Comparison of instant messaging clients

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Instant messaging was made in July 1996 by Yair Goldfinger, Arik Vardi, Sefi Vigiser, and Amnon Amir, when they started a company called Mirabilis to introduce new ways of communication over the Internet. The current landscape for instant messaging involves cross-platform instant messaging clients that can handle one or more protocols so that Internet users can communicate with multiple users at the same time. The following table compares general and technical information for a number of instant messaging clients. View individual product articles for more information. External links can lead to extensions that add features to clients.

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General information

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Operating system support

The client operating system can run without emulation or compatibility layers.

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Protocol support

XMPP related features

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Features

Information about what features each client supports.

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Secure messenger

Messengers with client-to-client encryption

The following table is an overview of instant messaging clients that provide end-to-end encryption. Some registered client applications do not provide end-to-end encryption by default. This client may require users to install separate plugins, enable settings, or use an optional mode. In this case, the information associated with encryption in this table is only valid when encryption is enabled.

Messengers with client-to-server encryption

The following table is an overview of Instant Messenger clients that provide client-to-server encryption. This does not include clients that also provide end-to-end encryption.

Messengers without encryption

The following is a list of Instant Messenger clients that do not provide client-to-server encryption:

• Empathy
• ICQ
• Mxit
• Nimbuzz
• Palringo

Notes

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See also

• Instant message protocol comparison
• Internet Client Relay Chat comparison
• LAN messenger comparison
• Comparison of VoIP software
• List of SIP software
• List of video telecommunication services and product brands

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia