KDE Telepathy is an
instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) technology is a type of online chat allowing real-time text transmission over the Internet or another computer network. Messages are typically transmitted between two or more parties, when each user inputs text and tri ...
(IM) and
voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The terms Internet t ...
(VoIP)
client which supports text, voice, video, file transfers, and inter-application communication over various IM
protocols. It uses the
Telepathy framework as its back-end. It is the slated replacement for
Kopete
Kopete is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client released as part of the KDE Software Compilation. Although it can run in numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the KDE Plasma Workspaces. Kopete was star ...
, and its main focus is the integration between different components of the
KDE Software Compilation
The KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) was an umbrella term for the desktop environment plus a range of included applications produced by KDE. From its 1.0 release in July 1998 until the release of version 4.4 in February 2010, the Software Comp ...
that may benefit from real-time communication and collaboration features.
Themes
KDE Telepathy has support for
Adium themes. They can be installed from the Adium website's Xtras page's Themes category. They are installed over ktp-adiumxtra-protocol-handler
Protocol support
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Gadu-Gadu - over telepathy-haze
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Skype for Business - over telepathy-haze
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Telegram Messenger - over telepathy-morse
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Skype
Skype () is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, debi ...
- over telepathy-haze
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ICQ - over telepathy-haze
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Bonjour - over telepathy-salut
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XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, originally named Jabber) is an open communication protocol designed for instant messaging (IM), presence information, and contact list maintenance. Based on XML (Extensible Markup Language), i ...
- over telepathy-gabble (broken X-OAuth2)
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Yahoo! Messenger - over telepathy-haze
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AIM - over telepathy-haze
See also
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Comparison of instant messaging clients
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Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
References
External links
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2011 software
Applications using D-Bus
Extragear
Free instant messaging clients
Free Internet Relay Chat clients
Free software programmed in C
Free VoIP software
Instant messaging clients for Linux
Internet Relay Chat clients
Unix Internet Relay Chat clients
Videotelephony
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