
Colloquy is an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client for Mac which adheres to OS X interface conventions. Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.


KMess is a client to connect to the Microsoft MSN network, allowing you to chat with Windows Live Messenger users. It supports fast file transfers, display pictures, custom emoticons, and more.


Asterisk is the world’s leading open source telephony engine and tool kit. Offering flexibility unheard of in the world of proprietary communications, Asterisk empowers developers and integrators to create advanced communication solutions.



Mercury IM is a cross-browser Java MSN Messenger client. It is lightweight and customisable.




aMSN is an open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as: display pictures, custom emoticons, multi language, webcam support, full-speed file transfer, chat logs, conferencing support, event alarms and more.




Adium is an instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.


Miranda IM is an open-source multi protocol instant messenger client for Microsoft Windows. Designed to be resource efficient with a rich feature set, Miranda supports AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo and more.


Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once. It works with the following: AIM, IRC, Yahoo!, MSN, MyspaceIM, ICQ, Zephyr and more.


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