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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.

General information

Author, creator First public release Type Latest stable version License
Adium Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg 2001-09 Multi-protocol 1.5.10.4 (April 27, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-27)) [±] (OS X) GPLv2
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) AOL 1997-05 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable software release/AOL Instant Messenger Clickwrap
aMSN The aMSN team 2002-05 Single-protocol 0.98.4 GPL
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 Template:Latest stable release/BitlBee 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; 19 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; 14 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 45.0[5] (20 September 2023; 12 months ago (2023-09-20)) [±] GPL
FaceTime Apple Inc. 2010 Single-protocol 2.0 July 25, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-25) Proprietary
Fire Eric Peyton 1999-04-01 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Fire 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 Template:Latest stable release/Gajim GPL
Google Talk Google, Inc. 2005-08-24 Dual-protocol Windows Plugin:

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

Clickwrap
IBM Lotus Sametime IBM, Ubique 1998 Multi-protocol—proprietary T.120, SIP, XMPP 8.5; December 2009 Clickwrap
iCall iCall Inc. 2012-03 Multi-protocol 7.1 (522) Clickwrap
iChat Apple Inc. 2002-08 Multi-protocol 6.0.1 (1002) February 1, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02-01) Clickwrap
ICQ Mirabilis (AOL) 1996-11 Single-protocol 7.6; August 14, 2011 Clickwrap
Instantbird Florian Quèze 2007 Multi-protocol 1.5 (December 17, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-12-17)) [±] GPLv2
IMVU Will Harvey 2001-07 Single-protocol 3.0 Clickwrap
Jitsi Emil Ivov 2003 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/SIP Communicator LGPL
Kadu Kadu Team 2001-08 Multi-protocol 0.12 .0 June 25, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-25) GPLv2
Kopete Kopete Team 2002-03-03 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable software release/Kopete GPL
MCabber Mikael Berthe 2005-06-07 Single-protocol Template:Latest stable release/MCabber GPL
meebo Meebo, Inc. 2005 Multi-protocol, Web Based DISCONTINUED, Bought out by Google Clickwrap
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; 12 years ago (2012-07-25) Clickwrap
Miranda IM Miranda IM project 2000-02-06 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable software release/Miranda IM GPL
Microsoft Lync Microsoft Corporation 2005 Single-protocol 2010 November 14, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-11-14) Clickwrap
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
Palringo Palringo Ltd 2006 Single-protocol Microsoft Windows: 2.7.9 July 4, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-04); Windows Mobile: 2.6.6 March 30, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-30); iOS: 4.12 August 6, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-06); Android: 5.2.8 August 1, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-01); Mac OS X: 4.6.4 July 24, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-24); Windows Phone: 0.11.0.0 February 14, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02-14); Clickwrap
Paltalk Jason Katz 1998 Multi-protocol Version 10.2 Build 455 Clickwrap
Pidgin Mark Spencer 1998-11 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Pidgin GPL
Psi Justin Karneges 2001 Single-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Psi GPL
QIP Ilgam Zyulkorneev 2004 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable software release/Quiet Internet Pager Clickwrap
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
QuteCom QuteCom 2004 Multi-protocol 2.2.1 (22 June 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-22)[6]) [±] GPL
Skype Niklas Zennström, Janus Friis 2003 Single-protocol
Windows, UWP15.129.3202.0 / 1 October 2024; 5 days ago (2024-10-01)[7][8]
Windows, desktop8.129.0.201 / 27 September 2024; 9 days ago (2024-09-27)[7]
macOS8.128.0.207 / 23 September 2024; 13 days ago (2024-09-23)[7]
Linux8.128.0.207 / 23 September 2024; 13 days ago (2024-09-23)[7]
Android8.129.0.202 / 29 September 2024; 7 days ago (2024-09-29)[9][10][11]
iOS8.128.0.207 / 17 September 2024; 19 days ago (2024-09-17)[9][12]
 Clickwrap
aMSN The aMSN team 2002-05 Single-protocol 0.98.4 GPL
Snurbs IM SNURBS team 2012-07 Single-protocol 1.0.0.4 BETA 2012-08-13 (Windows XP/Vista/7/8) Clickwrap
TerraIM George Vulov 2002-09 Single-protocol Template:Latest stable software release/TerraIM GPL
Tkabber Alexey Shchepin 2002-07-03 Single-protocol 0.11.1 GPL
Trillian Cerulean Studios 2000-07-01 Multi-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Trillian Clickwrap
Windows Live Messenger Microsoft Corporation 1999-07 Dual-protocol 2012 (Build 16.4.3503.728) (Windows XP/Vista/7/8) August 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-07) Clickwrap
WhatsApp WhatsApp Inc. ? Single-protocol ? ?
Xfire Xfire Inc. 2004 Dual-protocol Template:Latest stable release/Xfire 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
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[note 1] 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 No No No No Yes No No
IMVU Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No 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 Yes 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 Yes 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[note 1] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No PSP
Snurbs IM Yes No No No No Coming soon No No No No No No No No No No
Tencent QQ Yes Yes Partial[note 1] 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
  1. ^ a b c Only Linux binary, no source code available.

Protocol support

WLM[note 1] Y!M AIM/ICQ XMPP[note 2] IRC IBM Lotus Sametime Novell GroupWise Messenger Bonjour[note 3] Gadu-Gadu QQ Xfire Skype MySpaceIM Others
Adium Partial[note 4] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes No Yes Partial[note 5] Yes MobileMe, Yahoo! Japan, Zephyr, NateOn, Tlen
AIM No No Yes[note 6] Yes[note 7] 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[note 8] Yes Yes —[note 9] Depends[note 8]
Centericq Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No ? ? ? ?
climm No No Yes[note 10] 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[note 8] Yes Yes Depends[note 8] Yes Depends[note 8]
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[note 11] Yes/No[note 11] Yes/No[note 11] 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[note 6] Yes No No No Yes No No No No No MobileMe
ICQ No No Yes[note 10] 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
Instantbird Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Netsoul, SIMPLE, Yahoo! Japan
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[note 5] 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[note 12] Yes Partial[note 5] 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[note 13] Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Partial[note 5] 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 Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No
Qnext Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Qnext
Skype No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No
Snurbs IM No No No No No No No No No No No No No snurbs protocol
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 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes[note 12] Yes[note 12] Yes Yes[13] No LinkedIn, Foursquare, ASTRA, VZ
Windows Live Messenger Yes Yes No No[note 14] No No No No No No No No No No
Yahoo! Messenger Partial[note 4] 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
  1. ^ Formerly named MSN Messenger or .NET Messenger protocol
  2. ^ Commonly termed Jabber, used in Google Talk, Facebook, LiveJournal, Tweeter, Identi.ca, etc.
  3. ^ Formerly named Rendezvous.
  4. ^ a b Via Yahoo! Messenger account only.
  5. ^ a b c d Needs running official Skype client.
  6. ^ a b Via AIM account only.
  7. ^ Limited to Google Talk.
  8. ^ a b c d e Supported via Pidgin back-end, depends on its version
  9. ^ Bitlbee is accessed via IRC.
  10. ^ a b Via ICQ account only.
  11. ^ a b c Feature is missing from client, but can be used via IBM Sametime Gateway.
  12. ^ a b c Available as plugin.
  13. ^ Via WLM account OR Yahoo! Messenger account.
  14. ^ Supports importing Facebook contacts and allows to send messages to and receive from Facebook IM users.
Client Transports[note 1] File transfer
(XEP-0096)[note 2] 		Multi-user chat Jingle Encryption
File transfer[note 2] Voice calls Video calls OpenPGP OTR
Adium No Yes Yes No No No No[14] Yes
BitlBee Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Bombus[15] No Yes Yes No No No No No
climm No Yes No No No No No Yes
Coccinella[16] Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Empathy[17] No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Coming soon
Gajim[18] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes/No[note 3] Yes/No[note 3] Yes Yes/No[note 3]
Google Talk No No No Yes Partial[note 4] Partial[note 4][note 5] No No
iCall Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
iChat No Yes Partial[note 6] No No No No No
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[19] No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Pidgin Yes Yes Yes No Yes/No[note 3] Yes/No[note 3] No Yes
Psi Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No
Tkabber[20] Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Trillian No Yes Yes/No[note 7] No No No No Yes
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b The difference between XEP-0096 (legacy) and XEP-0234 (Jingle) file transfer is that the latter works behind NAT (eg., from home and corporate networks).
  3. ^ a b c d e Feature unavailable on Windows.
  4. ^ a b Incompatible with XEPs.
  5. ^ Feature unavailable in standalone client.
  6. ^ Multi-user chats can be joined but not started
  7. ^ 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[note 1] Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes ? ? ?
AIM 11 W32/Cocoa Yes/No[note 2] Yes Yes/No[note 2] Yes Yes No Yes/No[note 2] Yes/No[note 2] Yes/No[note 2] No Yes Yes/No[note 2] No Yes/No[note 2] Yes/No[note 2] No No No
aMSN 14 Tcl/Tk Yes[note 3] 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 — Yes Yes[note 4] Yes No Yes No — Yes No No — ? ? 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[note 5] Partial ? No ? No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No No No Yes ? ? ?
climm 07 line based Yes 5,[note 1] Yes ? — Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes — — — Yes — 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[note 6] 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[note 5] 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 Yes 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[note 7] Yes ? Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Partial[note 3] ?
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[note 8] 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[note 5][note 1] Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes With plugin Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
MCabber 04 Curses Yes [note 1] 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[note 1][note 5][note 3] Yes Yes, socks4/5, HTTP(S) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[note 3] No Partial[note 3] 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 — Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
Pidgin 07 GTK2 Partial[note 1] 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[note 5] 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[note 3][note 2] Yes
Snurbs IM 9 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No ? No 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
  1. ^ a b c d e f Off-the-Record Messaging encryption.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Feature only supported on Windows
  3. ^ a b c d e f Supported with plugin
  4. ^ Feature is implemented with libpurple back-end
  5. ^ a b c d e OpenPGP encryption (XEP-0027).
  6. ^ Incompatible to other clients.
  7. ^ Limited to official service users.
  8. ^ While IMVU does not allow add-ons to extend the client, registered accounts can create new content for use inside the simulation.[clarification needed]
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 — Yes ? ? ? ?
Centericq ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
climm — ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Coccinella ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Empathy No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Fire ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Gajim ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Google Talk Yes/No[note 1] Yes Yes/No[note 2] No No Yes/No[note 2] No
iCall No No Yes Yes No No No
iChat No ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
ICQ No Yes No Yes No Yes, tZer ?
IMVU ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 ?
Snurbs IM No No Yes No ? Yes, animated emoticons ?
Trillian Yes Yes Yes No 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
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Feature unavailable in standalone version.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ayttm: Universal Instant Messaging Client
  2. ^ Initial revision
  3. ^ XMPP Software: Clients
  4. ^ Voice over IP (VoIP) Questions
  5. ^ "Introducing GNOME 45". 20 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Announcement: QuteCom 2.2.1". Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ a b c d "Release Notes for Skype for Windows, Mac and Linux". Skype Support. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  8. ^ "Skype". Microsoft Apps. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  9. ^ a b "Release Notes for Skype on Mobile". Skype Support. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  10. ^ "Skype". Google Play. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  11. ^ "Skype 8.129.0.202". APKMirror. 2024-09-29. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  12. ^ "Skype". App Store. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  13. ^ "Trillian 5.1: Now plugged into Skype!". Official blog. Cerulean Studios. 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  14. ^ "GPG encryption", Adium, retrieved 2011-12-13
  15. ^ "Список стандартов XMPP, поддерживаемых в Bombus", Bombus (in Russian), retrieved 2011-12-13
  16. ^ "README-jabber", Coccinella, retrieved 2011-12-13
  17. ^ "XEP status in gabble", [[Telepathy (software)|]], freedesktop.org, retrieved 2011-12-13
  18. ^ "GajimXEPSupport", Gajim, retrieved 2011-12-13
  19. ^ "Main Page", MCabber, retrieved 2011-12-13 {{citation}}: |chapter= ignored (help)
  20. ^ "Protocol support", Tkabber, 2005-11-18, retrieved 2011-12-13
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