Simple web "live chat" software (LAMP stack) that integrates with Jabber/Aim

Question

I've looked for this a few times in the past, to no avail. I would like a simple php/ajax web chat interface, that, and this is the critical part, will interface with my IM client (Pidgin) ... via Jabber or Aim. Plugoo is almost what I want, except it is hosted, and flash based. Flash-based would be OK if not ideal, but hosted isn't.

Note that I don't just need notifications, but I want a user of the website who clicks "live chat" to get a chat interface and my IM client allows me to interact with them.

This is super handy for those of us that want to provide live support to clients who do not use IM.

Answer 1

This wouldn't be that hard, if you implement the Oscar protocol that AIM uses. It's not very complex, and that would allow you to build a nice web based AIM client for your website. There may be a 3rd party solution that you could use, but as far as I know, Oscar is pretty trivial.

Answer 2

How much does this product cost? Re this response from Joe Hildebrand.

Answer 3

By far the fastest way I can think of would be to add a Google Talk gadget to your page. You will need a gmail account yourself, but visitors to your page don't, they can just start chatting. Google Talk is excellent with Pidgin.

If you wish to roll your own, the Jabber Wiki has a list of web clients for Jabber:

• http://www.jabber.org/web/Clients#Web_Browser

JWChat might do what you want.

Answer 4

I think that http://www.plupper.com is exactly you are looking for

Answer 5

If you use Strophe, it should be easy to get this to work, particularly if you have a copy of Professional XMPP Programming with JavaScript and jQuery, by Jack Moffitt.

Answer 6

For a PHP based solution you can try out building your application with Jaxl library. We use this library completely to build a hosted service at Jaxl IM which integrates with all XMPP client (pidgin, psi, gtalk) on any kind of platform (mobile, desktop, web).

All that we use to build Jaxl IM solution is out open in form of Jaxl library and can be used to build your own custom solutions. Let us know if you need any consultancy/help with your project.