EKG2 Multiplatform, multiprotocol, plugin-based instant messanger with (GTK2 GUI || console UI)!¶

EKG2 is OpenSource IM application for Unix systems (Linux, *BSD, SunOS, Solaris, MacOS, X, BeOS) available under the terms of GPL.

EKG2 is plugin-based, because of this it can support many diffrent protocols. It can also support different GUIs! Below is a list of available plugins.

0.1.1 version has been released, it can be downloaded from here. There is also Release Candidate 1 for version 0.2, still removing bugs and we hope in a near future will be released.

First steps:¶

• getting ekg2,
• creating a new session (account),
• basic tasks when using EKG2,
• getting support
• Mouse User Guide

Protocol plugins:¶

• feed - (nntp and rss reader),
• GG (gadu-gadu) - (using libgadu, the most popular polish IM protocol),
• IRC - (mostly IRCnet oriented),
• jabber - (xmpp, gtalk and tlen support),
• polchat - (polchat chat rooms)
• rivchat - (LAN chat protocol a bit simillar to irc - it is not "LANChat")

GUI plugins:¶

• GTK2 - under development,
• ncurses - primary ekg2 ui, console,
• readline

Logging facility:¶

• logs - multi plugin, that allows logging in irssi like format, xml, simple and raw,
• logsqlite - logging in sqlite db file,
• logsoracle - logging in oracle db

Script languages bindings:¶

• Perl,
• [[python|"Python pl"] python en" "Python en]
• Ruby

Other superb plugins:¶

• autoresponder - hm the name is all ;-)
• dbus - basic dbus support (allows you creating superb now-playing ;) !),
• jogger - allows to manipulate JoggerBot via ekg2,
• mail - checking local maildir/mailbox for new messages,
• [[rc_pl|rc_pl] [wikirc_en rc_en]& [wikihttprc_xajax httprc_xajax]] - rc plugins allows remote control over ekg2,
• sim (using openssl) & gpg & rot ;) - these plugins allow encrypting supported protocols,
• sms - sms sending,
• xmsg - receiving notifications/messages over fs,
• xosd - on screen display

There are also few others not mentioned here!