Serverless Instant Messenger

Infobox Software
name = SIM-IM



caption = SIM 0.9.4.1
collapsible = yes
developer = SIM-IM developers
released = ?
frequently_updated = yes
programming language = ?
operating system = Windows, Unix-like
language = English
genre = Instant messaging client
license = GPL
website = [http://sim-im.org sim-im.org]

SIM-IM is a free software multiprotocol instant messaging application, which supports serverless and serverbased messenger protocols. Based on the Qt library (with optional KDE support) it is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. SIM-ICQ was discontinued for a time because its founder Vladimir Shutoff, a Russian programmer, left the project. Some time later a new development group was formed and the project is now reborn with the name SIM-IM: Version 0.9.4.1 of the software was released on October 21, 2006. Besides the stable branch, there is also a testing branch, currently in version 0.9.5, updated almost every day. Sources can be obtained via Subversion.

SIM supports the following protocols:
*Oscar - for ICQ and AIM support
*Jabber
*LiveJournal
*.NET Messenger Service (also known as MSN)
*Yahoo!
*Retroshare IM serverless im protocol (beta in creation)

ee also

*List of Jabber client software
*Comparison of instant messaging clients

External links

* [http://sim-im.org/ Official website]