Instant Messengers
| Author / Creator | First public release date | Type | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adium | Adam Iser, Evan Schoenberg | September, 2001 | Multi-protocol | 0.89.1 | Free | GPL v2 |
| AIM | AOL | May, 1997 | Single protocol | 5.9.3797 (Windows) 4.7.1333 (Mac OS X) 1.5.286 (Linux) |
Free Adware |
Proprietary |
| aMSN | Alvaro J. Iradier Muro | May, 2002 | Single protocol | 0.95 | Free | GPL |
| BeeNut | Total Achieve International Ltd | April, 2005 | Multi-protocol | 2.016 | Free | Proprietary |
| BitWise IM | BitWise Communications, LLC | March 17, 2002 | Single protocol | 1.7.1 | Free | Proprietary |
| BitlBee | Wilmer van der Gaast | August 9, 2002 | IRC Gateway, Multi-protocol | 1.0.2 | Free | GPL |
| Centericq | Konstantin Klyagin | ? | Multi-protocol | 4.21.0 | Free | GPL |
| Coccinella | Mats Bengtsson | December 1, 1999 | Single protocol | 0.95.11 | Free | GPL |
| eMessenger | Paulo Taylor | 2004 | MSN/Yahoo!/AOL, Web-based | ? | Free | Proprietary |
| Exodus | Peter Millard | 2002 | Jabber | 0.9.1.0 | Free | GPL |
| Fire | Eric Peyton | ? | Multi-protocol | Free | GPL | |
| gaim | Mark Spencer | November, 1998 | Multi-protocol | Free | GPL | |
| Gajim | Yann Le Boulanger | May 21, 2004 | Single protocol | 0.9.1 | Free | GPL |
| GCN | Jason K. Resch | November 18, 2000 | Single protocol | 2.9.1 | Free Adware |
Proprietary |
| GOIM | Herbert Poul | August 16, 2005 | Single protocol | 1.0.3 | Free | GPL |
| Google Talk | Google, Inc. | August 24, 2005 | Single protocol | Free | Proprietary | |
| iChat | Apple Computer | August, 2002 | Multi-protocol | 3.1.4 (432) | Free | Proprietary |
| ICQ | Mirabilis | November, 1996 | Single protocol | 5 | Free Adware |
Proprietary |
| IM2 | IM2 Limited | April, 2003 | Multi-protocol | 1.5 | Free | Proprietary |
| IMVITE | IMVITE Inc. | August, 2005 | Multi-protocol | 1.3 | Free | Proprietary |
| IMVU | IMVU | ? | Multi-protocol | beta | Free | Proprietary |
| Instan-t | Interactive Networks Inc. | March, 2001 | Multi-protocol | 4.5 | Free | Proprietary |
| JAJC | Mikel Ivanov | 2002 | Single protocol | 0.0.8.113 | Free | Proprietary |
| Kadu | Kadu Team | August, 2001 | Single protocol | 0.4.2 | Free | GPL v2 |
| Kopete | Kopete Team | March 3, 2002 | Multi-protocol | 0.11 | Free | GPL |
| Laffer | Slavey Karadzhov | May 17, 2004 | Multi-protocol | 0.3.3.1 | Free | GPL |
| Licq | Graham Roff (up to v1.0) Jon Keating |
June 22, 1998 | Multi-protocol | 1.3.2 | Free | GPL |
| MECA Messenger | Meca Communications | ? | Multi-protocol, Web-based | 5.2 | Free | Proprietary |
| meebo | Seth, Elaine, & Sandy | 2005 | Multi-protocol, Web-based | alpha v8 | Free | ? |
| Meetro | Paul Bragiel & Wendell Davis | 2005 | Multi-protocol | Beta 0.93 | Free | ? |
| Mercury Messenger | Mercury Messenger | 2003 | Multi-protocol | 1710 | Free | Proprietary |
| mICQ | Mattew D. Smith (up to ICQv5); Rüdiger Kuhlmann | 1997(?); 2001 | Single protocol | 0.5.1 | Free | GPL v2 |
| MindSpring | Earthlink | April 3, 2006 | Multi-protocol | 1.0 (v53.0) | Free | Proprietary |
| Miranda IM | Miranda IM project | February 6, 2000 | Multi-protocol | 0.4.0.3 | Free | GPL |
| Microsoft Messenger for Mac | Microsoft | ??? | Single protocol | 5.1.1 | Free | Proprietary |
| MSN Messenger | Microsoft | July, 1999 | Single protocol | 7.5.0311 (Windows XP) 7.0 (Windows 98,Me,2000) |
Free Adware |
Proprietary |
| MSNCP | Sebastián Santisi | July, 2005 | Single protocol | 0.7.0-beta | Free | GPL |
| MySpaceIM | Fox Interactive Media | May 09, 2006 | Single protocol | 1.0.262.0-beta | Free | Proprietary |
| OpenWengo | Wengo | 2004 | Single protocol | 0.99 | Free | GPL |
| Proteus | Justin Wood | ? | Multi-protocol | 4.12 | Free | Proprietary |
| Psi | Justin Karneges | 2001 | Single protocol | 0.10 | Free | GPL |
| psyced | psyced.org Project | 1997 | IRC Gateway, Multi-protocol | 0.99 | Free | GPL |
| Qnext | Qnext Corp. | June 28, 2004 | Multi-protocol | 2.3.0.74 | Free | Proprietary |
| Tencent | February, 1999 | Single protocol | 2006 Beta1 | FreeAdware | Proprietary | |
| Rediff BOL | Rediff.com [1] | circa 1999 | Single protocol | 7.0 | Free | Proprietary |
| SIM | SIM project [2] | ? | Multi-protocol | 0.9.3 | Free | GPL |
| Skype | Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis / eBay | 2003 | Single protocol | Free | Proprietary | |
| Softros LAN Messenger | Softros Systems | January, 2004 | Single protocol | 3.6 | $10.95 | Proprietary |
| talk | Kipp Hickman | 1982 | Single protocol | 1.7 (BSD version) | Free | BSD |
| Tkabber | Alexey Shchepin | 2003 | Single protocol | 0.9.8 | Free | GPL |
| Trillian | Cerulean Studios | July 1, 2000 | Multi-protocol | 3.1 | Free | Proprietary |
| Trillian Pro | Cerulean Studios | September 10, 2002 | Multi-protocol | 3.1 | $25 | Proprietary |
| Yahoo! Messenger | Yahoo! | June 21, 1999 | Single protocol | 7.5.0.811 (Win) 2.5.3 (Mac) |
Free | Proprietary |
| YSM | rad2k | 2001 | Single protocol | 2.9.6 | Free | GPL |
| Zephyr | Project Athena | 1987 | Single protocol | 2.0 | Free | MIT |
| Zoep | Voipster | January 25, 2006 | Single protocol | 0.8.5 | Free | GPL |
| Author / Creator | First public release date | Type | Latest stable version |
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