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Finch

Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, IRC, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Xfce
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  End-to-End Encryption
  2.  Command line interface
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Support for Multiple protocols
  5.  IRC

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Finch information

  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    19 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Finch, and it has gotten 21 likes

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An Oldie, but a Goldie! Nice, small, easy to use. Not so nice are the keyboard shortcuts coming from the Mac world, somebody coming from Linux or FreeBSD has to change the behaviour to do something with Alt+ ... – just a matter of time.

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What is Finch?

Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, IRC, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses.

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