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Finch

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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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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Xfce
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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

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

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Finch information

  • Developed by

    Unknown
  • 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

Finch was added to AlternativeTo by tabakis on Jan 19, 2011 and this page was last updated Sep 13, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
i18nde
Oct 24, 2022
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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.

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.