Comparison of Instant Messaging Clients - Operating System Support

Operating System Support

The operating systems the clients can run on without emulation or compatibility layers.

Desktop Mobile Other
Client Windows OS X Unix-like Haiku Amiga Windows Phone Android BlackBerry iOS Symbian MeeGo Java ME WebOS Web Palm VGCs
Adium No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
AIM Yes Yes Dropped No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No
aMSN Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No
Ayttm Dropped Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
BitlBee Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Bombus No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No
Centericq Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
climm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Coccinella Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
eBuddy No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No
emesene Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Empathy No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
FaceTime No Included No No No No No No Included No No No No No No No
Fire No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Gadu-Gadu Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No
Gajim Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Google Talk Yes Yes Partial No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No No
IBM Lotus Sametime Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
iCall Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No
iChat No Included No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
ICQ Yes Dropped No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No
IMVU Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Instantbird Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Jitsi Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Kadu Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No
Kopete Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
MCabber No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
meebo No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No
Meetro Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Microsoft Lync Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Miranda IM Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
MySpaceIM Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
naim Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Palringo Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Paltalk Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No
Pidgin Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No
PlayXpert Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Psi Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
QIP Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Qnext Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No
QuteCom Yes Coming soon Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Skype Yes Yes Partial No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No PSP
Tencent QQ Yes Yes Partial No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Tkabber Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Trillian Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No
Windows Live Messenger Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Xbox
Xfire Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Yahoo! Messenger Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No
Zephyr Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Client Windows OS X Unix-like Haiku Amiga Windows Android BlackBerry iOS Symbian MeeGo Java ME WebOS Web Palm VGCs
Desktop Mobile Other

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