Coccinella (software)

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

Coccinella Roster & Whiteboard

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.

Features

  • 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

See also

  • Comparison of instant messaging clients