Software Information:
Adium for Mac is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, XMPP (Jabber), Yahoo, and more.
Based on the libpurple protocol library, Adium can connect you to any number of messaging accounts on any combination of supported messaging services (see further down for the list) and then chat with other people using those services.
Features of Adium for Mac:
- Open Source, so everyone can see how Adium works and help improve it.
- Support for a wide range of different Instant Messaging services (see the full list)
- 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 support for visual notifications via Growl and OS X's Notification Center
- OTR Encryption
- File Transfer
- Xtras and many, many other customization options
- A beautiful icon, the "Adiumy" duck