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Instant Messenger Software
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See also: Instant Messenger | Encrypted Chat Clients
This list is not exhaustive.
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Core Networks
Instant Messenger networks usually have their own specific client, often by the same name. These clients can only connect only to their specific network.
- AIM
- ICQ
- Jabber
- MSN Messenger
- Napster
- Gadu-Gadu
- Yahoo Messenger
- Yeemp
- http://retroshare.sf.net serverless Instant Messenger with Encryption and File Sharing
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Clients by operating system
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Multiple Operating Systems
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AIM Network
- AIM - AOL's Instant Messenger - http://www.aol.com/aim - Windows, Mac, UNIX, Java, PalmOS, etc. Although AOL IM seems to be the most popular, if your chat partner goes offline, - even briefly - messages are often dropped and never seen.
- TiK - Tcl/Tk
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ICQ Network
- ICQ - "I Seek You" - Windows, Mac OS 9, and any web browser Web Interface - A full feature-rich Instant Messaging client. Great for groupware and collaboration. Owned by AOL.
- YSM - A textmode client for Windows, most <code>*</code>Nix systems, and BeOS
- mICQ - A textmode client for many operating systems. One of the few that allows the use of multiple user accounts on the same network.
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Yahoo Network
- Yahoo Messenger - http://messenger.yahoo.com - Windows, Mac, UNIX, Java - Tightly integrated with the Yahoo suite of online services, Messenger is a great alternative to ICQ, although not as feature-rich. Great videoconferencing capabilities.
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MSN Network
- MSN Messenger - http://messenger.microsoft.com - Microsoft's messaging client, comes by default with many flavors of Windows. Not available for Windows 95.
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Multi-Network
- EveryBuddy
- GAIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/ - A popular open-source IM tool that supports the most IM services.
- Bitlbee - An IRC to IM gateway.
- Odigo - Windows and Java - supporting all the major services.
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Jabber
clients using the Jabber system that claim support for multiple instant messaging networks.
- Jabber - One of the few clients integrating security and with an open-source core.
- Akeni - Windows and Linux
- Psi - Windows, OS X and Linux (QT) GPLed client.
- MyJabber - Windows (Visual Basic).
- Tkabber - Linux, BSD, Solaris and Windows (Tcl/Tk) - GPL
- Exodus - Windows only (Delphi) - GPL
- Gabber - Linux Gnome - GPL
- GreenThumb - Java http://greenthumb.jabberstudio.org
- (see Jabber.org's list for more clients)
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Windows Only
- Miranda IM - Multi-Network (Jabber), Windows-only - Miranda IM uses very little memory and is extremely fast. Development hosted by Sourceforge.
- Trillian - Very similar to Odigo in user interface and capabilities.
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*nix Only
- CenterICQ - Multi-Network, textmode.
- GnomeICU
- LICQ - a Unix alternative to the Mirabilis ICQ software - http://www.licq.org
- Kopete - KDE - Multi-Network.
- KXICQ - KDE - http://www.kxicq.org
- Yeemp - has both console and GTK interfaces; supports the Yeemp, ICQ, and AIM protocols - http://deekoo.net/technocracy/yeemp/
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