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  1. Installation

First setup the dependencies

   sudo apk add g++ python3-dev py3-gobject3 alpine-sdk openssl-dev libffi-dev gettext

Then download the source tarball from https://gajim.org/downloads.php?lang=en#source unpack it, enter the directory and execute

   pip3 install --user .

This should even create a

  1. Known issues

At the first start Gajim used 100% CPU for a longer time - this was probably due to the fact that I was a member of a few big MUCs.

  1. Possible first steps

It may be a good idea to start the MUCs minimized.

  1. Which server should I choose?

See this page for information about compliance with modern XMPP extensions: https://conversations.im/compliance/