- Comparison of LAN messengers
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of LAN messengers.
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General information
Basic general information about the LAN messengers: creator/company, license/price, among others.
Protocol Author / Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost (USD) Software license Programming language AChat ? Michal Hruby 2005 beta 7 (v0.150) (January 24, 2007) Free [1] GNU/GPL Delphi|C# Version started Akeni LAN Messenger Akeni Network Protocol Akeni 2002 1.2.114 (January 13, 2011) Non-freeShareware (16.95) Proprietary C++ BigAnt Messenger ? BigAnt 2001 2.50 (July 8, 2009) Non-freeShareware (20.00 + server) Proprietary ? Bopup Messenger ? B Labs 2001 5.4.7 (December 24, 2009) Non-freeShareware (12.90 + server) Proprietary C++ BORGChat ? Ionut Cioflan 2002 v1.0.0 b438 (March 31, 2007) Free [2] Freeware ? dMessage ? MGI Consultants 2007 6.20 (June 20, 2010) Non-freeShareware
(6 to 20 depending on the number of stations)
Proprietary ? iChat Bonjour IM Protocol Apple Inc. 2003 5.0.3 (745), (April 26, 2010) Non-freeBundled with OS Proprietary Template:Likely Objective-C iptux Microsoft Messenger service Jally, ManPT, others 2008 0.51 (November 20, 2009) Free [3] GNU/GPL ? LAN Chat Enterprise ? KGY Soft 2001 3.3, (May 29, 2007) Non-freeShareware (12.00) Proprietary ? LinPopUp Microsoft Messenger service Jean-Marc Jacquet 2000 1.2.0 (Debian, April 7, 2008) Free [4] GNU/GPL C Miranda IM Microsoft Messenger service Roland Rabien 2000 0.9.3 Free GNU/GPL C/C++ Net-C ? DGtalize 2008 0.2.0 (May 15, 2010) Free [5] GNU/GPL Java Outlook LAN Messenger ? Srimax Software System 2002 6.0.43 (March 25, 2010) Non-freeShareware (9.80) Proprietary ? Pichat ? Piratson Technologies 2002 0.4.2 (March 13, 2010) Free [6] Freeware C++ PopNote ? K5HUM 2003 3.6 (July 1, 2009) Free [7] Freeware HotBasic Softros LAN Messenger ? Softros Systems, Inc. 2000 4.4.1 (May 15, 2009) Non-freeShareware (10.95) Proprietary ? Squiggle LAN Messenger ? Overroot 2010 2.7 (May 5, 2011) Free[8] Freeware C# Vypress Chat Vypress Chat network protocol VyPRESS Research, LLC 2000 2.1.8 (December 11, 2009) Non-freeShareware (19.00) Proprietary C/C++ Vypress Messenger Vypress instant messaging protocol VyPRESS Research, LLC 2000 4.0 (October 19, 2004) Non-freeShareware (19.90) Proprietary C/C++ WinMessenger Microsoft Messenger service VyPRESS Research, LLC 2001 2.8.04 (March 19, 2010) Non-freeShareware (14.00) Proprietary C/C++ Winpopup LAN Messenger ? Fomine Software 2002 5.3 (June 18, 2008) Non-freeShareware (14.95) Proprietary ? LAN Messenger v3 ? Ken Ballentine (Updated by Steven Cole) 2006 3.4 (February 23, 2011) Free Freeware Visual Basic .NET Operating system support
The operating systems the messengers can run on without emulation or compatibility layers.
Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AChat Yes No No No No Akeni LAN Messenger Yes No Yes No No BigAnt Messenger Yes No No No No Bopup Messenger Yes No No No No BORGChat Yes No No No No dMessage Yes No No No No iChat No Yes No No No iptux No No Yes No No LAN Chat Enterprise Yes No No No No LinPopUp No No Yes No No Miranda IM Yes No No No No Net-C Yes Yes Yes Yes No Outlook LAN Messenger Yes Yes Yes Yes No Pichat Yes No Yes Yes No PopNote Yes No No No No Softros LAN Messenger Yes No No No No Squiggle LAN Messenger Yes No No No No Vypress Chat Yes No No No No Vypress Messenger Yes No No No No WinMessenger Yes No No No No Winpopup LAN Messenger Yes No No No No LAN Messenger v3 Yes No No No No Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
Toolkits or SDKs Private messages Private chat Public chat Message board Encryption File transfer Unicode (UTF-8) Message filtration Graphical smileys Message logging Whiteboard Terminal Service Compatibility User base in Active Directory Serverless (No server required) AChat No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Akeni LAN Messenger No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes BigAnt Messenger W32 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Bopup Messenger No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No BORGChat No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes dMessage No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes iChat 1 No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No iptux No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes LAN Chat Enterprise No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes LinPopUp No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Miranda IM ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Net-C No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Outlook LAN Messenger No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Pichat W32 + Linux Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes PopNote No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes Softros LAN Messenger W32 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Vypress Chat No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Vypress Messenger No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes WinMessenger No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Winpopup LAN Messenger W32 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Lan Messenger V3 No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Note 1: Using Apple's Bonjour protocol
See also
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
- LAN messenger
- Messenger service
References
- ^ SourceForget AChat: GNU General Public License
- ^ Softpedia BORGChat: Freeware
- ^ Freshmeat iptux: GPL 2+
- ^ SourceForget LinPopUp-2: GNU General Public License
- ^ SourceForget Net-C: GNU General Public License
- ^ Brothersoft Pichat: Freeware
- ^ Softpedia PopNote: Freeware
- ^ Squiggle LAN Messenger: Freeware
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