Coccinella (Instant Messenger)
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 Coccinella 0.95 roster and whiteboard |
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| developer | Mats Bengtsson |
| Current version | 0.96.20 (September 29, 2010) |
| operating system |
macOS , Windows , Linux / Unix |
| programming language | Tcl |
| category |
Instant Messenger , Interactive Whiteboard |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| German speaking | Yes |
| sourceforge.net | |
Coccinella (from Latin coccinella ' ladybird ') is a free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol .
The program was written in Tcl / Tk and can be run under BSD , Linux , macOS , Solaris and Windows as well as on all other platforms for which Tcl / Tk is already available. Mats Bengtsson originally published the program under the name Whiteboard in 1999 . The name was changed to Coccinella in 2003.
Skills
- MUC ( multi-user chat )
- Whiteboard functionality
- Encrypted connections
- Configurable appearance (themes / skins )
- Unicode
- Surface with tabs
- Event signaling through sounds
- VoIP support via the XMPP jingle extension
- Emoticons
- Typing notification (display of whether the other party is typing or not)
- Icon in the system tray of the control bar ("system tray icon")
- Avatars
- File transfer
- the macOS notification system Growl is supported
See also
Web links
Commons : Coccinella - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website on sourceforge.net (English)
- Project overview for Coccinella at SourceForge