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How to Chat on Livecoding.tv Using an External XMPP Client

Now you can chat on Livecoding.tv using an external XMPP client. To use this feature follow these steps

Download and install Gajim (an external XMPP Client), you can also use Jabber. After installation select “I already have I want to use” and press forward button
- Here are some useful XMPP Clients for Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone users
  - Android – AstraChat
  - iPhone – Boogie Chat
  - Windows – Pidgin
  - Mac – Adium and Pidgin

Than enter your user name + livecoding.tv as a Jabber ID and password.If you don’t have a password yet (social account signup), you can set by following this.

If you have signed up with social account and don’t have password, you can create a password under channel settings,

Click on set password option

Enter a password and click on “Set password” button

After login right click on highlighted livecoding.tv —→ Select join Group chat —-→ then click join new group chat.

After that fill your nick name, and in server enter “chat.livecoding.tv”, If you know the user name of streamer you want to chat with “enter his/her user name in room and click join”

And it will takes you to Wild’s chat Room

Accounts and IP addresses which engage in spamming other users will be blocked or eventually banned. So please don’t use the external chat client for spamming others.

So, download Gajim and start chatting now ☺

Dr. Michael J. Garbade

I, Dr. Michael J. Garbade is the co-founder of the Education Ecosystem (aka LiveEdu), ex-Amazon, GE, Rebate Networks, Y-combinator. Python, Django, and DevOps Engineer. Serial Entrepreneur. Experienced in raising venture funding. I speak English and German as mother tongues. I have a Masters in Business Administration and Physics, and a Ph.D. in Venture Capital Financing. Currently, I am the Project Lead on the community project -Nationalcoronalvirus Hotline I write subject matter expert technical and business articles in leading blogs like Opensource.com, Dzone.com, Cybrary, Businessinsider, Entrepreneur.com, TechinAsia, Coindesk, and Cointelegraph. I am a frequent speaker and panelist at tech and blockchain conferences around the globe. I serve as a start-up mentor at Axel Springer Accelerator, NY Edtech Accelerator, Seedstars, and Learnlaunch Accelerator. I love hackathons and often serve as a technical judge on hackathon panels.

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karolyi says:

July 28, 2016 at 2:20 am

any chance of SSL/TLS authentication? It doesn't seem to work for me.
Роман Зайруллин says:

December 4, 2015 at 1:33 pm

But if i need port-number for connect to chat.livecoding.tv?

Thomas Crane says:

December 7, 2015 at 12:10 pm

By default it uses port 80 on http and port 443 for https. If you want to set up port forwarding you can set it up on your router and update the port number in the XMPP client settings.