Comparison of instant messaging protocols

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The following is a comparison of instant messaging protocols. It contains basic general information about the protocols.

Table of instant messaging protocols

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Protocol Creator First public release date License Identity (not inc. alias) Asynchronous message relaying Transport Layer Security End-to-end encryption Unlimited number of contacts Bulletins to all contacts One-to-many routingTemplate:Efn Spam protection Group, channel or conference support Audio/VoIP support Webcam/Video Batch file sharing Media synchronization ServerlessTemplate:Efn Binary format Protocol
Template:Rh | 3GPP standards Friedhelm Hillebrand 1985 Template:Proprietary Phone number (e.g. +15550123) Yes No No About 250 contacts in SIM, unlimited from phone. No serial messages Medium No Yes 3G-324M/ViLTE RCS No ? ? 3GPP standards
Template:Rh |Bitmessage Jonathan Warren 2012 Nov Open standard Alphanumeric address Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes (through proof-of-work) Yes No No Yes No Yes ? Bitmessage
Template:Rh |Bonjour Apple Inc. 2002 August Template:Proprietary Freeware; portions under the Apache license Username No No No Yes No multicast Medium No No No Yes No Yes ? Bonjour
Template:Rh |Briar Briarproject.org 2018 May 9 Open standard Public & Private key (via QR Codes) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes ? Briar
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Discord Discord Inc. 2015 May 13 Template:Proprietary Discord ID[1] Yes No No No[2] No ? Medium ? Yes Yes Yes ? No ? Discord
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | dm3 corpus.io / dm3.network 2022 Open Source (BSD) ENS (Ethereum Name Service) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes ? dm3
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Echo spot-on.sf.net / goldbug.sf.net 2013 Open standard Key Yes Optional Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? Echo
Template:Rh |Gadu-Gadu GG Network 2000 Jul 17 Template:Proprietary UIN
e.g. 12345678 		Yes Yes No Yes No Centralistic YesTemplate:Efn (simple) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? Gadu-Gadu
Template:Rh |IRC Jarkko Oikarinen 1988 Aug Open standard Nickname!Username@hostname
(or "hostmask")
e.g. user!~usr@a.b.comTemplate:Efn 		Yes, via IRCv3[3] or MemoServ that differs from the main system Optional Template:Lost[4][5][6] NoTemplate:Efn No Simplistic multicast Medium Yes (everyone, multiple simultaneous, any size) Template:Lost No Yes via BNC yes, via DCC CHAT ? IRC
Template:Rh |Jami (based on DHT and SIP) Savoir-faire Linux Inc. 2002 August Open Standard 40-digit address Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Medium Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Jami (based on DHT and SIP)
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Matrix Matrix.org 2014 Sep[7]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Open standard @Username:Hostname (MXID) Yes Yes, mandatory Yes, default for private conversations[8] Yes Yes Yes Yes (using pluggable server-side filtering modules and contact ignoring) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Matrix
Mattermost Mattermost Inc 2015 October 2 Open standard ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |MSNP (Windows Live Messenger, etc.) Microsoft 1999 Jul Template:Proprietary Email address (Microsoft account) Yes No No Only for certified robots No Centralistic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? MSNP (Windows Live Messenger, etc.)
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | MTProto (Telegram) Telegram Messenger LLP 2013 Aug Open standard Phone number (e.g. +15550123), nickname (e.g. @example) Yes Yes No end-to-end encryption for group chats Yes No Yes Yes, contact blocking Yes Yes[9] Yes Yes Yes No ? MTProto (Telegram)
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Mumble Thorvald Natvig 1999 Jul Open standard Username Yes Yes No Only for certified robots No Centralistic Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No ? Mumble
LINE LY Corporation 2011 June 23 Template:Proprietary LINE ID, Phone Number ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |OSCAR (AIM, ICQ) AOL 1997 Template:Proprietary (Discontinued 15-Dec-2017)[10] Username, Email Address or UIN
e.g. 12345678 		Yes Yes (Aim Pro, Aim Lite) No No No Centralistic client-based Yes (Multiple, simultaneous) Yes Yes Yes No No ? OSCAR (AIM, ICQ)
Revolt Revolt 2021 AGPLv3 Username and discriminator (e.g. MysticPixie#7495)[11] Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No ? Revolt
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |RVP (Windows Messenger, etc.) Microsoft 1997 Mar Template:Proprietary (Discontinued) Windows Active Directory Login No No ? No Centralistic None No ? ? No No No ? RVP (Windows Messenger, etc.)
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Ricochet Invisible.im 2014 Mar Open standard Tor onion address Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes ? Ricochet
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Serval Project Serval Project 2016 Open Standard Digit address Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Serval Project
Template:Rh |Signal Protocol Signal Foundation 2014 Feb[12] Open standard Phone number (e.g. +15550123) Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes, contact blocking Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Signal Protocol
Template:Rh |SimpleX Messaging Protocol Evgeny Poberezkin 2020 AGPLv3 No user identifiers Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, through WebRTC[13] Yes, through WebRTC[13] Yes No ? SimpleX Messaging Protocol
Template:Rh |SIP/SIMPLE IETF 1996 Open standard user@hostname Yes Yes Optional Yes Yes No Medium ? Yes Yes Yes No Depends on implementation ? SIP/SIMPLE
Template:Rh |Skype Skype 2003 Aug Template:Proprietary Username Yes Template:Proprietary No No No Centralistic client-based Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? Skype
Template:Rh |Steam Friends Valve 2003 Sep 12 Template:Proprietary SteamID/Username or Unique Number Yes Template:Proprietary ? No, although rising Yes ? No Yes Yes No No No No ? Steam Friends
TeamSpeak TeamSpeak Systems GmbH 2001 Aug Template:Proprietary Unique ID in base64 No No No ? ? ? ? Yes Yes No ?
Template:Rh |TOC2 AOL 2005 Sep Template:Proprietary (Discontinued) Username or UIN
e.g. 12345678 		Yes No No No No Centralistic No paying members only ? ? Partial ? No ? TOC2
Threema Threema GmbH 2012 December Open standard ?
Template:Rh |TOX (based on DHT) irungentoo (GitHub user) 2013 June GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later Public & Private key Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[14][15] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[16] Yes ? TOX (based on DHT)
Template:Rh |Tuenti Tuenti 2006 Template:Proprietary Username Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No ? Tuenti
WeChat Tencent 2011 Template:Proprietary Username Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No ? WeChat
Template:Rh |Windows Messenger service Microsoft 1990 Template:Proprietary (Discontinued) NetBIOS Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No ? Windows Messenger service
Template:Rh |XMPP Jeremie Miller, standardized via IETF 1999 Jan Open standard Jabber ID (JID)
e.g. usr@a.b.c/homeTemplate:Efn 		Yes[17][18] Yes[19] Optional[20][21][22][23] Yes Yes[24] Yes[25][26] Yes[27][28][29] Yes[25] Yes, via Jingle Yes, via Jingle Yes[30] Yes[31] Optional[32] Yes[33] XMPP
Template:Rh |YMSG (Yahoo! Messenger) Yahoo! 1998, March 9 Template:Proprietary Username Yes NoTemplate:Update inline No No Yes Centralistic Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? YMSG (Yahoo! Messenger)
Template:Rh |Zephyr Notification Service MIT 1987 Open standard Kerberos principal
e.g. user@ATHENA.MIT.EDU 		Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No ? Zephyr Notification Service
Protocol Creator First public release date License Identity (not inc. alias) Asynchronous message relaying Transport Layer Security End-to-end encryption Unlimited number of contacts Bulletins to all contacts One-to-many routingTemplate:Efn Spam protection Group, channel or conference support Audio/VoIP support Webcam/Video Batch file sharing Media synchronization ServerlessTemplate:Efn (decentralized) Binary format Protocol

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See also

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