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A2K A2K (formerly known as Accutron 2000) is a small, simple, and unobtrusive IRC bot. It is meant to do only a few things, do them well, and generally be seen and not heard. It is written in Python, and thus should theoretically run anywhere you have Python and a working TCP/IP stack.

AFR Automated File Retrieval (AFR) is a plugin for X-Chat. It is a queue-based file retrieval utility that can download files from many different types of file servers on IRC.

AJAX Chat AJAX Chat is a free and fully customizable open source web chat software implemented in JavaScript, PHP and MySQL.

Atheism Atheism is a multi purpose Perl script for X-Chat. Its main features include auto-away functions with message logging, announcement of away reason and coming back, announcement of songs playing in XMMS on selected channels, a user-friendly interface, detailed documentation, the ability to automatically save configuration in a file, and more.

AutoProfile 'AutoProfile' is an extension to Gaim that lets users create customized away messages and profiles that can include dynamic content such as fortune quotes, computer uptime, and timestamps. The managing system handles the automatic periodic update of content text. Users configure the system throough a GUI, then set an away message simply by typing "/away" into an IM window and "/back" to do the opposite.

Ayttm 'ayttm' is designed to become a Universal Instant Messaging client which will integrate all existing IM clients and provide a single consistent user interface. Currently, 'ayttm' supports sending and receiving messages in AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, and Jabber. It also has file transfer between 'ayttm' users, and between users of 'ayttm' and users of the official MSN and Yahoo! clients. The project was formerly know as 'EveryBuddy.'

BSFlite 'BSFlite' is a minimalistic, line-based AIM client. It is designed with simplicity and efficiency in mind and thus utilises as little RAM and CPU time as possible in order to be friendly to multiuser systems. It uses the OSCAR protocol to communicate with the AIM service. Instead of having a full screen console interface, BSFlite uses a command shell interface that lets you type without needlessly sifting through windows. It supports most standard AIM features, except chat rooms and block lists.

Babylon Babylon Java Chat is a client and server combo that allows groups to chat and draw over the Internet or local networks. The client can be used as a stand alone Javav application, or as an applet, which ,akes it simple to embed chat functionaloity in WWW documents. It features multi-colored graphics drawing ability, including freehand, lines, rectangles, ovals, and fonted text up to 120 pts. Users can interact publicly with everyone else on the server, or they can chat/draw privately useing the "whisper" mode. The server will store and manage answering machine style messages for users who aren't online, and users who aren't watching their screens can be paged. In theory one server is capacble of supporting any number of users. The Babylon chat server is normally operated in its GUI mode, but for convenience it can also be run as just a text-based application.

Bitlbee An IRC server which can forward what you say to people on other chat networks: Jabber, ICQ, AIM, MSN and Yahoo.

BlameHangle IRC bot that strives to do common tasks without blocking by using asynchronous sockets, threads and callbacks.

Bobot++ 'bobot++' is an IRC bot written in C++. Being the evolution of bobot, it provides time dependent commands, is multichannel, and has flood control, output priority control, and many other features. There are four user levels and three different protections. You cannot get operator privileges by spoofing the bot, and there is no backdoor.

Bpquotes 'bpquotes' is a quotations database designed for letting IRC users submit amusing quotes for others to see.

CGI:IRC CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that allows you to use IRC from a Web browser without having to have access to an IRC port. It does not use Java, but it does need a browser capable of rendering frames. It can be used on a Web page to allow users to chat, or it can be used to access chat from behind a firewall. CGI:IRC has an interface similar to many GUI IRC clients, with a tab for each channel, userlist and options tab (when used in modern, version 5+ browsers). Older browsers degrade to a single windowed interface with a slower updating userlist.

CWirc CWirc is a plugin for the X-Chat IRC client to transmit raw Morse code over the internet using IRC servers as reflectors. The transmitted Morse code can be received in near real-time by other X-Chat clients with the CWirc plugin. CWirc tries to emulate a standard amateur radio rig: it sends and receives Morse over virtual channels, and it can listen to multiple senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code is keyed locally using a straight or iambic key connected to a serial port, or using the mouse buttons, and sound plays through the sound card, or through an external sounder.

Center ICQ 'CenterICQ' is a text mode menu- and window-driven ICQ interface. You can send, receive, and forward messages, URLs and contacts, mass message send, search for users, view users' details, maintain a contact list directly from the program, view message history, register a new UIN and update details, be Ktold when messages come in, and have your own ignore and visible lists. It can also associate events with sounds.

Chaosircd 'chaosircd' is an IRC daemon with commands, channel modes, user modes, and flood control implemented as runtime (re)loadable modules. DNS and AUTH (ident) queries are done in a single child process so as to not waste valuable file descriptors and responsiveness. It also features a server-server protocol using timestamps for netsplit handling similar to TS5 (hybrid), and OpenSSL encrypted server-server and client-server connections.

ChatRelater Chat Relater is a tool consisting of two command-line scripts:

• The analyzer extracts user relations from chat logs. The gained data is serialized as YAML.
• The visualizer takes that data and utilizes GraphViz to create a graph.

Chirpy! Chirpy! is an online quote management system. It allows you to keep a database of quotes by friends and foes. It is most useful for quotes collected on IRC channels. Both the default Web frontend and MySQL backend can be replaced at will.

Chupacabra Chupacabra is an IRC bot that aims to be small, fast and reliable. It's meant for channel administration on any IRC network, and currently supports kick, auto-op, topic, and more.

Coccinella Coccinella is a Jabber client with a whiteboard. The whiteboard is a shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in a number of formats, such as MP3 and video. It runs in two modes: a peer-to-peer configuration and a mode compatible with the Jabber Instant Messaging system. A flexible plugin architecture support additional formats.