BitlBee
Windows Live | |
| Developer(s) | BitlBee team, with Wilmer van der Gaast as Lead Developer |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 9 August 2002 |
| Stable release | 3.5.1[1]
/ 13 May 2017 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C[2] |
| Type | Instant messaging |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later[3] |
| Website | bitlbee |
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
libpurple library, which supports file transfers on many IM networks, and supports GaduGadu, QQ and other less well-known protocols.[6] Off-the-record messaging is supported by Bitlbee.[7]
It supports the display of remote user status using the IRC voice attribute: online users are shown with voice, away users are shown without. Many IRC commands such as /WHO and /QUERY are available, though the capabilities of the remote IM protocols limit which IRC commands will work.
It can be installed and operated on a user's personal computer, a local server,[8] or accessed on public gateway servers.[9] 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.[8] Conversations can be public, or use the private message facility of IRC.[10]
BitlBee runs on Linux, Unix, BSD, Windows, AmigaOS[8] and macOS.
See also
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
References
- ^ "Release 3.5.1". 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "The Bitlbee Open Source Project on Open Hub - Language page". Open Hub. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "bitlbee.8". GitHub.
- ^ "HowtoFacebookMQTT - BitlBee Wiki". wiki.bitlbee.org. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
- ^ "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".
- ^ ISBN 0-596-00687-X.
- ^ "Public BitlBee servers". BitlBee.org.
- ^ Krumbach, Elizabeth. "Bitlbee Quickstart Guide (Online Edition) & Notes". PrincessLeia.com.
