Browse free open source ICQ software and projects below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source ICQ software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.

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    Miranda IM

    Miranda IM

    A smaller, faster, and easier IM client

    Miranda IM is an open source, multi-protocol instant messaging client designed to be very light on system resources, extremely fast and customizable. A powerful plugin-based architecture make Miranda IM one of the most flexible clients on the planet.
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    Downloads: 243 This Week
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    Bot Sentry is a Pidgin (libpurple) plugin to prevent Instant Message (IM) spam. It allows you to ignore IMs unless the sender is in your Buddy List, the sender is in your Allow List, or the sender correctly answers a question you have predefined.
    Downloads: 15 This Week
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    A pidgin plugin that allows user to assign global hotkeys (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+g) for togglling buddy list and reading queued message. When "Toggle List" hotkey is enabled, it makes the buddy list hidden from your taskbar and task switcher (similar to ICQ).
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    Downloads: 24 This Week
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    A graphical notification plugin for the instant message client gaim. Now hosted at http://plugins.guifications.org/trac
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    Jimm is an ICQ clone for mobile devices, such as celluluar phones. It is written in Java 2 Micro Edition (MIDP) and uses protocol version 8. Jimm is not affiliated with or endorsed by ICQ, Inc.
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    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.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    YSM is a simple ICQ client based on the v7/v8 icq protocol version. Free of external libraries requirements, written in the C Language.
    Downloads: 12 This Week
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    Adium

    Adium

    A multi-protocol instant messaging app for Mac OS X

    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.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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    climm is a portable, small, yet powerful console based, fully internationalized instant messaging client supporting the current v8 ICQ protocol and XMPP.
    Downloads: 2 This Week
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  • 10
    Kopete is a flexible and extendable multiple protocol instant messaging system designed as a plugin-based system.
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Jarl is a Perl/Tk Client. It strives to provide full functionality with every aspect of the Jabber IM system. It currently supoprts messaging, chat, groupchat, ICQ, AIM, and IRC support.
    Downloads: 4 This Week
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    Laffer Project is an effort to build complete IM environment using the model for developing Open Source Software. Laffer Project comprises of several small projects.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    PlanetaMessenger.org is a Instant Messenger with support to all well known instant messenger networks including ICQ,MSN,AIM,Yahoo! and Jabber through a powerfull plugin engine. PlanetaMessenger.org support multiples look and feels, plugins and profiles.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    The RSS-IM Gateway allows you to let visitors read your RSS feed through an Instant Messgaing client, using AIM, MSN, ICQ, YIM, or Jabber. A Perl application, it is very easy to set up and can easily handle the hundreds of users you can expect to use it.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Multiprotocol plugin-based instant messenger for X11 (optionaly support KDE), Windows and MaxOS X.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Multiprotocol plugin-based instant messenger for X11 (optionaly support KDE), Windows and MaxOS X.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Delphi ICQ Library which include TICQClient and TICQDb components. Implements ICQ v8 chat protocol, message history & contact list import from ICQ99b-2003a, Miranda-ICQ. Requires Delphi 5+.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    ICQ bouncer written in php that can be started on any *NIX VDS or shell or even a shared hosting with background processes allowed.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    ICQ clone born to satisfy my needs. It runs as well on a 486 with win95, on a single diskette, so it's fast and small.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    The RISC OS ICQ client.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    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.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    Babel IM is a skinnable instant messenger, with plugins for ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo & RSA crypto. All functionality is provided through the plugin interface, so Babel is highly customizeable.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    The BeOS Instant Messaging Kit project aims to create a BeOS-centric, generic instant messaging servuice for workstations. The system will follow the BeOS kits/servers model, and different IM protocols will be supported through add-ons to the im_server,
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    BlackChat is an ICQ Instant Messaging client for the BlackBerry 72XX wireless handheld. Features include 24/7 connection, client only solution, send/receive msgs, add/remove contacts, change client status and skins
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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