| Developer(s) | Miranda IM Project |
|---|---|
| Initial release | February 2, 2000 |
| Stable release | 0.10.62(9 November 2016) |
| Repository | sourceforge |
| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Size | 7.6 MB |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
Miranda IM is an open source , designed for Microsoft Windows. Miranda is free software distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Miranda IM provides a basic client framework, GUI, and an advanced plugin architecture. Support for various IM protocols and additional features is implemented through optional plugins, some of which come bundled with Miranda IM by default; the rest (over 500) are available on the official addons site. Unused protocols can be removed.
The protocol plugins included with Miranda IM are AIM, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Microsoft Messenger service (a.k.a. MSN, .NET, Live, etc.), (& Google Talk), and Yahoo! Messenger. Other protocols available via plugins include BonjourFetion, Facebook Messenger, Inter-Asterisk eXchange, Lotus Sametime, NetSend, MySpace, Tencent QQ, , Skype (requires Skype),Tlen.pl, Xfire.
Miranda IM was first started by Roland Rabien (figbug) on February 2, 2000. At that time, it was a minimalist ICQ clone and officially called Miranda ICQ. The first public release, version 0.0.1, was released on February 6, 2000. This release used LibICQ, had no support for message history, database, and plugins, and had a distribution size of less than 100 KB.