Multi-Messenger Clients are the in thing in the world of web 2.0. Gone are the days when you had to install a new messenger for every messaging client you used. Multiple messengers not only created a clutter but were difficult to manage and interact with. Multi messenger Clients have made messaging a lot easier and have taken messengers to the next level of portability.
If you are a regular internet user or maybe a power user then you must have experienced the functionality of multi-messenger clients.
There are a lot of Multi IM Clients like Pidgin, Nimbuzz, eBuddy and Miranda IM are available for almost all operating systems including Windows, Mac and Linux.
Running 4-5 different messaging applications use up a lot of resources bringing down your system’s overall performance. Therefore, we personally recommend the following 5 Best Free Multi-Messenger Clients to enhance your experience and get access to enhanced functionality and rich features.
Best Free Multi Messenger Clients
Instant Bird
Instant bird supports the following internet messengers:
- AIM
- Yahoo
- MSN
- Google Talk
It also supports Facebook.com and can run on Windows, Mac and Linux. It offers Open-Source support and can be used in the following languages : English, Finnish, French, Polish and Russian.
Pidgin
Pidgin is one of my favorites when it comes to multi messenger clients. It offers access to the following IM’s :
- AIM
- ICQ
- Google Talk
- Jabber/XMPP
- MSN Messenger
- Yahoo!
- Bonjour
- Gadu-Gadu
- IRC
- Novell GroupWise Messenger
- Lotus Sametime
- SILC
- SIMPLE
- MXit
- Zephyr.
As you can see that is a huge list and hence it is the only one that I prefer. Besides such a commendable feature Pidgin also offers support for MySpace IM.
It can run on Windows , Mac and Linux and one can use in 75 different languages.
Trillian
Trillian supports the following IMs :
- AIM
- Yahoo
- ICQ
- MSN
- IRC
- Google Talk
- Jabber
- Skype
- Bonjour
It is available on the following operating systems :
- Windows
- Mac
And can run on the following Mobile phones :
- IPhone
- Blackberry
- Android powered phones
You can use Trillian in the following languages : English, German , Russian and Czech.
Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz offers support for the following IMs :
- AIM
- Yahoo
- ICQ
- MSN
- Google Talk
- Jabber
- Skype
- Windows Live Messenger
It also supports social networks like Facebook, MySpace and Hyves.
It is available on the Windows and Mac and can run on almost all Mobile phones which offer web access.
Adium
Adium offers support for the following IMs :
- AIM
- Google Talk
- ICQ
- Jabber
- LiveJournal
- MSN Messenger
- Yahoo! Messenger
- Zephyr
- Gadu-Gadu
- Yahoo-Japan
- Novell Groupwise
- Lotus
- Bonjour
and supports MySpaceIM, FaceBook too.
Unfortunately, it is available for MAC users only. It basically offers English as the only language but you can access it via different language altering Mac system preferences.
For me the Best Free Multi Messenger Client proves to be Pidgin, which one works for you ? Share with us.
For me, I use the plain old MSN Live Messenger, since I rarely online on the others. Anyway, Pidgin looks pretty good as it supports a lot of IMs.
I use Instantbird for IRC chat. A lot of people don’t know that they can connect to different IRC networks servers from Instantbird and that it does all that an IRC chat messenger does. Exceprt it is much easier to use than IRC chat messengers. Andrea Borman.
But which messenger support facebook chat….? it looks like they are all behind when it come to fb chat.
try “digsby” 🙂
Digsby is the best multi messenger i ever used. It has email notifier too 😉
Everyone seems to be missing what ‘i think is the best Multiclient of them all. Meebo! (and yes it’s got your fb chat too!)