Open Source Messaging Platforms

BeeBEEP is a secure (encryption based on Rijndael Algorithm, AES) peer to peer office messenger. You can talk and send files with all your colleagues inside a local area network such of an office, home or internet cafe without a server. BeeBEEP works also with VPNs. This serverless application is indispensable in all those places where privacy and security an essential requirement. For more info visit: https://www.beebeep.net

See https://pidgin.im/about/ for more information. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+. Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.

Mibew Messenger is an open-source live support application allowing visitors of your site to chat with your operators.

"Mibew Messenger" - is unique software allowing visitors of your site to chat with your operators. This repo should be treated as an obsolete. For modern version of Mibew Messenger see https://sourceforge.net/projects/mibew/

Kadu is a dynamically evolving instant messenger compatible with the Gadu-Gadu and XMPP protocol. It can be run on all platforms supporting the Qt toolkit.

This project provides a basic Java implementation of the OSCAR protocol, used by ICQ and AIM clients. Commonly used features such as messaging, status and server buddy lists are supported, making it easy for developers to use this in their own work.

EZ Intranet Messenger is designed to work within a LAN segment, without the presence of centralized server. Its primary goal is to provide instant messaging service, along with online status notification, file transmission, and real time public chat.

Adium is an Open Source, multi-protocol instant messaging application for Mac OS X. Adium supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, SIP/SIMPLE (Text), and Lotus Sametime. Additionally, it supports all of these applications at once so, even if you have multiple IM accounts, you don't have to log into each account separately.

Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It is the heir of the Everybuddy project, and aims to continue improving the program and addressing its shortcomings.

This web service developped in Java provides WebForum services on the IMAP4/POP3 protocol : you don't need database, and common messaging tool like Netscape Messenger or Outlook permits to create/delete new forum and to moderate messages.

Ice Messenger is a small Chat, where you talk about something with your friends our other people. Ice Messenger you can allready use at your office and other places. It has written in Java and so you can use it one all platforms which can use Java. Here are a few: Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris, Macintosh and more. This application is in the first version and so it has much of errors and other bugs! Describe your bugs and errors in the forum.

KYIM is a KDE Instant Messenger Client compatible with Yahoo networks. KYIM is formerly known as KYahoo.

LANCast IM will be a local area network(LAN) instant messaging software inspired by the AChat protocol. The project only at a planning stage, but things should move and coding should start this autumn

Output Messenger is a distraction-free collaboration tool which brings all your communications at one place. You can avail persistent chat rooms, one-to-one chat, searchable chat history, file sharing via drag & drop and clipboard , Hotkeys etc. This intranet messenger provides you centralized control on user groups and client settings . Moreover, its now having in-built private social network.