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Version: 1.3.5	Size: 21.20 MB
License [?]: Freeware	Price: Not available
Last Updated: Jul 31, 2009	Category: Chatting and IRC Software
Developer: Adium Team
Operating System: Mac
Additional Requirements: OS X 10.4.0 or newer
Limitations Not available

Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS X's 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 combination of supported messaging services and then chat with other people using those services.

Adium is a third-party client for connecting to services run by other people (mostly companies).

Supported services:
* AOL Instant Messenger, including ICQ and MobileMe (formerly known as .Mac)
* MSN Messenger
* Jabber, including Google Talk and LiveJournal
* Yahoo! Messenger, including Yahoo! Japan
* Bonjour, compatible with iChat
* MySpace IM
* Facebook Chat
* Lotus Sametime
* Novell Groupwise
* QQ
* Gadu-Gadu

Notable Features:
* Open Source, so everyone can see how Adium works and help improve it
* Support for multiple services
* A delightful UI - Tabbed chat windows
* Mac OS X integration - Address Book integration, WebKit Message View: Theme your chat windows
* Combined Contacts: Merge your contacts so that each one represents a person, not an account
* A sophisticated events system (including Growl notifications)
* OTR Encryption
* File Transfer
* Xtras and many, many other customization options
* A beautiful icon
* Translations: Adium speaks 27 different languages

NOTE: Adium X 0.88 and later are Universal applications which run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macintosh computers.