Comparison of LAN messengers
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of LAN messengers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
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[edit] General information
Basic general information about the LAN messengers: creator/company, license/price, amongst others.
| Author / Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORGChat | Ionut Cioflan | Summer, 2002 | v1.0.0 b438 (March 31, 2007) | Free | Proprietary |
| LAN Chat Enterprise | KGY Soft | ? | 3.3 | Shareware, 12$ | Proprietary |
| Softros LAN Messenger | Softros Systems, Inc. | 2000 | 3.8.2 | Shareware | Proprietary |
| Vypress Chat | VyPRESS Research | 1997 | 2.1 (July 14, 2005) | Shareware | Proprietary |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | Fomine Software | 2002 | 4.9 (March 03, 2007) | Shareware | Proprietary |
| AChat | Michal Hruby | 2005 | 0.150 (January 25th, 2007) | Free | Open Source |
[edit] Operating system support
The operating systems the messengers can run on without emulation or compatibility layers.
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | Windows Mobile | BlackBerry | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORGChat | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| LAN Chat Enterprise | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Softros LAN Messenger | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Vypress Chat | Yes | No | Partial 1 | No | No | No | No | |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| AChat | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Note 1: Linux clones are available
[edit] Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
| Toolkits or SDKs | Private messages | Private chat | Public chat | Message board | Encryption | File transfer | Unicode (UTF-8) | Message filtration | Graphical smileys | Message logging | Whiteboard | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORGChat | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| LAN Chat Enterprise | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | e-mail, alarm, etc. |
| Softros LAN Messenger | W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | User grouping, group broadcast messages, users rights limitation management, Microsoft/Citrix Terminal Services support |
| Vypress Chat | W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Partial 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Winpopup LAN Messenger | W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| AChat | W32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Offline message, mass message, mass question, etc. |
Note 1: Each channel has just its own public chat.
