tags:

views:

170

answers:

3
Q: 

any open source instant messenger?

Hello everyone,

I need to develop an instant messenger (like MSN Messagner, but only simple and basic function is fine), based on .Net (C#). I want to integrate the instant messenger with my current web site user. I want to know any open source (better C#) instant messenger to reference?

BTW: some of the users are using internal IP address (behind a gateway or proxy, like 10.10.xxx.xxx) -- so in this scenario two users can not use point to point message transfer if both of them are behind a gateway? And I think I have to develop a server which acts as an intermediate party to transfer message between two users, correct?

thanks in advance, George

+4  A: 

Pidgin is an open-source messenger. Not C# though (it's in C, actually)

Eli Bendersky  2010-03-28 16:25:16
Is it easy to learn and integrate with my web site user base?
George2  2010-03-28 16:28:03
@George2: that very much depends on how you define "integrate".
Eli Bendersky  2010-03-28 17:01:17
libpurple-sharp may help: http://code.google.com/p/libpurple-sharp/
jleedev  2010-03-28 17:55:59
Thanks, question answered!
George2  2010-03-29 12:29:16
+4  A: 

I think you should take a look at XMPP. This is an open messaging protocol with many different client and server implementations.

It can also be run 'through' a webserver using BOSH.

bufferoverflow  2010-03-28 17:54:47
Cool, useful project.
George2  2010-03-29 12:30:18
A: 

Take a look at Jabber

 2010-08-24 09:02:01

related questions

Displaying Flash content in a C# WinForms application
How to get the value of built, encoded ViewState?
Unhandled Exception Handler in .NET 1.1
How do I connect to a database and loop over a recordset in C#?
How do I most elegantly express left join with aggregate SQL as LINQ query
Get a new object instance from a Type in C#
.NET Testing Framework Advice
Automatically update version number
What is the difference between an int and an Integer in Java/C#?
How to write to Web.Config in Medium Trust ?
WinForms ComboBox data binding gotcha
How do you sort a C# dictionary by value?
Adding Scripting functionality to .NET applications
Floating Point Number parsing: Is there a Catch All algorithm?
How do I print an HTML document from a web service?
Decoding T-SQL CAST in C#/VB.net
Anatomy of a "Memory Leak"
How do I get a distinct, ordered list of names from a DataTable using Linq
Reliable Timer in a Console Application
How do I fill a DataSet or a DataTable from a LINQ query resultset ?
What's the difference between Math.Floor() and Math.Truncate() in .NET?
How do I calculate relative time?
How do I calculate someone's age in C#?
Are there any conversion tools for porting Visual J# code to C#?
When setting a form's opacity should I use a decimal or double?