XMPP/Jabber server?

I was recently made aware that XMPP supports account integration with various fediverse platforms (including lemmy for Ejabberd).

I have long been looking for a proper chat platform that works with the fediverse and was more than disappointed by my experience with matrix. I don't know if there are other people interested in this so I'm making this post to see if there is any interest here locally.

I haven't used XMPP yet; but I'd definitely be willing to give it a shot if I could use it with one of my already existing fediverse accounts.