This blog series features the top-performing projects on SourceForge under specific categories. This week, we feature the top 5 Chat Software of the Week available on SourceForge.
Chat software has become an indispensable communication tool just about everywhere. Be it for business or personal communication purposes, chat has become one of the primary mediums by which people communicate with one another; so much so that “chatspeak” has become commonplace and has heavily influenced the way we communicate today. Given chat’s impact and universal use it’s no surprise then that many great open source chat software options have developed and become quite popular.
Here are the top 5 Chat Software available here at SourceForge, based on weekly downloads:
Pidgin is a universal instant messaging program that lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems, and is compatible with numerous chat networks out of the box, including: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+.
LAN Messenger is a p2p chat application for intranet communication that does not require a server. A variety of handy features are supported including notifications, personal and group messaging with encryption, file transfer and message logging.
DC++ is a feature-filled, open source Windows client for the Direct Connect file sharing network. The DC network is a decentralized network, made up of individual servers (hubs) that users join to share files with other members on that hub. Each hub is individually run by a fellow user of the DC network, and may have certain themes to the content on the hub. Hub owners set up rules to regulate their hub as they see fit.
[ Download DC++ ]
BeeBEEP is a secure (encryption based on Rijndael Algorithm, AES) peer to peer lan messenger. You can talk and send files with all your friends inside a local area network such of an office, home or internet cafe without a server.
[ Download BeeBEEP ]
ApexDC™ is an innovative Direct Connect client based on the DC++ and StrongDC++ projects. Direct Connect provides a rare blend of seamless file sharing and community based chat and messaging between users.
ApexDC features plugins and scripting through Lua and much more. Both operators and users alike should find it a pleasant experience.
See and know more of the many other Chat Software available on SourceForge here.
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