The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. External links lead to extensions that add a feature to a client. // Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ...

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General information

Basic general information about the instant messengers: creator/company, license/price, amongst others.

USD redirects here. ... Adium is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libpurple library. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Agile Messenger is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for mobile devices which allows users to be connected to multiple instant messaging networks while away from the PC. Agile Messenger supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and XMPP. Versions are available for Windows Mobile/Windows CE, Symbian OS, Palm OS... The subscription business model is a business model that has long been used by magazines and record clubs, but the application of this model is spreading. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... aMSN is an MSN Messenger clone licensed under the GPL. Its main objective is to assist users who are new to the Linux operating system keep in contact with those who use the Microsoft program which is available only on Windows and Macintosh. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Ayttm is an instant messaging (aka chat) client that provides all-in-one chat functionality for several major instant messaging services from one simple program. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... BitWise IM is a secure, cross-platform instant messaging program written using wxWidgets and is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... BitlBee is an IRC to other IM-chat-networks gateway created by Wilmer van der Gaast and others. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, and Jabber protocols. ... Konstantin Nikolayevich Klyagin (in Russian: Константин Николаевич Клягин) is an open source software author, born in Ukraine. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... climm (previously mICQ) is a free text-based instant messaging client that runs on a wide variety of platforms, including AmigaOS, BeOS, Windows (using either Cygwin or MinGW), Mac OS X, NetBSD/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. climm has many of the features the official ICQ client... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Coccinella is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... CSpace is a cryptographically secure, decentralised peer-to-peer-based communications system for file sharing and chat based on text, voice and video. ... CSpace is a cryptographically secure, decentralised peer-to-peer-based communications system for file sharing and chat based on text, voice and video. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... eBuddy is a web & mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging clients including MSN Messenger, Yahoo! and AIM. Users who are unable or unwilling to download software can access their IM account through eBuddy. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Exodus is a free software instant messaging client developed by Peter Millard and written in Borland Delphi that can connect to Jabber servers and exchange messages with other Jabber users. ... Peter G. Millard (born October 7, 1971 in Buffalo, New York, died April 26, 2006) was one of the Jabber protocols creators and designers. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Fire is the first instant messaging client for Mac OS X (previously for OPENSTEP), that can access IRC, Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Bonjour. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Gajim is a free software, instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Global Communications Network or (GCN) is an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... GOIM (Gamers Own Instant Messenger), is a OpenSource instant messaging client based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Goofey was an early instant messenger program for UNIX systems, written in the mid-1990s by Tim MacKenzie. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging, offered by Google. ... Google, Inc. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the Mac software. ... Apple Inc. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warners AOL subsidiary. ... Mirabilis was the name of the Israeli company that produced ICQ, a popular instant messenger. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... imeem logo imeem is a social media service where users interact with each other by watching, posting, and sharing content of all media types, including blogs, photos, audio, and video. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... IMVU is a graphical instant messaging client with more than 1 million users. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Interactive Networks Inc. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Interaction Logo, August 28, 2006. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Jabbin is a free chat program for instant messaging and Voice over IP phone calls via Jabber protocols. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Gadu-Gadu (Polish for chitter-chatter; commonly known as GG or gg) is a Polish instant messaging client. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Konnekt is a Polish instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. ... Endurance, or stamina, is the act of sustaining prolonged stressful effort. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... In computing, Licq is a free clone of the original ICQ client that runs on Linux and on other Unix systems. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... MCabber is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Meca Messenger is an instant messaging client that supports multiple protocols. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Meebo is an in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ [1], and Jabber and is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin[2]. // Although still in its early... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Meetro is a multi-network instant messenger with location-based services (LBS). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... MindSpring logo MindSpring was a major Internet service provider which merged with EarthLink on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Miranda Instant Messenger is a minimalist, open source multiprotocol instant messaging application, designed for Microsoft Windows. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), (founded 1975), headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the worlds largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... MySpaceIM is an instant messaging program released by MySpace. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... naim is a minimalist messaging and chat program written by Daniel Reed which supports the protocols AIM, ICQ, IRC, and lily (CMC). ... Daniel Reed is the main developer and programmer of the naim AOL Instant Messenger client using C. He is also an IRC operator on EFnet. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... WengoPhone Classic running on Microsoft WindowsXP Openwengo is a community of Free (as in speech) Software enthusiasts. ... Wengo is a VoIP provider, subsidiary company of neuf Cegetel. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Pandion is an XMPP/Jabber client, developed by Dries Staelens and Sebastiaan Deckers. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Paltalk is an internet chat service for text, voice and video chatting. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform instant messaging client that supports many commonly used instant messaging protocols. ... Mark Spencer at the 2006 OReilly Emerging Telephony Conference. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... pork is an ncurses-based instant messaging and IRC client for Unix-like operating systems. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... GPL redirects here. ... Proteus is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libgaim library. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Psi is a GPLed instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the Qt toolkit. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... psyced is a multi-protocol gateway and server application supporting the PSYC, Jabber, IRC, TELNET and more protocols such as HTTP. It performs as a node in distributed chat and instant messaging networks such as PSYC and Jabber. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... The Quiet Internet Pager (QIP) is an alternative instant messaging client based on the OSCAR protocol. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Qnext is a Java-based P2P client that provides instant messaging, audio chat, video conferencing, music streaming, photo sharing, online gaming, file transfer and file sharing. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... QQ is sometimes used on the Internet as an abbreviation for crying; it is supposedly visually similar to two big eyes with tears at the bottom. ... QQ2006 Main User Interface QQ.coms old logo QQ.coms logo Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in Asia, and the world’s third most popular IM service [1]. The program is maintained by Tencent Holdings Limited (HKSE... This article is about the year. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Live Support Software is a popular term for instant messaging applications designed specifically to provide online assistance to users of a web site. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Simple Instant Messenger (SIM) is a free software multiprotocol instant messaging client available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. SIM-ICQ was discontinued for a time because its founder Vladimir Shutoff, a Russian programmer, left the project. ... This article is about the day. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... Niklas Zennström Niklas Zennström, born 1966, is a Swedish entrepreneur. ... Janus Friis (born in 1976) is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA and Skype, the peer-to-peer telephony application. ... This article is about the online auction center. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... The UNIX talk command shown in these screenshots was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... The BSD daemon BSD licenses represent a family of permissive free software licenses. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... Cerulean Studios is a limited liability company focused on developing computer software. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... Cerulean Studios is a limited liability company focused on developing computer software. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 200th day of the year (201st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... Cerulean Studios is a limited liability company focused on developing computer software. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... For the old versions of this software called MSN Messenger, see MSN Messenger. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), (founded 1975), headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the worlds largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). ... This article is about the year. ... The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that uses Symbian OS. S60 is currently amongst the leading smartphone platforms in the world. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... Windows Messenger is a (now deprecated) proprietary instant messaging client included in Microsofts Windows XP operating system. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), (founded 1975), headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, is the worlds largest software company (with over 50,000 employees in various countries, as of May 2004). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... For the web service tool, see Codehaus XFire . ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... “Yahoo” redirects here. ... This article is about the year. ... It has been suggested that closed source be merged into this article or section. ... YSM is a full-featured console-based ICQ client written in C. YSM is open source and released under the GNU General Public License. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... Created at MIT, as part of Project Athena, Zephyr was designed as an instant messenger protocol and application-suite with a heavy Unix background. ... Project Athena was a joint project of MIT, Digital Equipment Corporation, and IBM. It was launched in 1983, and research and development ran through June 30, 1991, eight years after it began. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The MIT License, also called the X License or the X11 License, originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a license for the use of certain types of computer software. ... USD redirects here. ...

Operating system support

The operating systems the clients can run on without emulation or compatibility layers. An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... This article is about emulators in computer science. ... In software engineering, a compatibility layer allows binaries for an emulated system to run on a host system. ...

Note 1: Not a dedicated Mac OS X but a POSIX application: Will need an X server and additional libraries installed, and will not look like a native Mac OS X application. “Windows” redirects here. ... Mac OS X (IPA: ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... BSD redirects here; for other uses see BSD (disambiguation). ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®, sometimes also written as or ® with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... Windows Mobile is a compact operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 API. Devices which run Windows Mobile include Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers. ... This article is about the wireless e-mail device. ... The Other or constitutive other (also referred to as othering) is a key concept in continental philosophy, opposed to the Same. ... Adium is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libpurple library. ... Agile Messenger is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for mobile devices which allows users to be connected to multiple instant messaging networks while away from the PC. Agile Messenger supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and XMPP. Versions are available for Windows Mobile/Windows CE, Symbian OS, Palm OS... AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ... aMSN is an MSN Messenger clone licensed under the GPL. Its main objective is to assist users who are new to the Linux operating system keep in contact with those who use the Microsoft program which is available only on Windows and Macintosh. ... BitlBee is an IRC to other IM-chat-networks gateway created by Wilmer van der Gaast and others. ... BitWise IM is a secure, cross-platform instant messaging program written using wxWidgets and is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. ... Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, and Jabber protocols. ... climm (previously mICQ) is a free text-based instant messaging client that runs on a wide variety of platforms, including AmigaOS, BeOS, Windows (using either Cygwin or MinGW), Mac OS X, NetBSD/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. climm has many of the features the official ICQ client... Coccinella is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... eBuddy is a web & mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging clients including MSN Messenger, Yahoo! and AIM. Users who are unable or unwilling to download software can access their IM account through eBuddy. ... Exodus is a free software instant messaging client developed by Peter Millard and written in Borland Delphi that can connect to Jabber servers and exchange messages with other Jabber users. ... Fire is the first instant messaging client for Mac OS X (previously for OPENSTEP), that can access IRC, Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Bonjour. ... Gajim is a free software, instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit. ... Global Communications Network or (GCN) is an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. ... GOIM (Gamers Own Instant Messenger), is a OpenSource instant messaging client based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. ... Goofey was an early instant messenger program for UNIX systems, written in the mid-1990s by Tim MacKenzie. ... Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging, offered by Google. ... Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging, offered by Google. ... For other uses, see Gmail (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Mac software. ... ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warners AOL subsidiary. ... IMVU is a graphical instant messaging client with more than 1 million users. ... Interaction Logo, August 28, 2006. ... imeem logo imeem is a social media service where users interact with each other by watching, posting, and sharing content of all media types, including blogs, photos, audio, and video. ... For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... Gadu-Gadu (Polish for chitter-chatter; commonly known as GG or gg) is a Polish instant messaging client. ... Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client. ... In computing, Licq is a free clone of the original ICQ client that runs on Linux and on other Unix systems. ... MCabber is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... Meca Messenger is an instant messaging client that supports multiple protocols. ... Meebo is an in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ [1], and Jabber and is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin[2]. // Although still in its early... Meetro is a multi-network instant messenger with location-based services (LBS). ... Miranda Instant Messenger is a minimalist, open source multiprotocol instant messaging application, designed for Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. ... MindSpring logo MindSpring was a major Internet service provider which merged with EarthLink on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name. ... MySpaceIM is an instant messaging program released by MySpace. ... naim is a minimalist messaging and chat program written by Daniel Reed which supports the protocols AIM, ICQ, IRC, and lily (CMC). ... WengoPhone Classic running on Microsoft WindowsXP Openwengo is a community of Free (as in speech) Software enthusiasts. ... Pandion is an XMPP/Jabber client, developed by Dries Staelens and Sebastiaan Deckers. ... Paltalk is an internet chat service for text, voice and video chatting. ... Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform instant messaging client that supports many commonly used instant messaging protocols. ... pork is an ncurses-based instant messaging and IRC client for Unix-like operating systems. ... Proteus is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libgaim library. ... Psi is a GPLed instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the Qt toolkit. ... psyced is a multi-protocol gateway and server application supporting the PSYC, Jabber, IRC, TELNET and more protocols such as HTTP. It performs as a node in distributed chat and instant messaging networks such as PSYC and Jabber. ... The Quiet Internet Pager (QIP) is an alternative instant messaging client based on the OSCAR protocol. ... Qnext is a Java-based P2P client that provides instant messaging, audio chat, video conferencing, music streaming, photo sharing, online gaming, file transfer and file sharing. ... QQ is sometimes used on the Internet as an abbreviation for crying; it is supposedly visually similar to two big eyes with tears at the bottom. ... Live Support Software is a popular term for instant messaging applications designed specifically to provide online assistance to users of a web site. ... Simple Instant Messenger (SIM) is a free software multiprotocol instant messaging client available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. SIM-ICQ was discontinued for a time because its founder Vladimir Shutoff, a Russian programmer, left the project. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... The UNIX talk command shown in these screenshots was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... For the old versions of this software called MSN Messenger, see MSN Messenger. ... The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that uses Symbian OS. S60 is currently amongst the leading smartphone platforms in the world. ... Windows Messenger is a (now deprecated) proprietary instant messaging client included in Microsofts Windows XP operating system. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... YSM is a full-featured console-based ICQ client written in C. YSM is open source and released under the GNU General Public License. ... Created at MIT, as part of Project Athena, Zephyr was designed as an instant messenger protocol and application-suite with a heavy Unix background. ... “Windows” redirects here. ... Mac OS X (IPA: ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... BSD redirects here; for other uses see BSD (disambiguation). ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®, sometimes also written as or ® with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... Windows Mobile is a compact operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 API. Devices which run Windows Mobile include Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers. ... This article is about the wireless e-mail device. ... Mac OS X (IPA: ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... POSIX or Portable Operating System Interface[1] is the collective name of a family of related standards specified by the IEEE to define the application programming interface (API) for software compatible with variants of the Unix operating system. ... “X11” redirects here. ... Illustration of an application which may use libvorbisfile. ...

Note 2: Requires ANSI terminal. See e.g. Windows ANSI driver problem on how to load ANSI.SYS. ANSI.SYS is a device driver in MS-DOS (and related operating systems) that provides extra console functions through ANSI escape codes. ...

Note 3: MSN Web Messenger can be used with a compatible browser and valid Microsoft Passport Network account. Microsoft Passport Network is a unified-login service provided by Microsoft that allows users to log in to many websites using one account. ...

Note 4: Numerous talk/ytalk clients exist for Win32; others are available under the Cygwin environment.

Note 5: Only available in the upcoming version OpenWengo-ng already available through Subversion. In computing, Subversion (SVN) is a version control system (VCS) initiated in 2000 by CollabNet Inc. ...

Note 6: Generally only available as source, not as a ready-to-install binary.

Note 7: Client will only work on Mac OS X within a Unix terminal session (Terminal.app, Xterm, iTerm, or similar.)

Note 8: It is called Messenger for Mac, currently version 6.

Protocol support

Single Protocol Clients

• AMSN
• BitWise IM
• Interaction Chat
• Kadu (instant messenger)
• Microsoft Messenger for Mac
• QQ
• Skype
• YSM (ICQ)
• Zephyr protocol

aMSN is an MSN Messenger clone licensed under the GPL. Its main objective is to assist users who are new to the Linux operating system keep in contact with those who use the Microsoft program which is available only on Windows and Macintosh. ... BitWise IM is a secure, cross-platform instant messaging program written using wxWidgets and is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. ... Interaction Logo, August 28, 2006. ... Gadu-Gadu (Polish for chitter-chatter; commonly known as GG or gg) is a Polish instant messaging client. ... Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. ... QQ is sometimes used on the Internet as an abbreviation for crying; it is supposedly visually similar to two big eyes with tears at the bottom. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... YSM is a full-featured console-based ICQ client written in C. YSM is open source and released under the GNU General Public License. ... Created at MIT, as part of Project Athena, Zephyr was designed as an instant messenger protocol and application-suite with a heavy Unix background. ...

Jabber Clients without any multi-protocol transports

• Exodus (instant messaging client)
• GOIM
• Google Talk
• MindSpring
• Pandion (software)

Official logo of the Jabber Software Foundation Jabber is a collection of open, real-time communication technologies built on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). ... Exodus is a free software instant messaging client developed by Peter Millard and written in Borland Delphi that can connect to Jabber servers and exchange messages with other Jabber users. ... GOIM (Gamers Own Instant Messenger), is a OpenSource instant messaging client based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. ... Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging, offered by Google. ... MindSpring logo MindSpring was a major Internet service provider which merged with EarthLink on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name. ... Pandion is an XMPP/Jabber client, developed by Dries Staelens and Sebastiaan Deckers. ...

Jabber Clients using server-sided multi-protocol transports

• Coccinella (software)
• Gajim
• Global Communications Network
• iChat
• MCabber
• Mercury Messenger
• Psi (instant messaging client)
• psyced

Official logo of the Jabber Software Foundation Jabber is a collection of open, real-time communication technologies built on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). ... Coccinella is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... Gajim is a free software, instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit. ... Global Communications Network or (GCN) is an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. ... This article is about the Mac software. ... MCabber is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... Psi is a GPLed instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the Qt toolkit. ... psyced is a multi-protocol gateway and server application supporting the PSYC, Jabber, IRC, TELNET and more protocols such as HTTP. It performs as a node in distributed chat and instant messaging networks such as PSYC and Jabber. ...

Multiprotocol Clients

Information on the instant messaging protocols that each client supports. The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging protocols. ...

Note 1: Plugin available [1] AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ... ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warners AOL subsidiary. ... For the old versions of this software called MSN Messenger, see MSN Messenger. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... IRC redirects here. ... Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, or XMPP, is an open, XML-based protocol for near real-time extensible messaging and presence events. ... Bonjour, formerly Rendezvous, is Apple Inc. ... GroupWise is a cross-platform collaborative software product from Novell, Inc. ... IBM Lotus Sametime is the commercial Instant Messaging service by the Lotus Software brand of IBM. It provides instant messaging(IM) and presence awareness capabilities as well as support for web conferencing. ... Gadu-Gadu is an instant messaging program that is popular in Poland. ... QQ is sometimes used on the Internet as an abbreviation for crying; it is supposedly visually similar to two big eyes with tears at the bottom. ... Example of an OTR instance, the window on the left shows messages as received by iChat and on the right is Adium Off-the-Record Messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, is a cryptographic protocol that provides strong encryption for instant messaging conversations. ... Adium is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libpurple library. ... Agile Messenger is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for mobile devices which allows users to be connected to multiple instant messaging networks while away from the PC. Agile Messenger supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and XMPP. Versions are available for Windows Mobile/Windows CE, Symbian OS, Palm OS... AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ... BitlBee is an IRC to other IM-chat-networks gateway created by Wilmer van der Gaast and others. ... Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, and Jabber protocols. ... climm (previously mICQ) is a free text-based instant messaging client that runs on a wide variety of platforms, including AmigaOS, BeOS, Windows (using either Cygwin or MinGW), Mac OS X, NetBSD/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. climm has many of the features the official ICQ client... eBuddy is a web & mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging clients including MSN Messenger, Yahoo! and AIM. Users who are unable or unwilling to download software can access their IM account through eBuddy. ... MySpaceIM is the official instant messaging client for the social networking site, MySpace. ... Fire is the first instant messaging client for Mac OS X (previously for OPENSTEP), that can access IRC, Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Bonjour. ... ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warners AOL subsidiary. ... imeem logo imeem is a social media service where users interact with each other by watching, posting, and sharing content of all media types, including blogs, photos, audio, and video. ... IM+ is a multi-network mobile IM client that enables chat capabilities within all public instant messaging systems. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... IMVU is a graphical instant messaging client with more than 1 million users. ... IMVU is a graphical instant messaging client with more than 1 million users. ... For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... Winpopup is a Microsoft Windows utility that send messages from one Windows computer to another on the same Local Area Network (LAN). ... In computing, Licq is a free clone of the original ICQ client that runs on Linux and on other Unix systems. ... Meca Messenger is an instant messaging client that supports multiple protocols. ... Meebo is an in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ [1], and Jabber and is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin[2]. // Although still in its early... Meetro is a multi-network instant messenger with location-based services (LBS). ... Miranda Instant Messenger is a minimalist, open source multiprotocol instant messaging application, designed for Microsoft Windows. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... naim is a minimalist messaging and chat program written by Daniel Reed which supports the protocols AIM, ICQ, IRC, and lily (CMC). ... lily is a CMC program. ... WengoPhone Classic running on Microsoft WindowsXP Openwengo is a community of Free (as in speech) Software enthusiasts. ... Paltalk is an internet chat service for text, voice and video chatting. ... Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform instant messaging client that supports many commonly used instant messaging protocols. ... SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services over the Internet. ... pork is an ncurses-based instant messaging and IRC client for Unix-like operating systems. ... Proteus is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libgaim library. ... Yahoo! Japan Corporation (ヤフー株式会社; Yafū Kabushiki Gaisha) (TYO: 4689) is a Japanese affiliate of Yahoo!. The head office is in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Minato, Tokyo. ... The Quiet Internet Pager (QIP) is an alternative instant messaging client based on the OSCAR protocol. ... Qnext is a Java-based P2P client that provides instant messaging, audio chat, video conferencing, music streaming, photo sharing, online gaming, file transfer and file sharing. ... Simple Instant Messenger (SIM) is a free software multiprotocol instant messaging client available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. SIM-ICQ was discontinued for a time because its founder Vladimir Shutoff, a Russian programmer, left the project. ... The UNIX talk command shown in these screenshots was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... For the old versions of this software called MSN Messenger, see MSN Messenger. ... Windows Messenger is a (now deprecated) proprietary instant messaging client included in Microsofts Windows XP operating system. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ... ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warners AOL subsidiary. ... For the old versions of this software called MSN Messenger, see MSN Messenger. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... IRC redirects here. ... Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, or XMPP, is an open, XML-based protocol for near real-time extensible messaging and presence events. ... Bonjour, formerly Rendezvous, is Apple Inc. ... GroupWise is a cross-platform collaborative software product from Novell, Inc. ... IBM Lotus Sametime is the commercial Instant Messaging service by the Lotus Software brand of IBM. It provides instant messaging(IM) and presence awareness capabilities as well as support for web conferencing. ... Gadu-Gadu is an instant messaging program that is popular in Poland. ... QQ is sometimes used on the Internet as an abbreviation for crying; it is supposedly visually similar to two big eyes with tears at the bottom. ... Example of an OTR instance, the window on the left shows messages as received by iChat and on the right is Adium Off-the-Record Messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, is a cryptographic protocol that provides strong encryption for instant messaging conversations. ...

Note 2: Plugin available

Note 3: Interoperability with proprietary protocols can be achieved using server-side gateways (so-called transports) in Jabber. Official logo of the Jabber Software Foundation Jabber is a collection of open, real-time communication technologies built on the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). ...

Note 4: Plugin available, but requires installed and running Skype.

Note 5: LAN and chat protocols supported for Miranda include NetSend, WinPopup, Novell Netware NCP, BattleNet, Vypress Chat, Quick Chat, and Walla Chat.

Note 6: Uses the AIM TOC2 protocol, which has fewer features than the Oscar protocol the official client uses. An Oscar plugin is available, but is still in early development.

Note 7: Plugin available [2]

Note 8: Can only enter one ICQ/AOL IM account, so users who have both an ICQ number and an AOL IM account name, can't use both.

Note 9: Text-based messaging only; does not support Bonjour/iChat's audio IM functionality.

Note 10: Probably text-based messaging only, without support for Bonjour/iChat's audio IM functionality.

Note 11: Plug-in available, but requires Skype to be installed and running.

Note 12: AIM interoperability: can send/receive to AIM from an ICQ account.

Note 13: The support is optional. It currently isn't feature-complete, but basic operations should be fine.

Note 14: Claims to be supported, though frequently fails to receive or deliver messages, and tends to crash when receiving multiuser chat invites or file transfer requests.

Note 15: Feature incomplete. Lacks service discovery and transport support, making user search, multiuser chat, connections to other IM networks via XMPP difficult or impossible. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, or XMPP, is an open, XML-based protocol for near real-time extensible messaging and presence events. ...

Note 16: Yahoo! Messenger interoperability: can send/receive to Yahoo! Messenger from a Windows Live Messenger account.

Note 17: Windows Live Messenger interoperability: can send/receive to Windows Live Messenger from a Yahoo! Messenger account.

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Note 1: Plug-in system to add/expand the default features for the application, or protocol. Such as (but not limited to) Trillian chat client - Plugins. Windows Messenger is a (now deprecated) proprietary instant messaging client included in Microsofts Windows XP operating system. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... YSM is a full-featured console-based ICQ client written in C. YSM is open source and released under the GNU General Public License. ... For other uses of smiley and smiley face, see Smiley (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Plug in. ... Hi all! Goog directory <a href=http://tajga. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ...

Note 2: Third party add-ons which are usually not approved by the author of the application and are usually standalone. Such as (but not limited to) AOL Instant messenger - Third-party add-ons. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ...

Note 3: Using third party add-on software. Consult the client's page for details.

Note 4: Proprietary; compatible only to itself.

Note 5: ICQ: SSL-encrypted direct connections; compatible between climm, licq and SIM. climm (previously mICQ) is a free text-based instant messaging client that runs on a wide variety of platforms, including AmigaOS, BeOS, Windows (using either Cygwin or MinGW), Mac OS X, NetBSD/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. climm has many of the features the official ICQ client... In computing, Licq is a free clone of the original ICQ client that runs on Linux and on other Unix systems. ... Simple Instant Messenger (SIM) is a free software multiprotocol instant messaging client available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. SIM-ICQ was discontinued for a time because its founder Vladimir Shutoff, a Russian programmer, left the project. ...

Note 6: Any protocol: GPG-encrypted messages. The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG) is a free software replacement for the PGP suite of cryptographic software, released under the GNU General Public License. ...

Note 7: Blowfish-encrypted direct connection; compatible only to itself.

Note 8: Newer version Pidgin : Pidgin-encryption plugin, older version Gaim : Gaim-encryption plugin, available at pidgin-encrypt.sf.net. This plugin is compatible with Pidgin/Gaim clients only.

Note 9: Compatible with all Jabber clients implementing JEP-0027 (standard Jabber encryption).

Note 10: SecureIM plugin provides 192 bits AES Encryption, compatible only between Miranda clients.

Note 11: End to end encryption via "Off The Record" (OTR) encryption. Adium: Plugin (built-in), Kopete: Plugin (kopete-otr.follefuder.org), Pidgin: Plugin (www.cypherpunks.ca/otr), Miranda: Plugin (addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?action=viewfile&id=2644), climm: built-in since (mICQ) 0.5.4, Trillian Pro: Plugin (trillianotr.kittyfox.net) Example of an OTR instance, the window on the left shows messages as received by iChat and on the right is Adium Off-the-Record Messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, is a cryptographic protocol that provides strong encryption for instant messaging conversations. ...

Note 13: While IMVU does not allow add-ons to extend the client, registered accounts can create new content for use inside the simulation.

Note 14: IMVU logs all actions perceived by the client, including actions that do not have a textual result, making the log difficult to use for reading of messages.

Note 15: WebCam Video, a plugin for Miranda IM, allows for video chat between two users of the Miranda IM client through a different method than whichever protocol they may currently use.

Note 16: AES256-encrypted direct connection; compatible only to itself.

Note 17: Only voice clips are fully supported, not the audio conference feature. MSN Messenger is a freeware instant messaging client that was developed and distributed by Microsoft between 1999 and 2005 for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, and aimed towards home users. ...

Note 19: The IRC client connecting to the bitlbee server should take care of this feature.

Note 20: The Jabberwocky client allows scripting in the ARexx language. ARexx is the Amiga version of scripting language REXX by IBM. It has been not licensed from IBM, but it is a version written by Bill Hawes who ported REXX to the Amiga, with many special Amiga features. ...

Features 2

Adium is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libpurple library. ... Agile Messenger is a multiprotocol instant messaging application for mobile devices which allows users to be connected to multiple instant messaging networks while away from the PC. Agile Messenger supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and XMPP. Versions are available for Windows Mobile/Windows CE, Symbian OS, Palm OS... AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is a free, advertisement-supported proprietary instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol. ... aMSN is an MSN Messenger clone licensed under the GPL. Its main objective is to assist users who are new to the Linux operating system keep in contact with those who use the Microsoft program which is available only on Windows and Macintosh. ... BitlBee is an IRC to other IM-chat-networks gateway created by Wilmer van der Gaast and others. ... BitWise IM is a secure, cross-platform instant messaging program written using wxWidgets and is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. ... Centericq is a text mode menu- and window-driven IM interface that supports the ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, and Jabber protocols. ... climm (previously mICQ) is a free text-based instant messaging client that runs on a wide variety of platforms, including AmigaOS, BeOS, Windows (using either Cygwin or MinGW), Mac OS X, NetBSD/OpenBSD/FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX. climm has many of the features the official ICQ client... Coccinella is a free software client for the Jabber/XMPP instant messaging protocol. ... Exodus is a free software instant messaging client developed by Peter Millard and written in Borland Delphi that can connect to Jabber servers and exchange messages with other Jabber users. ... Fire is the first instant messaging client for Mac OS X (previously for OPENSTEP), that can access IRC, Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Bonjour. ... Gajim is a free software, instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the GTK+ toolkit. ... Global Communications Network or (GCN) is an instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows. ... GOIM (Gamers Own Instant Messenger), is a OpenSource instant messaging client based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform. ... Goofey was an early instant messenger program for UNIX systems, written in the mid-1990s by Tim MacKenzie. ... Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging, offered by Google. ... Google Talk is a Windows application for Voice over IP and instant messaging, offered by Google. ... For other uses, see Gmail (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Mac software. ... ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warners AOL subsidiary. ... IMVU is a graphical instant messaging client with more than 1 million users. ... Interaction Logo, August 28, 2006. ... imeem logo imeem is a social media service where users interact with each other by watching, posting, and sharing content of all media types, including blogs, photos, audio, and video. ... For other uses, see Jabberwocky (disambiguation). ... Gadu-Gadu (Polish for chitter-chatter; commonly known as GG or gg) is a Polish instant messaging client. ... Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client. ... In computing, Licq is a free clone of the original ICQ client that runs on Linux and on other Unix systems. ... Meca Messenger is an instant messaging client that supports multiple protocols. ... Meebo is an in-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ [1], and Jabber and is based on the free and open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin[2]. // Although still in its early... Meetro is a multi-network instant messenger with location-based services (LBS). ... Miranda Instant Messenger is a minimalist, open source multiprotocol instant messaging application, designed for Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. ... MindSpring logo MindSpring was a major Internet service provider which merged with EarthLink on February 4, 2000, with the company retaining the EarthLink name. ... MySpaceIM is an instant messaging program released by MySpace. ... naim is a minimalist messaging and chat program written by Daniel Reed which supports the protocols AIM, ICQ, IRC, and lily (CMC). ... WengoPhone Classic running on Microsoft WindowsXP Openwengo is a community of Free (as in speech) Software enthusiasts. ... Pandion is an XMPP/Jabber client, developed by Dries Staelens and Sebastiaan Deckers. ... Paltalk is an internet chat service for text, voice and video chatting. ... Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform instant messaging client that supports many commonly used instant messaging protocols. ... pork is an ncurses-based instant messaging and IRC client for Unix-like operating systems. ... Proteus is a popular instant messaging client for Mac OS X that supports multiple protocols through the libgaim library. ... Psi is a GPLed instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the Qt toolkit. ... psyced is a multi-protocol gateway and server application supporting the PSYC, Jabber, IRC, TELNET and more protocols such as HTTP. It performs as a node in distributed chat and instant messaging networks such as PSYC and Jabber. ... Qnext is a Java-based P2P client that provides instant messaging, audio chat, video conferencing, music streaming, photo sharing, online gaming, file transfer and file sharing. ... The Quiet Internet Pager (QIP) is an alternative instant messaging client based on the OSCAR protocol. ... QQ is sometimes used on the Internet as an abbreviation for crying; it is supposedly visually similar to two big eyes with tears at the bottom. ... Live Support Software is a popular term for instant messaging applications designed specifically to provide online assistance to users of a web site. ... Simple Instant Messenger (SIM) is a free software multiprotocol instant messaging client available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. SIM-ICQ was discontinued for a time because its founder Vladimir Shutoff, a Russian programmer, left the project. ... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ... The UNIX talk command shown in these screenshots was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... This article is about the instant messaging client. ... For the old versions of this software called MSN Messenger, see MSN Messenger. ... Windows Messenger is a (now deprecated) proprietary instant messaging client included in Microsofts Windows XP operating system. ... “Y!M” redirects here. ... YSM is a full-featured console-based ICQ client written in C. YSM is open source and released under the GNU General Public License. ... Created at MIT, as part of Project Athena, Zephyr was designed as an instant messenger protocol and application-suite with a heavy Unix background. ...

See also

• Comparison of instant messaging protocols
• Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
• Comparison of LAN messengers

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of instant messaging protocols. ... The following comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients gives an overview of features and differences between various Internet Relay Chat clients. ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of LAN messengers. ...

References