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Coccinella

Screenshot Coccinella 0.95 Address-book and Whiteboard.
Developer(s)	Mats Bengtsson
Stable release	0.96.20 / September 29, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-29)
Repository	sourceforge.net/p/coccinella/code/HEAD/tree/
Written in	Tcl
Operating system	BSD, Linux/ Unix, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows,
License	GPLv3
Website	coccinella.im

Coccinella (from the Latin "coccinella", ladybird) is a free and open-source cross-platform client for the XMPP/Jabber- instant messaging-protocol.

The software is written in the Tcl/ Tk language, and it runs under BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows and all other platforms that support Tcl/Tk. Mats Bengtsson published it in 1999, under the name Whiteboard. It was renamed Coccinella in 2003. ^[1]

• MUC (Multi-User Chat)
• Whiteboard
• encrypted connections
• configurable Design (Themes/ Skins)
• Unicode
• Userinterface with Tabs
• Eventsignaling by Sound
• VoIP-support over XMPP- Jingle-Extension
• Emoticons
• Typing Notification (see, when your peer-user is typing)
• Icon in system tray
• Avatars
• Filetransfer
• Mac OS X-notificationsystem Growl supported

• Comparison of instant messaging clients

• Official website
• official development
• Coccinella (software) on SourceForge