Top 15 AIM Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time.HistoryAOL Instant Messenger was released by America Online (AOL) in May 1997. Stand-alone official AIM client software includes advertisements and is available for Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS. The software, maintained by AOL, Inc., at one time had the largest share of the instant messaging market in North America, especially in the United States (with 52% of the total reported as of 2006). This does not include other instant messaging software related to or developed by AOL, such as ICQ and iChat.DownfallAs of June 2011, one reported market share had collapsed to 0.73%. However, this number only reflects installed IM applications, and not active users.ProtocolThe standard protocol that AIM clients use to communicate is called Open System for CommunicAtion in Realtime (OSCAR). Most AOL-produced versions of AIM and popular third party AIM clients use this protocol. However, AOL also created a simpler protocol called TOC that lacks many of OSCAR's features but is sometimes used for clients that only require basic chat functionality. The TOC/TOC2 protocol specifications were made available by AOL, while OSCAR is a closed protocol that third parties have had to reverse-engineer. ...

1. ISIM messenger

ISIM messenger Connect with your friends on one simple platform. Use ISIM to combine all of your contacts from Skype, Google+ and Facebook. Staying in touch has never been this easy.......

2. Tor Messenger

Tor Messenger Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by default and sends all of its traffic over Tor. It supports a wide variety of transport networks, Off-the-Record (OTR) messaging and has an easy-to-use graphical user interface.......

3. Chit Chat for Facebook

Chit Chat for Facebook Chit Chat for Facebook is a fast and easy way in which to reach your Facebook friends and family. Using Chit Chat, you can send Facebook instant messages from your desktop to one friend or many at once. Benefits: • Tens of preference options • Tabbed IM window • Works......

4. Empathy

Empathy Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.Empathy uses Telepathy for protocol support and has a user interface based on Gossip.......

5. Jitsi

Jitsi Jitsi (previously SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator with full end-to-end encryption that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, ICQ/AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo!, GTalk/Hangouts extensions, as well as OTR, ZRTP, etc.It can handle every firewall, and has many other useful features.Jitsi is completely open source / free software,......

6. Boogie Chat

Boogie Chat Boogie Chat is a FREE XMPP/Jabber and Facebook chat client for iPad. With Boogie Chat you can join multiple chatrooms to talk with several of your friends or colleagues simultaneously.The app supports both single user chat and multiple user chat rooms (MUC).With Boogie Chat companies can connect to their own......

7. yuilop

yuilop yuilop is a free smartphone app you can text and call for free with. You also can send free text messages to any number in the world and chat with your friends via Facebook and integrated chat. The good thing is that you have all features combined in one app.......

8. Gajim

Gajim The goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber client. Gajim works nicely with GNOME, but does not require it to run. It is released under the GNU General Public License.......

9. Instantbird

Instantbird Instantbird is an instant messaging client based on Mozilla XULRunner and the open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin . Over 250 add-ons allow user customization of, and addition of, features.FeaturesUsers can set their own user icon and display name.Several themes are included by......

10. Psi

Psi Psi is an instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X that connects to the free, open Jabber IM network (also known as XMPP).Localized versions of Psi are available in almost twenty different languages. Built-in support for the Unicode international text standard allows you to send and receive......

11. Xabber

Xabber Open source Jabber (XMPP) client with multi-account support, clean and simple interface. Being both free (as in freedom!) and ad-free, Xabber is designed to be the best Jabber client for Android .......

12. Astro Messenger

Astro Messenger Astro Messenger beats the other app with complement Facebook support.Group ChatFacebook Sticker ShopPrivacy Control, turning chat off to nosy friendsMessenger folder: inbox, spam, archived, otherScreen shot toolDrag and drop attachmentsYou can find almost every correlative features on the Facebook web page in the Astro.......

13. iChat

iChat iChat (formerly iChat AV) is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP client by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication. iChat's AIM support is fully endorsed by AOL, and uses......

14. Adium

Adium Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium team. Based on the libpurple protocol library, Adium can connect you to any number of messaging accounts on any......

15. Zoho Chat

Zoho Chat Zoho Chat is a web based chat system. You can access it using just a web browser and an internet connection. It does not need any software to be downloaded or installed.Multi-Protocol SupportAccess Yahoo, Google, MSN, AIM, ICQ & Jabber IMs all at one place. Conference chat with your contacts......