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Revision as of 14:17, 27 August 2007

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.

A spreadsheet with the information in this article (as of 29 March 2006) is available here.

General information

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

Author / Creator First public release date Type Latest stable version Cost (USD) License
Adium Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg 2001-09 Multi-protocol 1.5.10.4 (April 27, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-27)) [±] Free GPL v2
Agile Messenger Agilemobile.com Limited ? Multi-protocol 3.70 Subscription Proprietary
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) AOL 1997-05 Single protocol 6.1.32.1 (Windows)
1.0.2 Build 110 Beta (Pro (Win))
1.3.30.1 (Triton (Win))
4.7.1333 (Mac OS X)
1.5.286 (Linux) 		Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
aMSN Alvaro J. Iradier Muro 2002-05 Single protocol 0.96 Free GPL
Ayttm Colin Leroy and Philip Tellis 2003-04 Multi-protocol 0.4.6-17 Free GPL
BitWise IM BitWise Communications, LLC 2002-03-17 Single protocol/Encrypted 1.7.2 Free Proprietary
BitlBee Wilmer van der Gaast 2002-08-09 IRC Gateway, Multi-protocol 1.0.3 Free GPL
Centericq Konstantin Klyagin 1999 Multi-protocol 4.21.0 (September 2, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-09-02)) [±] Free GPL
Coccinella Mats Bengtsson 1999-12-01 Single protocol Template:Latest stable release/Coccinella Free GPL
Cspace Cspace 2006-07-28 Single protocol 1.26 Free GPL
Ebuddy Paulo Taylor 2003-03-09 Multi-protocol Beta v5.0.1 Free Proprietary
eMeSeNe Luis Mariano Guerra 2006-05-24 Single protocol 0.2.2.1 Free GPL
Exodus Peter Millard 2002 Single protocol 0.9.1.0 Free GPL
Fire Eric Peyton 1999-04-01 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Fire Free GPL
Gajim Yann Le Boulanger 2004-05-21 Single protocol Template:Latest stable release/Gajim Free GPL
GCN Jason K. Resch 2000-11-18 Single protocol 2.9.1 Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
GOIM Herbert Poul 2005-08-16 Single protocol Template:Latest stable release/GOIM Free GPL
Goofey Tim Mackenzie 1990s (Early 1990s) Single protocol 2.08 Free ?
Google Talk Google, Inc. 2005-08-24 Single protocol Windows Plugin:

3.19.1.13088 (May 14, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-14)) [±]

Free Proprietary
iChat Apple Inc. 2002-08 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/iChat AV Free Proprietary
ICQ Mirabilis (AOL) 1996-11 Single protocol 6.0 Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
IM2 IM2 Ltd. 2003-04 Multi-protocol 2.0.0.268 Free Proprietary
imeem IM2 Limited 2003 Multi-protocol 1.24.14.17016 Free GPL
IMVU Will Harvey ? Single-protocol beta Free Proprietary
Inspeak Mark Jaafar 2005 Single-protocol 4.1.2.478 Free Proprietary
Instan-t Interactive Networks Inc. 2001-03 Multi-protocol 4.5 Free Proprietary
Interaction Chat Auriance 2006-08 HTTP 1.0 Free Proprietary
Jabbin Jabbin Team 2005-12 Multi-protocol none Free GPL v2
Kadu Kadu Team 2001-08 Single protocol 0.5.0 Free GPL v2
Konnekt Stamina 2002 Multi-protocol 0.6.22.137 Free Proprietary
Kopete Kopete Team 2002-03-03 Multi-protocol 0.12.5 Free GPL
Licq Graham Roff (up to v1.0)
Jon Keating 		1998-06-22 Multi-protocol 1.3.2 Free GPL
MCabber Mikael Berthe 2005-06-07 Single-protocol Template:Latest stable release/MCabber Free GPL
MECA Messenger ? Multi-protocol, Web-based 5.2 Free Proprietary
meebo Meebo, Inc. 2005 Multi-protocol, Web-based alpha v19 Free ?
Meetro Paul Bragiel & Samuel Stauffer 2005 Multi-protocol 0.96 Beta (Win)
0.53 Beta (MacOSX) 		Free ?
Mercury Messenger Danny 2003 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Mercury Messenger Free Proprietary
mICQ Mattew D. Smith (up to ICQv5); Rüdiger Kuhlmann 1997(?); 2001 Dual protocol 0.5.4 Free GPL v2
MindSpring Earthlink 2006-04-03 Multi-protocol 1.0 (v53.0) Free Proprietary
Miranda IM Miranda IM project 2000-02-06 Multi-protocol 0.6.8 Free GPL
Microsoft Messenger for Mac Microsoft ? Single protocol 6.0.3 Free Proprietary
MySpaceIM MySpace 2006-05-09 Single protocol Template:Latest preview release/MySpaceIM (beta) Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
Naim Daniel Reed 1998-10-05 Multi-protocol http://naim.n.ml.org/download Free GPL
OctroTalk Octro Inc. (octro.com) 2007 Multi-protocol 1.19 Free Proprietary
OpenWengo Wengo 2004 Single protocol 0.99 Free
 GPL
Pandion Dries Staelens, Sebastiaan Deckers 2004-06-28 Single protocol Template:Latest stable release/Pandion Free
 Proprietary
Paltalk Jason Katz 1998 Multi-protocol 9.0 Free
 Proprietary
Pidgin (formerly Gaim) Mark Spencer 1998-11 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Pidgin Free GPL
pork Ryan McCabe 2006-12-06 AIM, IRC Gateway 0.99.8.1 Free GPL v2
Proteus Justin Wood, et al. 2001-11 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Proteus Free GPL
Psi Justin Karneges 2001 Single protocol Template:Latest stable release/Psi Free GPL
psyced psyced.org Project 1997 IRC+XMPP Gateway, Multi-protocol 0.99 Free GPL
QIP Ilgam Zyulkorneev 2004 Single-protocol 8030 Free Proprietary
Qnext Qnext Corp. 2004-06-28 Multi-protocol 3.0.1.36 (Beta)(March 1, 2007) Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
QQ Tencent 1999-02 Single protocol 2007 Beta2 Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
RealTimeQuery realtimequery.com 2005-2007 Single protocol v3.0 - 2007 99.95
No montly fees 		Proprietary
SIM SIM project ? Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/SIM Instant Messenger Free GPL
Skype Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis / eBay 2003 Single protocol
Windows, UWP15.123.203.0 / 8 July 2024; 51 days ago (2024-07-08)[1]
Windows, desktop8.123.0.203 / 8 July 2024; 51 days ago (2024-07-08)[1]
macOS8.123.0.203 / 8 July 2024; 51 days ago (2024-07-08)[1]
Linux8.123.0.203 / 8 July 2024; 51 days ago (2024-07-08)[1]
Android8.126.0.208 / 15 August 2024; 13 days ago (2024-08-15)[2][3]
iOS8.123.0.203 / 8 July 2024; 51 days ago (2024-07-08)[2][4] (iPhone and iPad)
 Free Proprietary
talk Kipp Hickman 1982 Single protocol 1.7 (BSD version) Free BSD
TaoTalk ~2000 3.14 Free ?
Trillian Cerulean Studios 2000-07-01 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Trillian Free Proprietary
Trillian Pro Cerulean Studios 2002-09-10 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Trillian $25 Proprietary
Trillian Astra Cerulean Studios ? Multi-protocol Alpha ? Proprietary
Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) Microsoft 1999-07 Dual protocol 8.1.0178 (Windows XP/Vista) Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
Windows Messenger Microsoft 2001-10-25 Multi-protocol 5.1.0701 (Windows XP SP2) Free Proprietary
Xfire Xfire.inc 2004 Single protocol 1.38 Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
Yahoo! Messenger Yahoo! 1999-06-21 Dual protocol 8.1.0.244 (Win)
2.5.3 (Mac)
1.0.4 (Unix) 		Free
Ad-supported 		Proprietary
YSM rad2k 2001 Single protocol 2.9.6 Free GPL
Zephyr Project Athena 1987 Single protocol 2.0 Free MIT
Author / Creator First public release date Type Latest stable version Cost (USD) License

Operating system support

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

Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Windows Mobile BlackBerry Other
Adium No Yes No No No No No
Agile Messenger No No No No No Yes ? Symbian OS, Palm OS.
AIM Yes Dropped (4.7.1333) Dropped (1.5.286) No No Yes ? Palm
aMSN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Nokia N770, N800
BitlBee Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
BitWise IM Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ?
Centericq Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Coccinella Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Exodus Yes No No No No ? ?
Fire No Yes No No No ? ?
Gajim Yes Yes1 Yes Yes Yes ? ?
GCN Yes No No No No ? ?
GOIM Yes Yes Yes No No ? ?
Goofey6 No Yes7 Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Google Talk (standalone) Yes No No No No ? Yes
Google Talk (Gmail) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
iChat No Included No No No No No
ICQ Yes Dropped (3.4.23) No No No Yes ?
IM2 Yes No No No No ? ?
IMVU Yes No No No No ? ?
Instan-t Yes No No No No ? ?
Interaction Chat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
imeem Yes Yes No No No ? ?
Jabberwocky No No No No No No No AmigaOS, MorphOS
Kadu No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Kopete Not yet Yes1 Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Licq No No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
MCabber No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
MECA Messenger Yes No No No No ? ?
meebo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Meetro Yes Yes No No No ? ?
Mercury Messenger Yes Yes Yes Yes (Unofficially, Java) Yes (Unofficially, Java) ? ?
mICQ Yes2 Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? AmigaOS
Miranda IM Yes No No No No ? ?
Microsoft Messenger for Mac No3 Yes No3 No3 No3 ? ?
MindSpring Yes No No No No ? ?
MySpaceIM Yes No No No No ? ?
Naim Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
OctroTalk Yes No No No No Yes ? Symbian OS.
OpenWengo Yes Yes5 Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Pandion Yes No No No No ? ?
Paltalk Yes No No No No ? ?
Pidgin (formerly Gaim) Yes Yes1 Yes Yes Yes ? ? AmigaOS
pork No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Proteus No Yes No No No ? ?
Psi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
psyced Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
QIP Yes No No No No Yes No
Qnext Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
QQ Yes No No No No ? ?
RealTimeQuery Yes No No No No ? ?
SIM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Skype Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ?
talk Yes4 Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Trillian Yes No No No No ? ?
Trillian Pro Yes No No No No ? ?
Trillian Astra Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? iPhone
Windows Live Messenger Yes No No No No Yes Template:Symbian
Windows Messenger Included (XP) Yes8 No No No ? ?
Yahoo! Messenger Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
YSM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Zephyr Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix Windows Mobile BlackBerry

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.

Note 2: Requires ANSI terminal. See e.g. Windows ANSI driver problem on how to load ANSI.SYS.

Note 3: MSN Web Messenger can be used with a compatible browser and valid Microsoft Passport Network 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.

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

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

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

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Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Toolkits or SDKs Encryption File transfer Graphical smileys Unicode (UTF-8) Built-in games Themes/skins Plugin system 1 Third-party add-ons 2 Scripting Message Logging Voice Messaging Voice Mail Webcam Support Offline Messaging Remote Desktop/ Remote Application/ Remote Assistance Whiteboard
Adium Cocoa Yes 11 Partial Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? No ? ? ?
Agile Messenger ? ? Partial Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ?
AIM W32 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
aMSN Tcl/Tk ? Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 17 ? Yes Yes ? ?
BitlBee n/a No No No Yes No Partial 19 Yes No ? Partial 19 ? ? No Yes ? ?
BitWise IM W32, GTK2, Carbon Yes 7 Yes No ? Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Centericq ncurses Partial 9 Partial No ? No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ?
Coccinella Tcl/Tk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Exodus W32 No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ?
Fire Cocoa Yes 6 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Gajim GTK2 Yes 9 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No ? No Yes ? ?
GCN W32 Yes 4 Yes Yes ? Yes Partial No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GOIM Java/SWT Yes No Yes Yes No Partial Yes No No No No ? No Yes ? ?
Google Talk W32 No Yes Partial Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Template:Third-party plugin Yes ? ?
iChat Cocoa Yes Yes Yes ? No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Partial 3
ICQ W32 No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
IM2 W32 Yes 4 Partial Yes ? No Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
imeem ? No Partial Yes ? No No No No ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
IMVU ? ? No Yes Yes Partial Yes No Yes 13 No Yes 14 No ? No Yes ? ?
Instan-t W32 Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Jabberwocky No No Partial No No No No No No Yes 20 No No No No No No No
Kadu Qt Yes Yes Yes ? No Partial Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? No No ? ?
Kopete Qt/KDE Yes 9,11 Partial Yes Partial No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Licq Qt Yes 5 Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MCabber Curses Yes No No Yes No ? ? No ? Yes No No No Yes No No
MECA Messenger ? ? Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes No No No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Meetro ? Yes No Yes ? No No No No ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Mercury Messenger Swing Yes 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ? Yes Yes ? ?
mICQ line based Yes 5,11 Yes — Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes — — — Yes — No
Miranda IM W32 Yes 10,11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial 15 ? Partial15 Yes ? Yes
Toolkits or SDKs Encryption File transfer Graphical smileys Unicode (UTF-8) Built-in games Themes/skins Plugin system 1 Third-party add-ons 2 Scripting Message Logging Voice Messaging Voice Mail Webcam Support Offline Messaging Remote Desktop/ Remote Application/ Remote Assistance Whiteboard
Microsoft Messenger for Mac Carbon No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No ? No Yes ? ?
OctroTalk ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes ?
OpenWengo Qt Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
Paltalk n/a Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Pandion ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? No Yes ? ?
Pidgin (formerly Gaim) GTK2 8,11 Partial Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? No Partial ? ?
pork ncurses ? Yes No ? ? No No No No Yes Yes ? No ? ? ?
Proteus Cocoa ? Partial Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Psi KDE/Qt Yes 9 Yes Yes Yes No Partial (Iconsets only) No (will be included in future release) No No Yes No No No Yes No No
psyced n/a Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ?
QIP W32, VCL Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No
Qnext Swing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
QQ W32 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
RealTimeQuery — Not yet Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes Not yet No Not yet Not yet No ?
SIM Qt/KDE Yes 5,6 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Skype Qt/KDE, W32 Yes (Skype-to-Skype) Yes Yes Partial Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes (Skype-to-Skype) ? Yes (Skype-to-Skype) No ? ?
talk curses No No No No No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Trillian Basic 3.0 W32 Yes Yes Yes Partial No Yes No Yes ? Yes ? ? No Yes ? ?
Trillian Pro 3.0 W32 Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Trillian Astra W32 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Windows Live Messenger

formerly MSN Messenger

W32 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Messenger W32 No Yes Yes Yes No No Partial No ? No Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Yahoo! Messenger W32, Cocoa, GTK ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
YSM line based Yes 7 Yes 7 ? ? ? Yes 7 No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes 7
Toolkits or SDKs Encryption File transfer Graphical smileys Unicode (UTF-8) Built-in games Themes/skins Plugin system 1 Third-party add-ons 2 Scripting Message Logging Voice Messaging Voice Mail Webcam Support Offline Messaging Remote Desktop/ Remote Application/ Remote Assistance Whiteboard

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.

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.

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 mICQ, licq and SIM.

Note 6: Any protocol: GPG-encrypted messages.

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 http://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 (http://kopete-otr.follefuder.org/), Pidgin: Plugin (http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/), Miranda: Plugin (http://addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?action=viewfile&id=2644), mICQ: built-in since 0.5.4, Trillian Pro: Plugin (http://trillianotr.kittyfox.net/)

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.

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.

Features 2

Handwriting mode Dockable Multiaccount Spell check
Adium ? Yes Yes Yes
Agile Messenger ? ? ? ?
AIM ? ? No ?
aMSN Yes ? ? ?
BitlBee No ? ? ?
BitWise IM ? ? ? ?
Centericq ? ? ? ?
Coccinella ? Yes Yes ?
Exodus ? ? ? ?
Fire ? ? ? ?
Gajim ? ? ? ?
GCN ? ? ? ?
GOIM ? ? ? ?
Goofey6 ? ? ? ?
Google Talk (standalone) No ? No ?
Google Talk (Gmail) No ? ? ?
iChat ? ? ? ?
ICQ ? Yes No ?
IM2 ? ? ? ?
IMVU ? ? ? ?
Instan-t ? ? ? ?
Interaction Chat ? ? ? ?
imeem ? ? ? ?
Jabberwocky ? Yes ? ?
Kadu ? ? ? ?
Kopete No ? Yes ?
Licq ? ? ? ?
MECA Messenger ? ? ? ?
meebo ? ? ? ?
Meetro ? ? ? ?
Mercury Messenger Yes ? ? ?
mICQ — ? Yes ?
Miranda IM Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Messenger for Mac ? ? ? ?
MindSpring ? ? ? ?
MySpaceIM ? ? ? ?
Naim No ? ? ?
OctroTalk ? ? ? ?
OpenWengo ? ? Yes ?
Pandion ? ? ? ?
Paltalk ? ? ? ?
Pidgin (formerly Gaim) No Yes Yes Yes
pork ? ? ? ?
Proteus ? ? ? ?
Psi No ? ? ?
psyced No ? ? ?
Qnext ? ? ? ?
QIP Yes Yes ? ?
QQ No Yes Yes No
RealTimeQuery No ? Yes ?
SIM ? Yes Yes Yes
Skype No ? ? ?
talk ? ? ? ?
Trillian Yes Yes ? Yes
Trillian Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trillian Astra Yes ? ? Yes
Windows Live Messenger Yes ? ? No
Windows Messenger ? ? ? ?
Yahoo! Messenger ? ? ? No
YSM ? ? ? ?
Zephyr ? ? ? ?
Handwriting mode Dockable Multiaccount Spell check

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Release Notes for Skype for Windows, Mac and Linux". Skype Support. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  2. ^ a b "Release Notes for Skype on Mobile". Skype Support. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  3. ^ "Skype". Google Play. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  4. ^ "Skype for iPhone". App Store. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
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