Miranda IM

Miranda Instant Messenger is a minimalistic, open source (GNU GPL) multiprotocol instant messaging application for Microsoft Windows.

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Open source - GNU GPL - Multiprotocol instant messaging application - Microsoft Windows

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Miranda provides a basic client framework and an advanced plugin architecture. Support for various IM protocols and additional features is implemented through optional plugins, some of which come bundled with Miranda by default while the rest can be downloaded from the Miranda IM website. This keeps Miranda lean and fast, since unused protocols can be removed. There are currently over 400 plugins for Miranda. Documentation and plugin how-to:s are available in the Miranda IM Wiki.

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Through a little effort, Miranda can be customized to look and function to each individuals needs due to its flexible design. It is easy to manage hundreds of IM buddies on an assortment of IM networks with convenient built-in features such as contact renaming as well as plugins such as QuickSearch which simplify organization of contacts. All instant messages are stored to file and can easily be recovered at a later time, or deleted automatically or manually with either the DB Tool or the History Sweeper plugin. Miranda can be configured to display photos or contact details when the mouse cursor is placed over a contact in the contact list. Miranda is free of advertising and free of charge, both forever. Miranda is worked on both by the core developers and by lots of plugin developers. With a few plugins, Miranda can fit in a single 1.44 MB floppy disk or load directly from a USB flash drive with several plugins and even a large database.

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MB - Floppy disk - USB flash drive

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Due to its extremely flexible nature, Miranda holds greater appeal to people who like to tweak their software, but no special skills are required in order to use it. Advanced users may wish to dig deeper into the Miranda IM database files with one of the available database plugins.

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