Instantbird is a multi-protocol instant messaging client based on the XULRunner Mozilla environment and the open source library libpurple, the base library of Pidgin.
Instantbird is open source and was released under the GNU GPL v2. It is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X environments.
At first, it was erroneously thought that was a Instantbird official Mozilla project, but this was quickly denied, Instantbird is an independent project that uses one of the Mozilla open source workplaces. At the moment does not have many functions, since it is in its early stages of development but is expected to achieve much of the functions of Pidgin in a short time, because both are based on the same main library.
Protocols supported by Instantbird so far:
- MSN (. NET Messenger Service)
- OSCAR. Including AIM, ICQ and .Mac.
- Yahoo! Messenger
- MySpaceIM
- XMPP. Jabber and Google Talk.
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- Gadu-Gadu
- Novell GroupWise
- QQ
- SILC
- Simple
- Lotus Sametime
- Zephyr
- Netsoul
Key features of Instantbird:
- It is multi-protocol, supporting most of the protocols used over instant messaging.
- It is multi-platform environments, can be run in Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
- It is an open source application.
- You can change its visual appearance using themes and skins.
- It may expand its functionality with the use of addons or plugins, and has a free platform that allows developers to create and offer these plugins.
- Allows unify all the windows of talks in a single window, using a system of tabs.
Minimum Requirements for Instantbird 0.1.2 for Mac OS X.
- Mac OS X 10.4+
This corresponds to download Instantbird version 0.1.2 for Mac OS X.
Downloads Instantbird available for other operating systems:
- Download Instantbird 0.1.2 for Linux.
- Download Instantbird 0.1.2 for Windows.