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 Adium X 1.3.10
Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. With Adium, you can connect to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services and then chat with other people using those services. Adium supports Facebook Chat, AIM (OSCAR), ICQ, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Japan, MSN, Jabber, Google Talk, Lotus Sametime, Bonjour, MySpace IM, Novell GroupWise, QQ, and Gadu-Gadu.
File Size: 21.3 MB
Version History Home Page  AIM 1.1
AOL Instant Messenger(AIM) allows you to send instant messages to other people who use AOL, AIM, ICQ, or certain mobile phones.
File Size: 11.9 MB - version 1.1
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File Size: 3.4 MB - version 4.7
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File Size: 2.6 MB - version 4.3
Home Page  aMSN 0.97.2
aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as: * Display pictures * Custom emoticons * Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported) * Webcam support * Sign in to more than one account at once * Full-speed File transfers * Group support * Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds * Chat logs * Timestamping * Event alarms * Conferencing support * Tabbed chat windows
File Size: 10.6 MB
Home Page  Atlantis 0.9.8.7
Beginning with the earliest MUDs (Multi User Dungeons), on through today's MUSHes, MUXes, MOOs, MUCKs and all the other varied offspring of the original MUD, there have been text-based multiuser games around since the early days of the Internet. But to connect to these MU*s, you generally need a client slightly more advanced than plain old telnet! Atlantis is a client specifically designed to aid in playing those type of games. It is designed from the ground up entirely in Cocoa, and integrates with system services - such as the Mac OS X spellchecker - as much as possible.
File Size: 3.5 MB
User Manual Home Page  BitWise IM 1.7.3
BitWise IM: The power and privacy you should expect from IM Text, File Sharing, Whiteboards, Voice, Encryption and more. BitWise is the first cross platform, encrypted, direct-connect instant messenger offering the same features on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Without ads or spyware, BitWise is loaded with powerful features like encryption, a "tabbed" interface, whiteboards, logging, offline messaging and more.
File Size: 7.9 MB
Home Page  Cantrip 0.8a16
Cantrip is a client for connecting to Multi-User Dungeons/Domains/Dimensions, otherwise known as MUDs. MUDs are, put simply, online multiplayer text-based adventure games. There are hundreds of MUDs that one can play, most of which for free.
File Size: 1.1 MB - For Tiger
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File Size: 1.1 MB - For Panther
Home Page  Chax 3.0
Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions that make using Apple's iChat more enjoyable. Features - Unified contact list shows all contacts from all accounts in one window - Growl notifications for new messages and users changing status - Automatically resize the contact list to fit the number of visible users - Powerful, searchable log viewer that can also browse images and URLs from past conversations - Activity log that displays your contacts' status changes - Auto-accept file transfers, AV chats, and screen sharing requests - Always on top option for contact list, message windows and AV chats - Set font of names, status messages, and group separators - Option to immediately display new messages, skipping the notification window - Show status changes directly in the message window - Additional unread message notifications in the Dock - Automatically hide chat windows and contact lists when iChat is inactive - Toggle text status visibility of users - Properly use ICQ accounts without sending text formatting in messages
File Size: 1.5 MB - Chax 3.0 for Snow Leopard
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File Size: 1.4 MB - Chax 2.2.2 for Leopard
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File Size: 1.1 MB - Chax 1.5 for Tiger
Home Page  ChitChat 1.2.2
ChitChat, an open source client for Yahoo! Chat. It enables the user to communicate with others over the global Yahoo! Chat network.
File Size: 2.0 MB
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File Size: 1.7 MB
Home Page  Coccinella 0.96.10
Jabber chat client with whiteboard communication Share a common window on your computer with two or more other Coccinella users. It runs in two different network topologies, each with its specific feature. The peer-to-peer mode allows client to connect directly to each other, without an intermediate server. The Jabber server system of instant messaging (IM) contains central management of user resources, such as buddy lists, gateways to other IM systems (ICQ, IRC, MSN Messenger, ...), and much more.
File Size: 8.3 MB
Home Page  Colloquy 2.3 (4617)
Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC & SILC client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.
File Size: 8.3 MB
Home Page  Conversation 2.14
Conversation is a unique IRC client developed with ease of use in mind. It offers the true Mac OS X experience. The discussion layout is clear and easy to read. Users names all have a unique color. In version 2 you can modify this color for your favorite on-line friends. It displays Smileys and URLs are clickable. Manage your channels like your play list. In addition to the original iChat like interface, Conversation 2.0 offers an optional single window mode, like iTunes. Switch between the two modes by clicking on the Zoom (green) button. Simplicity. Menu organisation respects Mac OS X standards - so you already know how to use it. The interface is simple but gives you access to most IRC commands - No /commands to learn. Connect to multiple servers at the same time. The Favorite window is now organised hierachically, showing you which channel belongs to which server.
File Size: 2.0 MB
Home Page  Eggdrop 1.6.19
Eggdrop is the world's most popular Open Source IRC bot, designed for flexibility and ease of use, and is freely distributable under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Eggdrop was originally developed by Robey Pointer; however, he no longer works on Eggdrop so please do not contact him for help solving a problem or bug. The oldest IRC bot still in active development (Eggdrop was created in 1993)
File Size: 1.0 MB
Download Page Home Page  Fire 1.5.6
Fire is a multi-protocol internet Instant Messaging client based on freely available libraries for each service. It is released under the GNU GPL. All services are built off of GPL'd libraries, including firetalk, libicq2000, libmsn, jabber, and libyahoo2 (Linux libraries). Fire can handle similtaneous connections to AIM, ICQ, Yahoo!, IRC, MSN and Jabber.
File Size: 6.8 MB
Home Page  GGMud 0.7
An open source MUD client based on TinTin+.
File Size: 17.4 MB
Home Page  iChat 5.0.1
Filled with cool new features, iChat turns any video chat into an event. Video backdrops, Photo Booth effects, photo slideshows, Keynote presentations, even movies on your Mac- you can share it all using iChat.
 ICQ 3.4
One of the world's largest cross-platform online communities. Version 3.4 of ICQ for Mac Brings you AOL interoperability, as well as better compatibility with Mac OS X.
File Size: 3.7 MB
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Home Page  Icy Juice 1.0.2
Icy Juice is still not feature-complete, and the current release is a preview and an invitation for users to express their needs and expectations from an ICQ client.
File Size: 1.5 MB
Home Page  IdentD 2.5.1
Since Mac OS X 10.3, there is no identd server on the system. So I've decided to build a standalone identd server. This server runs on Panther and Tiger (and Leopard too) and is provided with a preference pane that allows you to easily start or stop it. This identd server returns the short username of the user which is currently logged in or your choice of username. This kind of server could be useful if your Macintosh is behind a proxy server which requires authentication or when you use IRC.
File Size: 272 Kb
Home Page infobot 0.45.3
The infobot connects to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server, joins some channels (maybe), and begins accumulating factoids. To run one, download the source, uncompress it, untar it, edit the config files, and its up. Interacting with the bot is pretty straightforward. The bot will interact via message or on-channel.
File Size: 110 Kb
Download Page Home Page ircII 20081115
ircII is an IRC and ICB client that runs under most UNIX platforms. It comes in source form and is completely free of any charges or fees. The ircII project is a group of people who maintain the source code, incorporating fixes and new features.
File Size: 700 Kb
Home Page  Ircle 3.5a6
Ircle is a Macintosh program to use IRC (Internet Relay Chat). IRC enables you to talk with typed messages, in realtime, to other Internet users around the world. IRC is organized in channels on a specific topic. You can also talk privately with someone. ircle supports multiple server connections, AppleScript, video sending and more.
File Size: 1.2 MB
Home Page iroffer 1.3b11
iroffer is a software program that acts as a fileserver for IRC. It is similar to a FTP server or WEB server, but users can download files using the DCC protocol of IRC instead of a web browser. Unlike similar programs, iroffer is not a script, it is a standalone executable written entirely in c from scratch with high transfer speed and efficiency in mind. iroffer has been found to transfer over 50MByte/sec over a gigabit ethernet connection.
File Size: 124 Kb
Download Page Home Page irssi 8.14
Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.
File Size: 1.3 MB
Home Page  JBuddy Messenger Pro 2.4.0822
Java based multi-protocol instant messenger. Choose your Enterprise IM backend: JBuddy Message Server Lotus Sametime Jabber (XMPP) Instant Messaging promises to streamline business communications and help avoid phone tag and endless meetings. You need the benefits, yet are unhappy with the compromises in other IM clients - virus exploits, distracting ads, limited OS support, multiple clients. The list goes on... Now, there's a choice. JBuddy Messenger Pro was built from the ground up as a full strength enterprise IM client for the busy business professional.
File Size: 3.6 MB - Pro version
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File Size: 2.1 MB - Freeware version
Home Page  MacIrssi 0.8.6.6
Based on the *nix IRC client irssi (http://www.irssi.org), MacIrssi is a powerful, free of charge, open source IRC client. It combines the power of the irssi engine with an elegant and flexible GUI.
File Size: 7.7 MB
Home Page  The Manor 1.0
The Manor is a 2D visual chat experience that runs on almost any personal computer. And it offers a wide range of virtual online worlds, where you can be anyone -- or anything -- at all.
File Size: 2.5 MB
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File Size: 1.6 MB
Home Page  MICE iRC 1.0b18
iRC is an IRC client for Mac OS X. It includes the following: * Native MacOS X application written using Objective C and Cocoa * Multiple servers * mIRC colours and text formatting codes * Message highlighting * Private messages and DCC chat * DCC file transfer, including resume and drag-and-drop * Auto-connect to servers * Configurable colours and fonts * Multi-window or single-window operation * Tab completion and command history * Plugin architecture
File Size: 917 Kb
Home Page  Mac Messenger 3.5.4
Mac Messenger, a client for the MSN instant messaging protocol, is our main product. It is fast, stable, and easy to use. It also comes with loads of features. If you like MSN, you'll love Mac Messenger.
File Size: 3.7 MB
Home Page  Mercury 1.9.4
Mercury is a Java Based MSN client. With Mercury you can do the same things as with your normal messenger: Talk to friends Change your nickname and status Add a display picture (also know as avatar) Send files through the msn server (for people with a firewall etc..) or direct Play games (Tic Tac Toe and Connect4 only at the moment) Watch the webcam of your friends (Mercury auto-saves these sessions on the disk and can convert them to Quicktime movies) Allow other people to watch your webcam
File Size: 12.6 MB
Home Page  Microsoft Messenger 7.0.2
Microsoft's instant messenger.
File Size: 21.3 MB
Home Page  MudMagic 1.9
The Mud Magic Mud Client is written in gtk and runs on Windows, most Linux distros and MAC OS X. The source code is free for download and open source. The client supports MXP, MSP, MCCP, and ZMP with PCRE regular expression handling and Python script engine. The plugins shipped with the client currently include an automapper, note system, and database front end.
File Size: 17.2 MB
Home Page  MudWalker 0.3.2
MudWalker is an in-development open-source MUD client for Mac OS X (OSX). Features Compact connection windows that use no unnecessary screen space. Supports Telnet, MCP, ANSI color, and TWin protocols. Full support for extended character sets, including Unicode and Windows encodings. Scripting using the Lua programming language. Automatic login scripts with support for multiple accounts. Command aliases. Automatic logging. Library feature automatically remembers servers you've connected to and the location of your settings files for them. URLs become clickable links. Scripts can make arbitrary text into links which send commands. Local text editing (MCP-based, requires server support). Native Mac OS X Cocoa application.
File Size: 1.0 MB
Home Page  Nuntius 1.0
Remember the days when computer displayed only characters, green on black? That's also the time when the first Multi User Dungeons were created, not so long ago incarnated as online chats in the modern Internet. Surprisingly, these ancient arenas of computer aided communication and game place still flourish nowadays, despite the fancy graphics and animations of modern web technology. Nuntius is a client software that brings you right in there and connects yout to the most popular MUDs worldwide. Nuntius features a wide variety of features of modern MUD clients, including ANSI control sequences, triggers, text capturing, full customization of colors and behaviour and even audio speech output of what's been talked on the MUD. All of this you'll get in a convenient MacOS X Aqua interface.
File Size: 382 Kb
Home Page  PalaceChat 3.0.47
PalaceChat is chat software that allows you to interact with other users within a 2d enviornment online. You can wear, make and share Avatars made from images or maybe your own imagination! You can also design your own virtual world (if you're up for the challenge), with animations, video, games, prop rooms, using whatever imagery suites your taste.
File Size: 8.1 MB
Home Page  Proteus 4.2.1
Proteus is an all in one Instant Messaging program for OSX. What does this mean? Well, no longer do you need all your instant messaging applications open at once, cut it down to one clean application, with better management across board! (And prettier too!) What services does it support? So far, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger (including .Mac), MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Japan, Gadu Gadu, Jabber, and iChat Rendezvous. More are always in the works!
File Size: 17.2 MB
Home Page  Psi 0.12.1
Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open Jabber IM network (also known as XMPP).
File Size: 15.7 MB
Home Page  QuickPopup 4.5
Meet QuickPopup, the easy way to communicate with everybody on your office, school and home network. It's cross-platform, ready to run on all flavors of Windows, Mac OS/Mac OS X and Linux. Quite simply, it's the complete solution for all your messaging needs.
File Size: 2.0 MB
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File Size: 1.6 MB
Home Page  Rapscallion 2.0.2.1
Rapscallion is a MUD client. Features include triggers and blocks, multi-channel sessions, aliases, command history, travel, ansi color translation etc.
File Size: 2.6 MB
 Savitar 1.4.3
Savitar is a software application designed to connect people using Macintosh computers to MUVE (Multi-user Virtual Environment) servers. These MUVE servers are found throughout the Internet. Savitar works as a "client" application which basically means it hooks your computer to one or more of these servers and allows you to interact with the people you find there.
File Size: 2.1 MB
Home Page  ShadowIRC 1.1
ShadowIRC is a MacOS IRC client, written specifically with speed and extensibility in mind.
File Size: 363 Kb
Home Page  Snak 5.3.3
Snak will let you participate in discussions in virtual meeting rooms on the Internet, called IRC channels. There are thousands of meeting rooms full of people from all over the world.
File Size: 4.0 MB
Home Page  SnapMail 5.2.1
Secure messaging, alerts, reminders and file transfers provide full-featured inter- and intra-office communication.
File Size: 9.7 MB
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File Size: 4.5 MB
Home Page TinTin++ 1.97.6
TinTin++ is a free mud client that runs on the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X platforms.
File Size: 191 Kb
Home Page TinyFugue 4.0s1
TinyFugue, aka "tf", is a flexible, screen-oriented MUD client, for use with any type of MUD. TinyFugue is one of the most popular and powerful mud clients Originally developed by Ken Keys, it compiles on virtually every UNIX, and most Unix-like environments. Unfortunately, the very thought of compiling anything scares many users of other environments. We here at Druware don't have that fear and feel that by providing both the tweaks needed to build a TinyFugue distribution and binary installers, we can expand the acceptance of TinyFugue.
File Size: 341 Kb
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File Size: 835 Kb - Precompiled Binary, February 16, 2003
Druware Home Page TinyFugue Home Page  Trebuchet Tk 1.070
Trebuchet Tk is a client program for connecting to TinyMUD style social MUD servers on the InterNet. This program is designed to be used with TinyMUD, TinyMUCK, TinyMUSH, MOO, and several other variants. It's probably not well designed for combat oriented MUDs like LPMUD and Diku, but it does support them.
File Size: 4.3 MB
Home Page  X-Chat Aqua v0.17.0-rc1
X-Chat Aqua is a MacOS X IRC client. If you are familiar with XChat for UNIX/GTK+/X Windows, then you will be at home with X-Chat Aqua. X-Chat Aqua uses the IRC engine from XChat and has been designed to look and feel like XChat.
File Size: 13.9 MB
Home Page XChat Home Page  Xirc 0.9.9
Xirc is an internet relay chat (IRC) application only for MacOSX (Jaguar and Panther) written in pure Objective-C using Cocoa frameworks. Xirc is fully integrated with the MacOSX technologies, as like sheets, drag & drop, AddressBook, etc. It is fully scriptable using the flexible and powerful simil 'C' internal language or the AppletScript language. It supports the plugins to extend a scripting capabilities or create applications through the IRC engine. Xirc implements DCC Send,Chat and TurboDCC, SSL connections (SSLv2 and SSLv3) with certificate and private key, connections through proxy server (HTTP, SocksV4, SocksV4a, SocksV5) and many others features.
File Size: 4.1 MB
Home Page  Yahoo! Messenger 3.0 build 126432
Stay connected to Messenger on your mobile phone. Use webcam to share live video with your friends. Send files of any size directly to your online friends. Express your feelings in a conversation using little animated smiley faces. Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Plus call regular or mobile phones in the U.S. and worldwide for as low as 1¢/min.
File Size: 16.9 MB - version 3.0b126432
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File Size: 3.4 MB - version 2.5.3 for Classic Mac OS
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