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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AChat | ? | Michal Hruby | 2005 | beta 7 (v0.150) (January 24, 2007; 6 years ago (2007-01-24)) | Free | GNU GPL | Delphi, C# version begun |
| Akeni LAN Messenger | Akeni Network Protocol | Akeni | 2002 | 1.2.115 (December 8, 2012; 51 days ago (2012-12-08)) | Non-free, shareware $16.95 | Proprietary | C++ |
| BigAnt Messenger | ? | BigAnt | 2001 | 2.96 (August 21, 2012; 5 months ago (2012-08-21)) | Non-free, shareware $20.00 + server | Proprietary | ? |
| Bopup Messenger | Bopup IM protocol | B Labs | 2001 | 6.1.3 (December 22, 2012; 37 days ago (2012-12-22)) | Non-free, shareware $12.90 + server | Proprietary | C++ |
| BORGChat | ? | Ionut Cioflan | 2002 | v1.0.0 b438 | Free | Freeware | ? |
| DeskAlerts | ? | Softomate | 2007 | 4.0 | Non-free, commercial $1.00 + server | Proprietary | ? |
| dMessage | ? | MGI Consultants | 2007 | 6.20 (June 20, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-06-20)) | Non-free, shareware (6 to 20 depending on number of stations) |
Proprietary | ? |
| iChat | Bonjour IM Protocol | Apple Inc. | 2003 | 5.0.3 (745), (April 26, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-04-26)) | Non-free, bundled with OS | Proprietary | Likely Objective-C |
| iptux | Windows Messenger service | Jally, ManPT, others | 2008 | 0.51 (November 20, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-11-20)) | Free | GNU GPL | ? |
| LAN Chat Enterprise | ? | KGY Soft | 2001 | 3.3, (May 29, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-05-29)) | Non-free, shareware $12.00 | Proprietary | ? |
| LinPopUp | Windows Messenger service | Jean-Marc Jacquet | 2000 | 1.2.0 (Debian, April 7, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-04-07)) | Free | GNU GPL | C |
| Miranda IM | Windows Messenger service | Roland Rabien | 2000 | 0.9.3 | Free | GNU GPL | C/C++ |
| Net-C | ? | DGtalize | 2008 | 0.2.0 (May 15, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-05-15)) | Free | GNU GPL | Java |
| Outlook LAN Messenger | ? | Srimax Software System | 2002 | 6.0.43 (March 25, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-03-25)) | Non-free, shareware $9.80 | Proprietary | ? |
| Pichat | ? | Piratson Technologies | 2002 | 0.4.2 b74 (March 31, 2011; 21 months ago (2011-03-31)) | Free | Freeware | C++ |
| PopNote | ? | K5HUM | 2003 | 3.6 (July 1, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-07-01)) | Free | Freeware | HotBasic |
| Qualia LAN Messenger | LAN Messenger protocol | Qualia Technologies | 2010 | 1.2.35 (July 25, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-07-25)) | Free | GNU GPL | C++ |
| Softros LAN Messenger | ? | Softros Systems, Inc. | 2000 | 4.5.9 (July 20, 2012; 6 months ago (2012-07-20)) | Non-free, shareware $10.95 | Proprietary | ? |
| Squiggle LAN Messenger | ? | Overroot | 2010 | 3.1 (December 17, 2011; 13 months ago (2011-12-17)) | Free | Freeware | C# |
| TSR LAN Messenger | ? | TSR Software | 2012 | 1.1.5.124 (November 16, 2012; 2 months ago (2012-11-16)) | Free | Proprietary | C# |
| Vypress Chat | Vypress Chat network protocol | VyPRESS Research, LLC | 2000 | 2.1.8 (December 11, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-12-11)) | Non-free, shareware $19.00 | Proprietary | C/C++ |
| Vypress Messenger | Vypress instant messaging protocol | VyPRESS Research, LLC | 2000 | 4.0 (October 19, 2004; 8 years ago (2004-10-19)) | Non-free, shareware $19.90 | Proprietary | C/C++ |
| WinMessenger | Windows Messenger service | VyPRESS Research, LLC | 2001 | 2.8.04 (March 19, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-03-19)) | Non-free, shareware $14.00 | Proprietary | C/C++ |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | ? | Fomine Software | 2002 | 5.3 (June 18, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-06-18)) | Non-free, shareware $14.95 | Proprietary | ? |
| LAN Messenger v3 | ? | Ken Ballentine (updated by Steven Cole) | 2006 | 3.4 (May 21, 2011; 19 months ago (2011-05-21)) | Free | Freeware | Visual Basic .NET |
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