud-based host, an <a href="/facts/ISP/dUacAxef">ISP</a>, or a friend. The framework, which is being built on <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, is a <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free software</a> and can be experimented with by external developers. </p> <h2 id="technology">Technology</h2> <p>Movim is developed using <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, <a href="/facts/CSS/tA90XBQo">CSS</a> and <a href="/facts/HTML5/HBAxEAr6">HTML5</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The software initially used the <a href="/facts/Symfony/xkYa3sh1">Symfony</a> framework. Due to the complexity of the application and the XMPP connection management, developers rewrote Movim as a standalone application. It now has its own libraries and <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">APIs</a>. </p><p>Movim was earlier based on the JAXL library for implementing XMPP.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> JAXL has been replaced by Moxl (Movim XMPP Library), licensed under the <a href="/facts/GNU_Affero_General_Public_License/n1h9A893">AGPL-3.0-only</a> license,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> to manage connecting to the server through the XMPP <a href="/facts/WebSocket/NcQrqpnv">WebSocket</a> protocol. This is claimed to have reduced the code complexity and performance load while providing better error management.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>The platform used Modl (Movim Data Layer) until the version 0.13, a PHP database layer using <a href="/facts/Data_access_object/x82qDLxx">DAO Patterns</a> for database interfacing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> The project was then migrated to the <a href="/facts/Laravel/nc3vYq0J">Laravel</a> Eloquent ORM.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="architecture">Architecture</h2> <p>The project consists of a set of libraries that provide an <a href="/facts/Abstraction_layer/EV8c84SY">abstraction layer</a> on top of XMPP for communication and data management. </p><p>Requests are handled by instances of a derived interface controller class. This methodology is similar to the query processing in a <a href="/facts/Model%25E2%2580%2593view%25E2%2580%2593controller/vRbMXjMm">MVC</a> framework. </p><p>Access to the interface is provided by a system of widgets, allowing through introspection capabilities, to write <a href="/facts/AJAX/cS0P0whT">AJAX</a> elements without using <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>. The page display uses a system of nested templates. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Diaspora_(software)/YxzbYKKc">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Friendica/jzDahp1f">Friendica</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/GNU_Social/HVBzuYnz">GNU Social</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_social_networking_software/5BgCFYBX">Comparison of social networking software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_cross-platform_instant_messaging_clients/NPcs51Dw">Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_microblogging_and_similar_services/DnjwyRc4">Comparison of microblogging and similar services</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_VoIP_software/5QgoolBf">Comparison of VoIP software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://movim.eu/">Movim Home Page</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Movim AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub. 13 December 2021. <a href="https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/public/index.php" target="_blank">https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/public/index.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Movim, License". GitHub. Retrieved 10 January 2016. <a href="https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/COPYING" target="_blank">https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/COPYING</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Talk with Movim Developers". 29 June 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013. <a href="http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/reseaux-sociaux-decentralises-movim-peut-il-reussir-la-ou-diaspora-a-echoue-39791588.htm" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/reseaux-sociaux-decentralises-movim-peut-il-reussir-la-ou-diaspora-a-echoue-39791588.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Install Movim". GitHub. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017. <a href="https://github.com/movim/movim/wiki/Install-Movim" target="_blank">https://github.com/movim/movim/wiki/Install-Movim</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Install Movim". GitHub. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017. <a href="https://github.com/movim/movim/wiki/Install-Movim" target="_blank">https://github.com/movim/movim/wiki/Install-Movim</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Movim Technology". 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190342/http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/movim-the-new-open-source-social-network/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190342/http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/movim-the-new-open-source-social-network/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Movim 0.1". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013. <a href="https://archive.today/20131024071112/http://wiki.movim.eu/index.php?title=Movim_0.1" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20131024071112/http://wiki.movim.eu/index.php?title=Movim_0.1</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Moxl AGPL-3.0-only". GitHub. 13 December 2021. <a href="https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/lib/moxl/composer.json" target="_blank">https://github.com/movim/movim/blob/master/lib/moxl/composer.json</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Moxl, Movim's New XMPP library". movim.eu. 2012-09-15. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190506/http://planet.movim.eu/?page=1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190506/http://planet.movim.eu/?page=1</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Modl, Movim Data Layer". GitHub. 2015-01-10. Retrieved 10 January 2015. <a href="https://github.com/movim/modl" target="_blank">https://github.com/movim/modl</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"From Modl to Eloquent, or how to change a social network database engine". 2018-04-17. Retrieved 17 April 2018. <a href="https://nl.movim.eu/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/from-modl-to-eloquent-or-how-to-change-an-airplane-engine-while-in-flight-gr6f8b" target="_blank">https://nl.movim.eu/?node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/from-modl-to-eloquent-or-how-to-change-an-airplane-engine-while-in-flight-gr6f8b</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>