BitlBee
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| Developer(s) | BitlBee team, with Wilmer van der Gaast as Lead Developer |
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| Initial release | 9 August 2002 |
| Stable release | 3.2.2 (5 July 2014) [±] |
| Written in | C (programming language) [1] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
BitlBee is a cross-platform IRC instant messaging gateway, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
BitlBee communicates with the user via the IRC protocol, providing a gateway to popular chat networks such as AIM and ICQ (via OSCAR), Microsoft Messenger service (via MSNP), Yahoo! (via YMSG) and Google Talk and Facebook Messenger[2] (via XMPP)[3] and the microblogging networks Twitter,[4] Identi.ca, and status.net. Since version 3.0, BitlBee can be built to use the libpurple library, which supports file transfers on many IM networks, and supports GaduGadu, QQ and other less well-known protocols.[5] Off-the-record messaging is supported by Bitlbee.[6] It supports the display of remote user status using the IRC voice attribute: online users are shown with voice, away users are shown without.[7] Many IRC commands such as /WHO and /QUERY are available, though the capabilities of the remote IM protocols limits which IRC commands will work.[7]
It can be installed and operated on a user's personal computer, a local server,[3] or accessed on public gateway servers.[8] A user registers with the BitlBee server for future credentials storage. Service protocols are added along with their credentials; following this, the software will display the user's buddy list as normal IRC users in a channel.[3] Conversations can be public, or use the private message facility of IRC.[9]
BitlBee runs on Linux, Unix, BSD, Windows, AmigaOS[3]and Mac OS X.
The software has been reviewed positively. Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski wrote that the software made his "dream come true", of only needing a single chat client open on his desktop, to access multiple IM protocols.[7]
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- ^ "The Bitlbee Open Source Project on Open Hub - Language page". Open Hub. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "How to use Facebook chat in BitlBee". BitlBee.org. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ a b c d Mutton, Paul (2004). "Hack#99: Use MSN/ICQ/Jabber from IRC". IRC hacks. O'Reilly Media. pp. 374–383. ISBN 0-596-00687-X.
- ^ "How to twitter in BitlBee". BitlBee.org. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ "Using BitlBee with the libpurple IM backend". BitlBee.org.
- ^ "Get OTR to work with bitlbee".
- ^ a b c Belperchinov-Shabanski, Vladi (31 January 2004). "BitlBee: IRC vs. Instant Messengers". Freshmeat.
- ^ "Public BitlBee servers". BitlBee.org.
- ^ Krumbach, Elizabeth. "Bitlbee Quickstart Guide (Online Edition) & Notes". PrincessLeia.com.
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