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aim AOL Instant Messenger (SM)
amsn Alvaro's MSN messenger client
anope Set of Services for IRC networks
atheme Flexible IRC services system with proven scalability
bitchbot Bitchbot is a perl-based IRC bot
bitchx IRC client based on ircII
bitlbee IRC to other chat networks gateway
blackened The Blackened IRC client
bnc Simple IRC relay proxy with support for virtual hosting
bsflite Lightweight AIM client for the command line
centericq Instant Messenger interface supporting many protocols
centerim Instant Messenger interface supporting many protocols
cgiirc Access IRC from a web browser
climm Text-mode ICQ client
ctrlproxy Detachable internet relay chat proxy server
dccserver Standalone replacement for the mIRC /dccserver command
dircproxy Detachable internet relay chat proxy server (devel version)
eggdrop IRC robot with TCL scripting and multi-channel ability
ejabberd Free and Open Source distributed fault-tolerant Jabber server
ekg Experimental Gadu-Gadu Client (Polish instant messaging system)
emech IRC bot written in C
empathy Gnome instant messenger client
epic4 The (E)nhanced (P)rogrammable (I)RC-II (C)lient
epic4-doc Additional documentation for epic4 package
farsight2 (V) Audio/video communications framework
finch Multi-protocol Instant Messaging client console frontend
fisg Fast IRC statistics generator
gale Secure instant messaging system
gg2 Instant messenger software for Poland; Jabber plugin included
gnomeicu GNOME ICQ client
goofey Text-based client for goofey, a flexible short message system
gossip GTK2 Jabber Instant Messaging client
gtmess Console-based MSN Messenger client
i2cb Next generation Internet Citicen's Band chat client
i2cbd Next generation Internet Citizens Band chat server
icb Internet CB - a mostly-defunct chat client
icbirc Proxy IRC client and ICB server
icqlib Implementation of the icq protocol
iip The Invisible IRC Project
inspircd Modular C++ IRC Daemon
inspircd12 Modular C++ IRC Daemon
ircd-hybrid IRC server with many options
irchat-pj Emacs lisp interface to Internet Relay Chat
ircII The 'Internet Relay Chat' and 'Internet Citizens Band' Client
ircservices Services for IRC networks
ircu Internet Relay Chat server customized for Undernet
iroffer IRC (Internet Relay Chat) DCC OfferBot
irssi Secure and modular IRC client with text mode user interface
irssi-icb Irssi plugin to access ICB networks
jabberd Instant messaging server
jabberd2 XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging server
kadu Chat client for Gadu-Gadu network (Poland)
kmess MSN Messenger Client for KDE3
konversation KDE IRC Client
konversation-kde3 KDE IRC Client
libirc C library for the IRC protocol
libmsn library for connecting to Microsoft's MSN Messenger service
libotr Library for Off-The-Record encrypted messaging
libpurple Multi-protocol Instant Messaging client backend
libtelepathy Unified framework for many different kinds of real-time communications
libtlen Library to access tlen.pl IM system
licq-core ICQ client with plugin support
licq-gui-console Curses GUI for licq
licq-gui-qt Qt GUI for licq
loudmouth Lightweight Jabber client library
meanwhile Lotus SameTime compatible chat protocol
msn-pecan Alternate MSN protocol plugin for libpurple
msnre Console-based MSN Instant Messenger clone
mu-conference Implementation of the JEP-0045 Multi-User Chat protocol
naim Ncurses-based AIM, ICQ, IRC, and Lily client
navi2ch 2ch BBS browser for Emacs
ninja Another IRC client based on ircII
p5-Net-AIM Implementation of the AOL Instant Messenger TOC protocol
p5-Net-AOLIM Perl5 module for connecting to AOL IM (TOC protocol)
p5-Net-Goofey Perl module for communicating with a Goofey server
p5-Net-ICQ2000 Perl5 modules for the ICQv7 protocol realisation
p5-Net-Jabber Provide a Perl Developer access to the Jabber protocol
p5-Net-XMPP (V) Provide a Perl Developer access to the XMPP protocol
p5-POE-Component-IRC Fully event-driven IRC client module
p5-POE-Filter-IRCD POE-based parser for the IRC protocol
pfnet (V) Minimal FNET-like ICB client written in Perl
pidgin Multi-protocol Instant Messaging client GTK frontend
pidgin-facebookchat Plugin for pidgin to support Facebook IM
pidgin-icb ICB protocol plugin for the Pidgin instant messenger
pidgin-latex Plugin for pidgin to render LaTeX as images
pidgin-libnotify Pidgin plugin that adds popup support
pidgin-otr Plugin for pidgin to add OTR (Off-The-Record) encryption
pidgin-sametime Lotus Sametime plugin for the Pidgin instant messenger
pidgin-silc SILC plugin for the Pidgin instant messenger
pircbot Java IRC Bot Framework
psi PSI Jabber Client
quirc Stable and powerful graphical IRC client
riece IRC client for Emacs
roxirc Graphical IRC client written in tcl/tk
ruby-net-irc Ruby IRC library
scrollz Advanced IRC client based on ircII client
silc-client Client for the Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) protocol
silc-client-icb silc-client plugin to access ICB networks
silc-server Server for the Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) protocol
silc-toolkit (V) Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) protocol Toolkit
sirc IRC client written and programmable in perl
smirk Revival of the curses-based Rhapsody IRC client
telepathy-farsight Library for the telepathy part of a voice/video call
telepathy-gabble Jabber/XMPP connection manager for Telepathy
telepathy-glib GObject-based C binding for the Telepathy D-Bus API
telepathy-idle Full-featured IRC connection manager for Telepathy
telepathy-mission-control Telepathy component providing abstractions for end-user applications
tik Tcl/Tk AOL Instant Messenger client
tirc Token's 'Internet Relay Chat' Client
tkabber Free and Open Source TCL/TK jabber client
tkicb TK interface to the ICB chat system
tkirc GUI for the ircII Internet Relay Chat client
tkirc2 GUI for the ircII Internet Relay Chat client
tzc Back-end program for zephyr-mode
unrealircd Advanced IRC server with IPv6 and SSL support
vicq Simple icq client written in perl
weechat Lightweight and user friendly curses based IRC client
xaric IRC client similar to BitchX and ircII
xchat X11 (X Window System) IRC client, using the GTK2 toolkit
xchat-perl Perl scripting plugin for XChat
xchat-python Python scripting plugin for XChat
xchat-systray-integration Systray icon plugin for XChat
ymessenger Yahoo! instant messaging client
ysm The 'You Sick Me' terminal based ICQ client
zenicb ICB client for Emacs
zenirc IRC client for Emacs
zephyr Project Athena's original Instant Messaging system
zephyr-mode CMU Emacs-based Zephyr client
zircon X11 interface to Internet Relay Chat