Snikket
snikket-im/snikket-server
An open-source alternative to WhatsApp.
Image builder for Snikket server (from the repository)
- Stars
- 467
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Last push
- 2026-09-30
- Written in
- Lua
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 28 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Ships untagged
No tagged release
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
59% closed
56 open · 80 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+5 in 9 days
467 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
PermissiveApache-2.0
Use, change and sell it, including inside a closed product. Keep the copyright notice.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
Docker Compose, quoted from Snikket’s own README as written. We have not run it, and most projects expect you to set secrets or a database before production use.
docker compose up -d
Snikket against the other open-source options
Every project offered against WhatsApp, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Signal Android | 29,494 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Kotlin |
 Berty | 9,329 | Active | Not identified | ○ | TypeScript |
 Lokinet | 2,105 | Active | Copyleft | ○ | C++ |
 Speek | 768 | Quiet | Not identified | ○ | C++ |
 Coyim | 617 | Slowing | Not identified | ○ | Go |
 Kontalk | 575 | Quiet | Copyleft | ○ | Java |
 Snikket (this page) | 467 | Active | Permissive | Compose | Lua |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with WhatsApp and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data