Links to clients

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• Massimo's v7/v8 notes
• AIM/Oscar protocol information, ZIP
• AIM/Oscar protocol information, sourceforge
• ICQ database spec, ZIP
• Massimo's page, requires JavaScript
• ICQ v7/8 tutorial, in Delphi, in Russian.

Links to clients

name	version	date	licence		platform	comment
mICQ	0.5.0.4	2005-06-05	GPL v2	C	line-based	very portable
Jimm	0.4.3	2005-11-18	GPL	Java	cell phones
GnomeICU	0.99.5	2004-03-28	GPL	C	Linux (GNOME1/2)
Kopete	0.10.3	2005-08-08	GPL	C	Linux (KDE3)
alicq	0.8.9	2004-10-14	GPL	Tcl/Tk
Miranda	0.4.0.1	2005-06-20	GPL	C	Win
licq	1.3.2	2005-10-21	GPL	C++	Linux (Qt)
Ayttm	0.4.6-17	2004-06-26	GPL	C	Linux
icyjuice	1.0d6	2004-05-29	GPL	Obj-C	Mac OS X
centericq	4.21.0	2005-02-09	GPL	C++	menu-based
YSM	2.9.6	2003-10-02	GPL	C	line-based
SIM	0.9.3	2004-??-??	GPL	C++	Linux (KDE2/3)
ickle	0.3.2	2002-07-21	GPL	C++	Linux (GTK+)	discontinued (?)
KXicq2	0.7.6	2002-01-04	GPL	C++	Linux (KDE2/3)	discontinued
StrICQ	2.8.2	2002-05-29	no licence	C++	AmigaOS (MUI)	disappeared
vICQ	0.4.1	2002-04-15	GPL	Perl	line-based	discontinued
everybuddy	0.4.3	2002-07-11	GPL	C	Linux	disappeared, see Ayttm
proteus3	3.0.3	???	commercial	C++	Mac OS X	disappeared
&RQ	0.9.3.9	???	no source		Win	discontinued
SmartICQ	1.2	2003-01-02	no source		Win	disappeared
Trillian	3.1	2002-09-10	commercial		Win	incapable of sending type1/4 messages if type-2 fails, broken unicode support
imici	2.2.5	2002-09-27	commercial		Win/Linux/FreeBSD	requires online registration (which doesn't work), cannot register a new ICQ account

The following clients do not support the v8 protocol: gimbicq, gicq, kicq, cicq, eicq, xicq, gtkicq, zicq, icqnix, nicq, icqsend, icqmail, Net::ICQ, MyCQ.