Comparison of instant messaging clients - Informatika Komputer

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.

1 General information
2 Operating system support
3 Protocol support
- 3.1 XMPP-related features
4 Features
5 See also
6 References

General information

Client	Author, creator	First public release	Type	Latest stable version	License
Adium	Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg	2001-09	Multi-protocol	1.5.6 (March 18, 2013; 12 days ago (2013-03-18)) [±] (OS X)	GPLv2
aMSN	The aMSN team	2002-05	Single-protocol	0.98.4	GPL
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	AOL	1997-05	Multi-protocol	7.5.14.8 (May 31, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-05-31)) [±]	Clickwrap
Ayttm^[1]^[2]	Colin Leroy and Philip Tellis	2003-04	Multi-protocol	0.6.1 (Linux) 0.4.6-17 (Windows)	GPL
BitlBee	Wilmer van der Gaast	2002-08-09	Multi-protocol IRC gateway	3.2 (6 January 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-06)) [±]	GPL
Bombus	Eugene Stahov	2005-01-05	Single-protocol	2008 (v0.6)	GPL
Centericq	Konstantin Klyagin	1999	Multi-protocol	4.21.0 (September 2, 2005; 7 years ago (2005-09-02)) [±]	GPL
climm	Mattew D. Smith (up to ICQv5); Rüdiger Kuhlmann	1997(?); 2001	Dual-protocol	0.7.1 (March 2010)	GPLv2
Coccinella^[3]^[4]	Mats Bengtsson	1999-12-01	Single-protocol	0.96.16 (December 1, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-12-01))	GPLv3
eBuddy	Paulo Taylor	2003-03-09	Multi-protocol	2011	Clickwrap
emesene	Luis Mariano Guerra	2006-05-24	Multi-protocol	2.12.5	GPL
Empathy	GNOME	2007-05	Multi-protocol	3.8.0 (March 27, 2013; 3 days ago (2013-03-27)) [±]^[5]	GPL
FaceTime	Apple Inc.	2010	Single-protocol	2.0 July 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-25)	Proprietary
Fire	Eric Peyton	1999-04-01	Multi-protocol	1.5.6 (February 16, 2006) [±]	GPL
Firetalk	Multitude Communications	1997 -2001	voice/music chat program	?	GPL
Gadu-Gadu	Lukasz Foltyn	2000-08	Single-protocol	10.5.2 build 13164 (July 9, 2011)	Clickwrap
Gajim	Yann Le Boulanger	2004-05-21	Single-protocol	0.15.2 (October 30, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-10-30)) [±]	GPL
Google Talk	Google, Inc.	2005-08-24	Dual-protocol	Plugin Windows: 3.7.1.9330 (September 27, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-09-27)) [±]	Clickwrap
Hularing	Farax Mobile	March 2013	XMPP	Alpha	Free
IBM Lotus Sametime	IBM, Ubique	1998	Multi-protocol—proprietary T.120, SIP, XMPP	8.5; December 2009	Clickwrap
iCall	iCall, Inc.	2012-05	Multi-protocol	7.1 (524)	Clickwrap
iChat	Apple Inc.	2002-08	Multi-protocol	6.0.1 (1002) February 1, 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-01)	Clickwrap
ICQ	Mirabilis (AOL)	1996-11	Single-protocol	8.0.5977 December 14, 2012	Clickwrap
IM+	SHAPE GmbH	2002	Multi-protocol and proprietary	2013	Clickwrap
IMVU	Will Harvey	2001-07	Single-protocol	3.0	Clickwrap
Instantbird	Florian Quèze	2007	Multi-protocol	1.3 (November 13, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-13)) [±]	GPLv2
Jitsi	Emil Ivov	2003	Multi-protocol	v1.0-alpha6	LGPL
Kadu	Kadu Team	2001-08	Multi-protocol	0.12 .0 June 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-06-25)	GPLv2
Kopete	Kopete Team	2002-03-03	Multi-protocol	1.2.3 (May 4, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-04)) [±]^[6]	GPL
MCabber	Mikael Berthe	2005-06-07	Single-protocol	0.10.2 (December 2, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-02)) [±]	GPL
Meetro	Paul Bragiel & Samuel Stauffer	2005	Multi-protocol	0.96 beta (Windows) 0.53 beta (OS X)	Clickwrap
Messages (application)	Apple Inc.	2012-07-25	Multi-protocol	7.0 July 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-25)	Clickwrap
Microsoft Lync	Microsoft Corporation	2005	Single-protocol	2010 November 14, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-11-14)	Clickwrap
Miranda IM	Miranda IM project	2000-02-06	Multi-protocol	0.10.11 (14 March 2013; 16 days ago (2013-03-14)) [±]^[7]	GPL
MySpaceIM	MySpace	2006-05-09	Single-protocol	1.0.754.0 (February 7, 2008)	Clickwrap
naim	Daniel Reed	1998-10-05	Multi-protocol	0.11.8.3.1 (2007-07-09)	GPL
Nimbuzz	Evert Jaap Lugt and Martin Smink	2006	Multi-protocol	Microsoft Windows: 2.4.0 October 23, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-23); Blackberry: 1.4.1 October 12, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-12); iOS: 2.5.1 August 21, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-21); Android: 2.2.2 August 1, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-01); Mac OS X: 2.2.1 April 24, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-04-24); Windows Phone: 1.1.1 November 13, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-13); Symbian: 3.4.0 August 1, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-01)	Clicwrap
Palringo	Palringo Ltd	2006	Single-protocol	Microsoft Windows: 2.7.9 July 4, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-04); Windows Mobile: 2.6.6 March 30, 2012; 11 months ago (2012-03-30); iOS: 4.12 August 6, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-06); Android: 5.2.8 August 1, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-01); Mac OS X: 4.6.4 July 24, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-24); Windows Phone: 0.11.0.0 February 14, 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-14);	Clickwrap
Paltalk	Jason Katz	1998	Multi-protocol	Version 10.2 Build 455	Clickwrap
Pidgin	Mark Spencer	1998-11	Multi-protocol	2.10.7 (February 13, 2013; 45 days ago (2013-02-13)) [±]	GPL
Psi	Justin Karneges	2001	Single-protocol	0.15 (October 3, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-03)) [±]	GPL
Qnext	Qnext Corp.	2010-06	Multi-protocol	4.0.4 Windows, Macintosh, Linux (June, 2010) 1.0.0.61 iOS (June, 2010) 2.0.1.55 Mobile Web (June, 2010)	Clickwrap
QIP	Ilgam Zyulkorneev	2004	Multi-protocol	QIP 2012 version 4.0 (build 8866) (27 November 2012; 3 months ago (2012-11-27)) [±]	Clickwrap
QuteCom	QuteCom	2004	Multi-protocol	2.2.1 (June 22, 2011; 20 months ago (2011-06-22)^[8]) [±]	GPL
Skype	Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis	2003	Single-protocol	Android 3.2.0.6673 (27 February 2013; 31 days ago (2013-02-27)) [±]^[9]^[10] iOS 4.5 (4 February 2013; 54 days ago (2013-02-04)) [±]^[11]^[12]^[13] Linux 4.1.0.20 (15 November 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-15)) [±]^[14] Microsoft Windows 6.3.0.105 (Desktop app) (15 March 2013; 15 days ago (2013-03-15)) [±]^[15] 1.6 (Windows Store app) (29 March 2013; 1 day ago (2013-03-29)) [±]^[16] OS X 6.3.0.582 (13 March 2013; 17 days ago (2013-03-13)) [±]^[17] Symbian 2.1 (2 February 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-02)) [±]^[18] Windows Phone 2.4.0.108 (19 March 2013; 11 days ago (2013-03-19)) [±]^[19]	Clickwrap
TerraIM	George Vulov	2002-09	Single-protocol	1.2.6 (July 15, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-07-15)) [±]	GPL
Tkabber	Alexey Shchepin	2002-07-03	Single-protocol	0.11.1	GPL
Trillian	Cerulean Studios	2000-07-01	Multi-protocol	Windows: 5.3 (build 14) (January 30, 2013; 59 days ago (2013-01-30)) [±] Mac OS X: 1.3 (build 37) (May 24, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-24)) [±] iOS: 2.0.277 (September 25, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-09-25)) [±] BlackBerry: 1.1.0.45 (October 26, 2011; 16 months ago (2011-10-26)) [±] Android: 1.2.0.15 (January 3, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-03)) [±] Web-Based: 2.0.0.618 (October 17, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-17)) [±]	Clickwrap
WhatsApp	WhatsApp Inc.	?	Single-protocol	?	?
Windows Live Messenger	Microsoft Corporation	1999-07	Dual-protocol	2012 (Build 16.4.3503.728) (Windows XP/Vista/7/8) August 7, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-07)	Clickwrap
Xfire	Xfire Inc.	2004	Dual-protocol	1.151 (December 7, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-07)) [±]	Clickwrap
Yahoo! Messenger	Yahoo!	1999-06-21	Dual-protocol	11.5.0.228 (Windows) 3.0.1 (Mac) 1.0.4 (Unix)	Clickwrap
Zephyr	Project Athena	1987	Single-protocol	2.0	MIT
Client	Author, creator	First public release date	Type	Latest stable version	License

Operating system support

The operating systems the clients can run on without emulation or compatibility layers.

	Desktop					Mobile								Other
Client	Windows	OS X	Unix-like	Haiku	Amiga	Windows Phone	Android	BlackBerry	iOS	Symbian	MeeGo	Java ME	WebOS	Web	Palm	VGCs
Adium	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
AIM	Yes	Yes	Dropped	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
aMSN	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ayttm	Dropped	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BitlBee	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bombus	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Centericq	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
climm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Coccinella	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
eBuddy	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
emesene	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Empathy	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
FaceTime	No	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fire	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gadu-Gadu	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Gajim	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Google Talk	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
IBM Lotus Sametime	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
iCall	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
iChat	No	Included	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ICQ	Yes	Dropped	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
IMVU	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IM+	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Dropped	Yes	Dropped	No
Instantbird	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Jitsi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kadu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Kopete	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MCabber	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
meebo	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Meetro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Lync	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Miranda IM	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MySpaceIM	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
naim	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Palringo	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Paltalk	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Pidgin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PlayXpert	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Psi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
QIP	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Qnext	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
QuteCom	Yes	Coming soon	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Skype	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	PSP
Tencent QQ	Yes	Yes	Partial^[a]	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Tkabber	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Trillian	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Windows Live Messenger	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Xbox
Xfire	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yahoo! Messenger	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Zephyr	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Client	Windows	OS X	Unix-like	Haiku	Amiga	Windows	Android	BlackBerry	iOS	Symbian	MeeGo	Java ME	WebOS	Web	Palm	VGCs
	Desktop					Mobile								Other

^ ^a ^b ^c Only Linux binary, no source code available.

Protocol support

	WLM^[a]	Y!M	AIM/ICQ	XMPP^[b]	IRC	IBM Lotus Sametime	Novell GroupWise Messenger	Bonjour^[c]	Gadu-Gadu	QQ	Xfire	Skype	MySpaceIM	Others
Adium	Partial^[d]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	Partial^[e]	Yes	MobileMe, Yahoo! Japan, Zephyr, NateOn, Tlen
AIM	No	No	Yes^[f]	Yes^[g]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
aMSN	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ayttm	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BitlBee	Yes	Depends^[h]	Yes	Yes	N/A^[i]	Depends^[h]
Centericq	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	?	?
climm	No	No	Yes^[j]	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
eBuddy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
emesene	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Empathy	Yes	Depends^[h]		Yes	Yes	Depends^[h]		Yes	Depends^[h]
Fire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	No
Google Talk	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IBM Lotus Sametime	No	Yes/No^[k]	Yes/No^[k]	Yes/No^[k]	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	SIP
iCall	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	SIP
iChat	No	Yes	Yes^[f]	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	MobileMe
ICQ	No	No	Yes^[j]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IMVU	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	IMVU
IM+	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[b]	No	No	No	No	Depends^[l]	No	No	Yes	Dropped	Yahoo! Japan, Sina Weibo, Fetion, Renren, VK, Mail.Ru
Instantbird	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Netsoul, SIMPLE, Yahoo! Japan, MySpaceIM
Jitsi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	SIP
Kadu	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Kopete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[e]	No	Yahoo! Japan, SILC, WinPopup
meebo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	MyYearbook
Meetro	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Miranda IM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes^[m]	Yes	Partial^[e]	Yes	Tlen
naim	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Lily
QuteCom	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	SIP
Palringo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	?	?
Paltalk	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?
Pidgin	Partial^[n]	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[e]	Yes	Blizzard Battle-Net Chat, SIPE, NateOn, SILC, Tlen, Zephyr (with plugins)
PlayXpert	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Sony Station Friends
QIP	No	No	Yes^[20]	Yes^[20]	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	OSCAR,^[20] MRA,^[20] SIP,^[20] POP3, IMAP
Qnext	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Qnext
Skype	Depends^[o]	No	No	Depends^[o]^[p]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Tencent QQ	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
TerraIM	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Trillian	Yes	Yes^[q]	Yes	Yes	Yes^[q]	No	Yes^[q]	Yes^[q]	Yes^[m]^[q]	Yes^[m]^[q]	Yes^[q]	Yes^[21]^[q]	Yes	LinkedIn,^[q] Foursquare,^[q] ASTRA, VZ,^[q] IRC,^[q] IMAP,^[q] POP3^[q]
Windows Live Messenger	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[r]^[p]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yahoo! Messenger	Partial^[d]	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zephyr	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Zephyr
	WLM	Y!M	AIM/ICQ	XMPP	IRC	IBM Lotus Sametime	Novell GroupWise Messenger	Bonjour	Gadu-Gadu	QQ	Xfire	Skype	MySpaceIM	Others

^ Formerly named MSN Messenger or .NET Messenger protocol
^ ^a ^b Commonly termed Jabber, used in Google Talk, Facebook, LiveJournal, Tweeter, Identi.ca, etc.
^ Formerly named Rendezvous.
^ ^a ^b Via Yahoo! Messenger account only.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Needs running official Skype client.
^ ^a ^b Via AIM account only.
^ Limited to Google Talk.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Supported via Pidgin back-end, depends on its version
^ Bitlbee is accessed via IRC.
^ ^a ^b Via ICQ account only.
^ ^a ^b ^c Feature is missing from client, but can be used via IBM Sametime Gateway.
^ Available on iOS and Android only.
^ ^a ^b ^c Available as plugin.
^ Via WLM account OR Yahoo! Messenger account.
^ ^a ^b Partial support in Skype 6.
^ ^a ^b Supports importing Facebook contacts and allows to send messages to and receive from Facebook IM users.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Not supported in versions for Android (checked 12 november 2012 in latest version 1.2.0.11)
^ Supports the following specifications: RFC6120: XMPP: Core; RFC6121: XMPP: Instant Messaging and Presence. Roster management is not supported; XEP-0054: vcard-temp. The Messenger XMPP service supports fetching vCards, but doesn't support updating vCards; XEP-0085: Chat State Notifications; XEP-0203: Delayed Delivery. Full details of the XMPP Support.

XMPP-related features

Client	Transports^[a]	File transfer (XEP-0096)^[b]	Multi-user chat	Jingle			Encryption
Client	Transports^[a]	File transfer (XEP-0096)^[b]	Multi-user chat	File transfer^[b]	Voice calls	Video calls	OpenPGP	OTR
Adium	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No^[22]	Yes
BitlBee	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Bombus^[23]	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
climm	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Coccinella^[24]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Empathy^[25]	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Coming soon
Gajim^[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes/No^[c]	Yes/No^[c]	Yes	Yes/No^[c]
Google Talk	No	No	No	Yes	Partial^[d]	Partial^[d]^[e]	No	No
iCall	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
iChat	No	Yes	Partial^[f]	No	No	No	No	No
IM+	No	No	Coming soon	No	No	No	No	Depends^[g]
Jitsi	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Kadu	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kopete	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MCabber^[27]	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Pidgin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes/No^[c]	Yes/No^[c]	No	Yes
Psi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tkabber^[28]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Trillian	No	Yes	Yes/No^[h]	No	No	No	No	Yes

^ Transport support means the ability to set up transports. Once transport is set up, any client can use it to manage contacts and communicate with them.
^ ^a ^b The difference between XEP-0096 (legacy) and XEP-0234 (Jingle) file transfer is that the latter works behind NAT (e.g., from home and corporate networks).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Feature unavailable on Windows.
^ ^a ^b Incompatible with XEPs.
^ Feature unavailable in standalone client.
^ Multi-user chats can be joined but not started
^ Available on iOS and Android only.
^ Feature available on Windows only.

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client	Number of features included	Toolkits or SDKs	Encryption	File transfer	Proxy-server	Graphic emoticons	Unicode (UTF-8)	Built-in games	Themes, skins	Plugin system	Third party add-ons	Scripting	Message logging	Voice messaging	Voice mail	Webcam support	Offline messaging	Remote desktop application assistance	Whiteboard	Right-to-left texting
Adium	011	Cocoa	Yes^[a]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?
AIM	11	W32/Cocoa	Yes/No^[b]	Yes	Yes/No^[b]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes/No^[b]	Yes/No^[b]	Yes/No^[b]	No	Yes	Yes/No^[b]	No	Yes/No^[b]	Yes/No^[b]	No	No	No
aMSN	14	Tcl/Tk	Yes^[c]	Yes	http, socks5, msn gateway	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Ayttm	9	GTK2	Yes	No	http, socks4, socks5	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial	Partial	No	No	No
BitlBee	03	N/A	Yes	Yes^[d]	Yes	No	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	No	No	N/A	?	?	No	Yes	?	?	?
Bombus	10	Java ME	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?
Centericq	05	ncurses	Partial^[e]	Partial	?	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	?	?
climm	07	line based	Yes ^5,^[a]	Yes	?	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	?
Coccinella	11	Tcl/Tk	Yes	Yes	http, socks4, 5	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	?
eBuddy	06	No	Yes	Partial	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Empathy	012	GTK2	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Fire	09	Cocoa	Yes^[f]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Gadu-Gadu	08	Qt	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	No	No	?
Gajim	07	GTK2	Yes^[e]	Yes	http	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Google Talk	08	W32	No	Yes	?	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Third party plugin	Yes	No	No	Yes
IBM Lotus Sametime	15	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	available	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
iCall	11	Javascript	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
iChat	11	Cocoa	Partial^[g]	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[c]	?
ICQ	12	W32	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
IMVU	06	?	?	No	?	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Partial^[h]	No	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	?	?	?
IM+	010	?	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes	No	Partial^[i]	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Kadu	10	Qt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?
Kopete	013	Qt/KDE	Yes^[e]^[a]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	With plugin	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
MCabber	04	Curses	Yes ^[a]	No	?	No	Yes	No	?	?	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?
Meetro	04	?	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
Miranda IM	12	W32	Yes^[a]^[e]^[c]	Yes	Yes, socks4/5, HTTP(S)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[c]	No	Partial^[c]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
QuteCom	06	Qt	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Palringo	03	?	No	No	?	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Partial (picture capture only)	?	No	No	?
Paltalk	09	N/A	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Pidgin	07	GTK2	Partial^[a]	Partial	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial (XMPP in Linux)	No	Yes (XMPP in Linux)	Partial	No	Partial	Yes
Psi	06	KDE/Qt	Yes^[e]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial (Icon sets only)	Not Yet	No	No	Yes	Partial (Linux & Unix)	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
QIP	10	W32, VCL	Yes	Yes	http(s), socks4, 4A, 5	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	?
Qnext	15	Swing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Tencent QQ	11	W32	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
TerraIM	4	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Skype	12	Qt/KDE, W32	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes/No^[c]^[b]	Yes
Tkabber	13	Tcl/Tk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	?
Trillian	12	W32, Cocoa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes
Windows Live Messenger	15	W32	No	Yes	Yes, socks4/5, HTTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Xfire	06	W32	No	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?
Yahoo! Messenger	11	W32, Cocoa, GTK	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Partial	Yes
Client	Number of features included	Toolkits or SDKs	Encryption	File transfer	Proxy-server	Graphic emoticons	Unicode (UTF-8)	Built-in games	Themes, skins	Plugin system	Third party add-ons	Scripting	Message logging	Voice messaging	Voice mail	Webcam support	Offline messaging	Remote desktop application assistance	Whiteboard	Right-to-left texting

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Off-the-Record Messaging encryption.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Feature only supported on Windows
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Supported with plugin
^ Feature is implemented with libpurple back-end
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e OpenPGP encryption (XEP-0027).
^ Incompatible to other clients.
^ Limited to official service users.
^ While IMVU does not allow add-ons to extend the client, registered accounts can create new content for use inside the simulation.^{[clarification needed]}
^ Available on iOS and Android only.

Client	Handwriting mode	Dockable	Multiaccount	Spell check	User-defined graphic emoticons	Animations	OAuth for client authorization
Adium	Yes, receive only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial	?
AIM	No	Yes	No	No	?	Partial	?
aMSN	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Ayttm	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?
BitlBee	No	N/A	Yes	?	?	?	?
Centericq	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
climm	N/A	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Coccinella	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Empathy	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Fire	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Gajim	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Google Talk	Yes/No^[a]	Yes	Yes/No^[b]	No	No	Yes/No^[b]	No
iCall	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
iChat	No	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
ICQ	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes, tZer	?
IMVU	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
IM+	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial^[c], emoticons, themes	?
Kadu	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes, emoticons	No
Kopete	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, emoticons	No
Meebo	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Meetro	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Miranda IM	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
MySpaceIM	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
naim	No	?	?	?	?	?	?
QuteCom	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Paltalk	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Pidgin	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, emoticons, user icons	?
Psi	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
Qnext	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes, animated user icons, emoticons, themes	?
QIP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, emoticons	?
Tencent QQ	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?
Skype	No	No	No	No	?	Yes, animated emoticons	?
Trillian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, animated emoticons	?
Windows Live Messenger	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes, animated emoticons, winks	?
Yahoo! Messenger	?	?	?	No	?	?	?
Client	Handwriting mode	Dockable	Multiaccount	Spell check	User-defined graphic emoticons	Animations	OAuth for client authorization

^ The connection between the Google Talk client and the Google Talk server is encrypted, except when using Gmail's chat over HTTP, a federated network that doesn't support encryption, or when using a proxy like IMLogic. - Google
^ ^a ^b Feature unavailable in standalone version.
^ Available on iOS and Android only.

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^ Initial revision
^ XMPP Software: Clients
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