ICQ/OSCAR protocol (version 7,8,9,10)
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Links to clients
nameversiondatelicenceplatformcomment
mICQ0.5.0.42005-06-05GPL v2Cline-basedvery portable
Jimm0.4.32005-11-18GPLJavacell phones
GnomeICU0.99.52004-03-28GPLCLinux (GNOME1/2)
Kopete0.10.32005-08-08GPLCLinux (KDE3)
alicq0.8.92004-10-14GPLTcl/Tk
Miranda0.4.0.12005-06-20GPLCWin
licq1.3.22005-10-21GPLC++Linux (Qt)
Ayttm0.4.6-172004-06-26GPLCLinux
icyjuice1.0d62004-05-29GPLObj-CMac OS X
centericq4.21.02005-02-09GPLC++menu-based
YSM2.9.62003-10-02GPLCline-based
SIM0.9.32004-??-??GPLC++Linux (KDE2/3)
ickle0.3.22002-07-21GPLC++Linux (GTK+)discontinued (?)
KXicq20.7.62002-01-04GPLC++Linux (KDE2/3)discontinued
StrICQ2.8.22002-05-29no licenceC++AmigaOS (MUI)disappeared
vICQ0.4.12002-04-15GPLPerlline-baseddiscontinued
everybuddy0.4.32002-07-11GPLCLinuxdisappeared, see Ayttm
proteus33.0.3???commercialC++Mac OS Xdisappeared
&RQ0.9.3.9???no sourceWindiscontinued
SmartICQ1.22003-01-02no sourceWindisappeared
Trillian3.12002-09-10commercialWinincapable of sending type1/4 messages if type-2 fails, broken unicode support
imici2.2.52002-09-27commercialWin/Linux/FreeBSDrequires 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.
Links to ICQ libraries
nameversiondatelicenceplatformcomment
ooimlib0.3beta12003-07-29LGPLC++, Java
jcq2k1.0.52003-04-18LGPLJava
xorkeygn.zip
TICQClient1.21
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