Jabbim (client)

Infobox Software
name = Jabbim

developer = [http://dev.jabbim.cz/jabbim/browser/trunk/AUTHORS The Jabbim Team]
latest_release_version = 0.4.3
latest_release_date = 3 July 2008
programming language = Python
operating system = Cross-platform
language = Czech, English, French, Slovak
genre = Instant messaging client
license = GPL
website = [http://dev.jabbim.cz/jabbim/wiki/en/index dev.jabbim.cz/jabbim]

Jabbim is a GPL instant messaging client for the Jabber (XMPP) protocol which uses the PyQt toolkit. It runs on Linux and Microsoft Windows.

Ready-to-install deb and RPM packages are available for several Linux distributions. Mac OS X port is not in active development, although the application is close to usable state on this operating system [http://dev.jabbim.cz/jabbim/wiki/en/MacOSXSupport] .

Jabbim can be used to connect to conventional Jabber servers as well as Google Talk service [http://dev.jabbim.cz/jabbim/wiki/en/Google%20Talk%20%28Gmail%29%20support] .

Features

* Tabbed chat window
* Application and chat themes
* Graphical emoticons
* Visual and sound notifications
* Message formatting (XHTML-IM)
* Typing notifications
* File transfer
* Advanced groupchat support with room administration and moderation
* Groupchat bookmarks and auto-join.
* Dedicated groupchat browser
* Service discovery browser
* Privacy lists
* Invisibility
* Ad-Hoc Commands support to control remote clients [http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0146.html] and services/bots
* TLS encryption
* Extended statuses (User Tune, User Mood, User Activity, User Chatting)

See also

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

External links

* [http://www.jabbim.com/ Jabbim] – client development is supported by Jabbim service maintainer and administrator