Comparison of LAN messengers
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of LAN messengers.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeeBEEP[1][2] | BeeBEEP Protocol | Marco Mastroddi | 2010 | 5.8.4 (January 7, 2021) | Free | GNU GPLv3 | C++ and Qt |
| BORGChat | ? | Ionut Cioflan | 2002 | v1.0.0 b438 (March 31, 2007) [±] | Free[3] | Freeware | ? |
| Briar | Bramble Protocol | Briarproject.org | 2018 | 1.1.5 (November 13, 2018) | Free | GNU GPLv3 | Java |
| iChat | Bonjour IM Protocol | Apple Inc. | 2003 | 5.0.3 (745), (April 26, 2010) | Non-free, bundled with OS | Proprietary | Likely Objective-C |
| iptux[4] | Windows Messenger service | Jally, ManPT, others | 2008 | 0.51 (November 20, 2009) | Free[5] | GNU GPL | ? |
| Miranda IM | Windows Messenger service | Roland Rabien | 2000 | 0.10.80 (April 25, 2018) | Free | GNU GPL | C/C++ |
| MyChat | MyChat protocol | Alexey Pikurov | 2004 | 8.3 (December 15, 2020) | Paid/Free | Proprietary software | Python |
| Pidgin[6] | Bonjour IM Protocol | Mark Spencer, others | 1998 | 2.11.0 (June 20, 2016) | Free | GNU GPL | C |
| qTox | Tox Protocol | Tux3 | ? | 1.16.1 (July 7, 2018) | Free | GNU GPLv3 | C++ and Qt |
Operating system support
The operating systems the messengers can run on without emulators or compatibility layers.
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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BeeBEEP | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BORGChat | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Briar | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| iChat 1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| iptux | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Miranda IM | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| MyChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No |
| qTox | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
See also
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
- LAN messenger
- Windows Messenger service
References
- "BeeBEEP (Free Office Messenger)". SourceForge.net. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- Wallen, Jack (2012-08-22). "Get LAN-based interoffice secure chat with BeeBEEP". techrepublic.com. TechRepublic. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- "BORGChat". Softpedia. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- Wallen, Jack (2010-09-17). "Instant message on your LAN with iptux". ghacks.net. Ghacks. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- "iptux". freecode.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- "Use Pidgin for Chatting And Transferring Files on Local Network Without Internet Connection". ubuntubuzz.com. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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