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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of LAN messengers.
Contents |
General information
Basic general information about the LAN messengers: creator/company, license/price, among others.
| Author / Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akeni LAN Messenger | Akeni | 2002 | 2.2.108 (Jan 15, 2008) | Shareware (16.95) | Commercial license |
| BORGChat | Ionut Cioflan | 2002 | v1.0.0 b438 (March 31, 2007) | Free | Clickwrap license |
| Net-C | DGtalize | 2008 | 0.1.1 | Free | GNU/GPL |
| Pichat | Piratson Technologies | 2002 | 4.0.2 | Free | Clickwrap license |
| Softros LAN Messenger | Softros Systems, Inc. | 2000 | 4.3 | Shareware (10.95) | Clickwrap license |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | Fomine Software | 2002 | 5.3 (June 18, 2008) | Shareware (14.95) | Clickwrap license |
Operating system support
The operating systems the messengers can run on without emulation or compatibility layers.
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akeni LAN Messenger | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| BORGChat | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Net-C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Pichat | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Softros LAN Messenger | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
| Toolkits or SDKs | Private messages | Private chat | Public chat | Message board | Encryption | File transfer | Unicode (UTF-8) | Message filtration | Graphical smileys | Message logging | Whiteboard | Terminal Service Compatibility | User base in Active Directory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akeni LAN Messenger | no | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| BORGChat | no | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Net-C | no | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Pichat | W32 + Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Softros LAN Messenger | W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
