Free chat newswindow software for linux

MWChat Basic (My Web based Chat) is the free version of our online chat system.

Licenses are IP based, one license per IP.

It has support for multiple rooms and languages, a large number of IRC-like commands, private messages and rooms, message encryption, buddy lists, logging, registered users, chat profiles, file sharing, and more. It is a very lightweight, full-featured, and secure chat room.

RobChat is an XML/HTTP chat script. It features multiple users, automatic updates without reloading, IE and Mozilla support, and a "whos online" window.

RobChat has the look and feel of a client-side chat client, but is written entirely in XML/HTTP, Javascript, and PHP.

XChat is an IRC (chat) program for Windows and UNIX (Linux/BSD) operating systems. I.R.C. is Internet Relay Chat, see http://irchelp.org for more information about IRC in general.
XChat runs on most BSD and POSIX compliant operating systems.
Main features:
- Full featured IRC client
- Fully customizable
- Tabbed window interface
- Small resource footprint
- 41 language translations
- encrypted connections using OpenSSL 0.9.8d
- native IPv6 support
- Perl, Python, Ruby and Tcl language interface plugins for scripting

IoChatto is a chat client which you can use in the JXTA platform.

Its interface is similar to many IRC chat clients, but you can have presence information for every channel, and its design is fully decentralized.

AjaxChat is a simple, fast, and customizable chat server that uses Ajax to smoothly refresh and display the chat zone and the nickname zone.
AjaxChat project supports customized CSS stylesheets and plugins.
Online chat is a generic term for what are now mostly known as instant messaging applications-computer programs that enable two-way typing to connect users to each other.
However, there are net dating systems and other online services that do not use these applications to provide chat facilities, e.g., Delphi, often relying on HTTP-based protocols instead. Sometimes these are called a chat room or chat extending the physical metaphors of sites and magazines which many web services exploit.
Today there are many chat rooms, some incorporating instant messaging features without having to install additional chat software. These chatrooms often have friend finders built in.
Some of these systems also provide telephone voice mail access. These are usually known generically as just chat systems.
A chat log is a record of a chat. Sometimes this is put on the web.
The earliest online chat system widely used was probably the Unix talk facility. The earliest one in general use was likely the French Minitel. During the 1980s, online chat was made available on CompuServe and DDial servers, and later on GEnie. In 1988, Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol, an instant messaging tool, was developed and became the de-facto standard for online chat.
Enhancements:
- An optimized chat weight, a simplified initialization process, and simplified theme creation.

XChatOSD is a Perl script for X-Chat which displays the messages recieved by X-Chat through the xosd library.
Enhancements:
- Added DCC chat messages support
- Added CTCP support
- Added automatic codepage chooser. Codepage setting is now deprecated.

AndyChat is a program for chatting to people over various network protocols. It was originally designed as a chat program which can work only on IPX networks. Now its fast becoming a command line Curses based IRC client which will eventually have all the features of AndyChat v2.xx minus the IPX code, and will have additional features including support for all the Instant Messenger systems I can get my hands on, starting with ICQ, and also several Java/Web chat backends (for users to participate in Yahoo! Web Chats, etc from the console!).

Also, since AndyChat v3.xx is written in Perl, it should be theoretically possible to keep it cross-platform, although good luck in getting it to work on Win.