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Archive of Our Own vs Openfire

A side-by-side look at Archive of Our Own and Openfire. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Archive of Our Own

Archive of Our Own

Social & Communications

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a non-profit open source repository for fanfiction, fanart, and other fanworks. It allows users to post their creative works based on books, movies, TV shows, video games, and more for others to read and interact with.

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Openfire

Openfire

Social & Communications

Openfire is an open source instant messaging and chat server. It uses the XMPP protocol and can be configured to work with many chat clients such as Spark, Pidgin, and Web clients. It is written in Java and has features like group chat, messaging archive, and plugins.

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