| Comparison of instant messaging clientsThe 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. General information|
Adium | Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg | 2001-09 | Multi-protocol | 1.5.6 (March 18, 2013; 12 days ago (2013-03-18)) [±] (OS X) | GPLv2 |
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aMSN | The aMSN team | 2002-05 | Single-protocol | 0.98.4 | GPL |
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AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) | AOL | 1997-05 | Multi-protocol | 7.5.14.8 (May 31, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-05-31)) [±] | Clickwrap |
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Ayttm[1][2] | Colin Leroy and Philip Tellis | 2003-04 | Multi-protocol | 0.6.1 (Linux) 0.4.6-17 (Windows) | GPL |
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BitlBee | Wilmer van der Gaast | 2002-08-09 | Multi-protocol IRC gateway | 3.2 (6 January 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-06)) [±] | GPL |
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Bombus | Eugene Stahov | 2005-01-05 | Single-protocol | 2008 (v0.6) | GPL |
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Centericq | Konstantin Klyagin | 1999 | Multi-protocol | 4.21.0 (September 2, 2005; 7 years ago (2005-09-02)) [±] | GPL |
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climm | Mattew D. Smith (up to ICQv5); Rüdiger Kuhlmann | 1997(?); 2001 | Dual-protocol | 0.7.1 (March 2010) | GPLv2 |
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Coccinella[3][4] | Mats Bengtsson | 1999-12-01 | Single-protocol | 0.96.16 (December 1, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-12-01)) | GPLv3 |
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eBuddy | Paulo Taylor | 2003-03-09 | Multi-protocol | 2011 | Clickwrap |
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emesene | Luis Mariano Guerra | 2006-05-24 | Multi-protocol | 2.12.5 | GPL |
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Empathy | GNOME | 2007-05 | Multi-protocol | 3.8.0 (March 27, 2013; 3 days ago (2013-03-27)) [±][5] | GPL |
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FaceTime | Apple Inc. | 2010 | Single-protocol | 2.0 July 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-25) | Proprietary |
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Fire | Eric Peyton | 1999-04-01 | Multi-protocol | 1.5.6 (February 16, 2006) [±] | GPL |
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Firetalk | Multitude Communications | 1997 -2001 | voice/music chat program | ? | GPL |
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Gadu-Gadu | Lukasz Foltyn | 2000-08 | Single-protocol | 10.5.2 build 13164 (July 9, 2011) | Clickwrap |
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Gajim | Yann Le Boulanger | 2004-05-21 | Single-protocol | 0.15.2 (October 30, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-10-30)) [±] | GPL |
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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 |
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Hularing | Farax Mobile | March 2013 | XMPP | Alpha | Free |
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IBM Lotus Sametime | IBM, Ubique | 1998 | Multi-protocol—proprietary T.120, SIP, XMPP | 8.5; December 2009 | Clickwrap |
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iCall | iCall, Inc. | 2012-05 | Multi-protocol | 7.1 (524) | Clickwrap |
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iChat | Apple Inc. | 2002-08 | Multi-protocol | 6.0.1 (1002) February 1, 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-01) | Clickwrap |
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ICQ | Mirabilis (AOL) | 1996-11 | Single-protocol | 8.0.5977 December 14, 2012 | Clickwrap |
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IM+ | SHAPE GmbH | 2002 | Multi-protocol and proprietary | 2013 | Clickwrap |
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IMVU | Will Harvey | 2001-07 | Single-protocol | 3.0 | Clickwrap |
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Instantbird | Florian Quèze | 2007 | Multi-protocol | 1.3 (November 13, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-13)) [±] | GPLv2 |
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Jitsi | Emil Ivov | 2003 | Multi-protocol | v1.0-alpha6 | LGPL |
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Kadu | Kadu Team | 2001-08 | Multi-protocol | 0.12 .0 June 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-06-25) | GPLv2 |
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Kopete | Kopete Team | 2002-03-03 | Multi-protocol | 1.2.3 (May 4, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-04)) [±][6] | GPL |
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MCabber | Mikael Berthe | 2005-06-07 | Single-protocol | 0.10.2 (December 2, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-02)) [±] | GPL |
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Meetro | Paul Bragiel & Samuel Stauffer | 2005 | Multi-protocol | 0.96 beta (Windows) 0.53 beta (OS X) | Clickwrap |
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Messages (application) | Apple Inc. | 2012-07-25 | Multi-protocol | 7.0 July 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-25) | Clickwrap |
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Microsoft Lync | Microsoft Corporation | 2005 | Single-protocol | 2010 November 14, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-11-14) | Clickwrap |
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Miranda IM | Miranda IM project | 2000-02-06 | Multi-protocol | 0.10.11 (14 March 2013; 16 days ago (2013-03-14)) [±][7] | GPL |
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MySpaceIM | MySpace | 2006-05-09 | Single-protocol | 1.0.754.0 (February 7, 2008) | Clickwrap |
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naim | Daniel Reed | 1998-10-05 | Multi-protocol | 0.11.8.3.1 (2007-07-09) | GPL |
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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 |
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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 |
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Paltalk | Jason Katz | 1998 | Multi-protocol | Version 10.2 Build 455 | Clickwrap |
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Pidgin | Mark Spencer | 1998-11 | Multi-protocol | 2.10.7 (February 13, 2013; 45 days ago (2013-02-13)) [±] | GPL |
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Psi | Justin Karneges | 2001 | Single-protocol | 0.15 (October 3, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-10-03)) [±] | GPL |
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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 |
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QIP | Ilgam Zyulkorneev | 2004 | Multi-protocol | QIP 2012 version 4.0 (build 8866) (27 November 2012; 3 months ago (2012-11-27)) [±] | Clickwrap |
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QuteCom | QuteCom | 2004 | Multi-protocol | 2.2.1 (June 22, 2011; 20 months ago (2011-06-22)[8]) [±] | GPL |
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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 |
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TerraIM | George Vulov | 2002-09 | Single-protocol | 1.2.6 (July 15, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-07-15)) [±] | GPL |
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Tkabber | Alexey Shchepin | 2002-07-03 | Single-protocol | 0.11.1 | GPL |
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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 |
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WhatsApp | WhatsApp Inc. | ? | Single-protocol | ? | ? |
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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 |
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Xfire | Xfire Inc. | 2004 | Dual-protocol | 1.151 (December 7, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-07)) [±] | Clickwrap |
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Yahoo! Messenger | Yahoo! | 1999-06-21 | Dual-protocol | 11.5.0.228 (Windows) 3.0.1 (Mac) 1.0.4 (Unix) | Clickwrap |
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Zephyr | Project Athena | 1987 | Single-protocol | 2.0 | MIT |
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Client | Author, creator | First public release date | Type | Latest stable version | License |
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Operating system supportThe operating systems the clients can run on without emulation or compatibility layers. | Desktop | Mobile | Other |
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Adium | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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AIM | Yes | Yes | Dropped | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
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aMSN | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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Ayttm | Dropped | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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BitlBee | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Bombus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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Centericq | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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climm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Coccinella | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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eBuddy | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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emesene | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Empathy | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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FaceTime | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Fire | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Gadu-Gadu | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
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Gajim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Google Talk | Yes | Yes | Partial[a] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
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IBM Lotus Sametime | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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iCall | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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iChat | No | Included | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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ICQ | Yes | Dropped | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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IMVU | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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IM+ | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Dropped | Yes | Dropped | No |
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Instantbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Jitsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Kadu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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Kopete | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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MCabber | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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meebo | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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Meetro | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Microsoft Lync | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Miranda IM | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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MySpaceIM | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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naim | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Palringo | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Paltalk | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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Pidgin | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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PlayXpert | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Psi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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QIP | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Qnext | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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QuteCom | Yes | Coming soon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Skype | Yes | Yes | Partial[a] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | PSP |
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Tencent QQ | Yes | Yes | Partial[a] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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Tkabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Trillian | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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Windows Live Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Xbox |
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Xfire | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Yahoo! Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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Zephyr | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Client | Windows | OS X | Unix-like | Haiku | Amiga | Windows | Android | BlackBerry | iOS | Symbian | MeeGo | Java ME | WebOS | Web | Palm | VGCs |
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| Desktop | Mobile | Other |
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Protocol support|
Adium | Partial[d] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Partial[e] | Yes | MobileMe, Yahoo! Japan, Zephyr, NateOn, Tlen |
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AIM | No | No | Yes[f] | Yes[g] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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aMSN | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Ayttm | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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BitlBee | Yes | Depends[h] | Yes | Yes | N/A[i] | Depends[h] |
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Centericq | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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climm | No | No | Yes[j] | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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eBuddy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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emesene | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Empathy | Yes | Depends[h] | Yes | Yes | Depends[h] | Yes | Depends[h] |
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Fire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Google Talk | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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IBM Lotus Sametime | No | Yes/No[k] | Yes/No[k] | Yes/No[k] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | SIP |
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iCall | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | SIP |
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iChat | No | Yes | Yes[f] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | MobileMe |
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ICQ | No | No | Yes[j] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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IMVU | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | IMVU |
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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 |
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Instantbird | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Netsoul, SIMPLE, Yahoo! Japan, MySpaceIM |
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Jitsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | SIP |
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Kadu | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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Kopete | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[e] | No | Yahoo! Japan, SILC, WinPopup |
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meebo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | MyYearbook |
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Meetro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Miranda IM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[m] | Yes | Partial[e] | Yes | Tlen |
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naim | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Lily |
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QuteCom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | SIP |
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Palringo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Paltalk | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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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) |
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PlayXpert | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Sony Station Friends |
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QIP | No | No | Yes[20] | Yes[20] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | OSCAR,[20] MRA,[20] SIP,[20] POP3, IMAP |
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Qnext | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Qnext |
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Skype | Depends[o] | No | No | Depends[o][p] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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Tencent QQ | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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TerraIM | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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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] |
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Windows Live Messenger | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[r][p] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Yahoo! Messenger | Partial[d] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Zephyr | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Zephyr |
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| WLM | Y!M | AIM/ICQ | XMPP | IRC | IBM Lotus Sametime | Novell GroupWise Messenger | Bonjour | Gadu-Gadu | QQ | Xfire | Skype | MySpaceIM | Others |
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- ^ 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- ^ 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.
FeaturesInformation on what features each of the clients support. |
Adium | 011 | Cocoa | Yes[a] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ayttm | 9 | GTK2 | Yes | No | http, socks4, socks5 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Partial | Partial | No | No | No |
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BitlBee | 03 | N/A | Yes | Yes[d] | Yes | No | Yes | No | N/A | Yes | No | No | N/A | ? | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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Bombus | 10 | Java ME | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
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Centericq | 05 | ncurses | Partial[e] | Partial | ? | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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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 | ? |
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Coccinella | 11 | Tcl/Tk | Yes | Yes | http, socks4, 5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
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eBuddy | 06 | No | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? |
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Empathy | 012 | GTK2 | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
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Fire | 09 | Cocoa | Yes[f] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Gadu-Gadu | 08 | Qt | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | ? |
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Gajim | 07 | GTK2 | Yes[e] | Yes | http | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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Google Talk | 08 | W32 | No | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Third party plugin | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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IBM Lotus Sametime | 15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | available | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
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iCall | 11 | Javascript | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
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iChat | 11 | Cocoa | Partial[g] | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[c] | ? |
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ICQ | 12 | W32 | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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IMVU | 06 | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Partial[h] | No | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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IM+ | 010 | ? | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | No | Partial[i] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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Kadu | 10 | Qt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
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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 |
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MCabber | 04 | Curses | Yes [a] | No | ? | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
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Meetro | 04 | ? | Yes | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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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 |
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QuteCom | 06 | Qt | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Palringo | 03 | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Partial (picture capture only) | ? | No | No | ? |
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Paltalk | 09 | N/A | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ? |
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Qnext | 15 | Swing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
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Tencent QQ | 11 | W32 | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
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TerraIM | 4 | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
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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 |
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Tkabber | 13 | Tcl/Tk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
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Trillian | 12 | W32, Cocoa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
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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 |
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Xfire | 06 | W32 | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
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Yahoo! Messenger | 11 | W32, Cocoa, GTK | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes |
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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 |
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- ^ 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.
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Adium | Yes, receive only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | ? |
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AIM | No | Yes | No | No | ? | Partial | ? |
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aMSN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
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Ayttm | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
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BitlBee | No | N/A | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Centericq | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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climm | N/A | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Coccinella | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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Empathy | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
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Fire | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Gajim | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
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Google Talk | Yes/No[a] | Yes | Yes/No[b] | No | No | Yes/No[b] | No |
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iCall | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
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iChat | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
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ICQ | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes, tZer | ? |
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IMVU | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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IM+ | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[c], emoticons, themes | ? |
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Kadu | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes, emoticons | No |
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Kopete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, emoticons | No |
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Meebo | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Meetro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Miranda IM | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
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MySpaceIM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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naim | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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QuteCom | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Paltalk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Pidgin | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, emoticons, user icons | ? |
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Psi | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
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Qnext | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes, animated user icons, emoticons, themes | ? |
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QIP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, emoticons | ? |
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Tencent QQ | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
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Skype | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes, animated emoticons | ? |
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Trillian | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, animated emoticons | ? |
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Windows Live Messenger | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, animated emoticons, winks | ? |
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Yahoo! Messenger | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
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Client | Handwriting mode | Dockable | Multiaccount | Spell check | User-defined graphic emoticons | Animations | OAuth for client authorization |
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- ^ 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.
See also References- ^ Ayttm: Universal Instant Messaging Client
- ^ Initial revision
- ^ XMPP Software: Clients
- ^ Voice over IP (VoIP) Questions
- ^ Clasen, Matthias (2013-03-27), "GNOME 3.8 released", gnome-announce mailing list, https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome -announce-list/2013-March/msg00081.ht ml, retrieved March 27, 2013
- ^ "KDE Update Announcement".
- ^ "Miranda IM v0.10.11 Released". Miranda IM. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Announcement: QuteCom 2.2.1
- ^ Liive, Raul (27 Febuary 2013). "Skype for Android now with calling to Messenger users". Skype Garage. Microsoft. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Skype - free IM & video calls - Android Apps on Google Play". Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Microsoft (13 November 2012). "Skype". App Store. Apple. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ Microsoft (21 August 2012). "Skype for iPad". App Store. Apple. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Park, Beom Soo (7 February 2013). "Skype 4.5 for iPhone and iPad". Skype Garage Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ Liive, Raul (15 November 2012). "Skype 4.1 for Linux". Skype Garage Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Liive, Raul (13 February 2013). "Skype 6.2 for Windows with a New Toolbar & eGifting". Skype Garage Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ^ Liive, Raul (22 February 2013). "Skype 1.5 for Windows 8 with file sharing". Skype Garage Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Park, Beom Soo (13 March 2013). "Skype 6.3 for Mac". Skype Garage Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Liive, Raul (2 February 2012). "Skype 2.1 update for Symbian: Support for Nokia 701 and 603". Skype Garage Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ Sabri, Sam (19 March 2013). "Skype for Windows Phone updated. Adds high definition video support and more". WPCentral.com. Mobile Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Возможности QIP 2012 (rus)
- ^ "Trillian 5.1: Now plugged into Skype!". Official blog. Cerulean Studios. 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ^ "GPG encryption", Adium, http://trac.adium.im/ticket/559, retrieved 2011-12-13
- ^ "Список стандартов XMPP, поддерживаемых в Bombus" (in Russian), Bombus, http://bombus-im.org/wiki/bombus/xeps, retrieved 2011-12-13
- ^ "README-jabber", Coccinella, http://coccinella.svn.sourceforge.net /viewvc/coccinella/trunk/coccinella/R EADMEs/README-xmpp, retrieved 2011-12-13
- ^ "XEP status in gabble", [[Telepathy (software)|]] (freedesktop.org), http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki /Gabble%20XEP, retrieved 2011-12-13
- ^ "GajimXEPSupport", Gajim, https://trac.gajim.org/wiki/GajimXEPS upport, retrieved 2011-12-13
- ^ Features, "Main Page", MCabber, http://wiki.mcabber.com/index.php/Mai n_Page#Features, retrieved 2011-12-13
- ^ "Protocol support", Tkabber, 2005-11-18, http://tkabber.jabber.ru/protocols, retrieved 2011-12-13
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