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 Screenshot of Irssi IRC client connected to a Bitlbee server to communicate via Windows Live | |
| Developer(s) | BitlBee team, with Wilmer van der Gaast as Lead Developer |
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| Initial release | 9 August 2002 |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.bitlbee.org |
BitlBee is an IRC instant messaging gateway licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. It communicates with the end-user via the IRC protocol whilst interacting with popular chat networks such as AIM and ICQ (both via OSCAR), .NET Messenger Service, Yahoo! and XMPP. The users' buddies appear as normal IRC users in a channel and conversations use the private message facility of IRC.
Although it is possible to run BitlBee on your own computer, there are many servers available for public use.
BitlBee runs on many operating systems including Linux, Unix, BSD, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and AmigaOS.
History
While the idea for BitlBee was forged at the 24th of June, in 2002 by Wilmer van der Gaast, it remains unknown when the first lines of code were written.
In early stages of development, BitlBee was more or less a semi-fork of Pidgin (known as Gaim at that time), only with an IRC frontend.
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