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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