emesene

eMeSeNe

emesene under the GNOME desktop environment
Developer(s)	emesene team
Initial release	2006
Stable release	2.12.5 / June 5, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-06-05)
Preview release	Git: 2.12.6-dev / 2012
Written in	Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Instant Messaging
License	GNU GPL
Website	blog.emesene.org

emesene is an open source instant messaging client designed for use with Microsoft Messenger service. It is a clone of Windows Live Messenger. emesene is the Spanish (also Portuguese and French) pronunciation of MSN, former name of Windows Live Messenger. It also supports external messaging services accessible via XMPP such as Facebook Messenger and Google Talk.

Its goal is to replicate the functions of the official Windows Live client in a simpler, cleaner and easier to use interface.

emesene is licensed under the GNU General Public License, and is developed by Luis Mariano Guerra along with other contributors.

Development

emesene is cross-platform, with binaries available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. The program is written using Python, GTK+, PyGTK and Pycairo.

The current version of emesene is compatible with the Windows Live Messenger protocol MSNP18, XMPP, Facebook Messenger and Google Talk.

Plugin Support
Minimize to notification area (System Tray)
Window and icon themes
Emoticon themes
Multilingual support
Ubuntu Messaging Menu and Me Menu Support
Support for external messaging systems via XMPP such as Facebook Messenger and Google Talk
Growl support (OS X only)

Emesene2 has been released, but is still under active development, polishing and enhancement. Some modifications targeted at development:

New plugin system
Session management (MSNP, XMPP, eserver)
GUI separated from the protocol library
All the protocol stuff runs on different threads
The code is structured, documented and validated using pylint and following the PEP-8 guidelines
Panel & Window Theming

Protocols
(comparison)

Services