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==Table of instant messaging protocols==

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![[Communication protocol|Protocol]]

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| [[Friedhelm Hillebrand]]

| 1985

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| Phone number (e.g. [phone])

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{?dunno}}

! [[3GPP|3GPP standards]]

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| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Bitmessage]]

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| Apple Inc.

| 2002 August

| {{Proprietary}} Freeware; portions under the Apache license

| Username

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Bonjour (software)|Bonjour]]

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| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Briar (software)|Briar]]

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| Discord Inc.

| 2015 May 13

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| Discord ID<ref>{{Cite web|title=Where can I find my User/Server/Message ID?|url=https://support.discord.com/hc/pl/articles/206346498-Where-can-I-find-my-User-Server-Message-ID-|website=discord.com|language=en}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

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| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Discord (software)|Discord]]

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| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

!dm3

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Echo (communications protocol)|Echo]]

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| GG Network

| 2000 Jul 17

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| UIN<br />e.g. 12345678

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Gadu-Gadu]]

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| {{partial|via BNC}}

| {{yes2|yes, via DCC CHAT}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]]

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| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Jami (software)|Jami]] (based on [[Distributed hash table|DHT]] and [[Session Initiation Protocol|SIP]])

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Matrix (communication protocol)|Matrix]]

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| {{?dunno}}

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| [[Microsoft]]

| 1999 Jul

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| [[Email address]] ([[Microsoft account]])

| {{Yes}}

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Microsoft Notification Protocol|MSNP]] ([[Windows Live Messenger]], etc.)

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| {{yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

|MTProto ([[Telegram (software)|Telegram]])

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Mumble (software)|Mumble]]

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| [[LY Corporation]]

| 2011 June 23

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| LINE ID, Phone Number

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| {{?dunno}}

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| {{?}}

!

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| [[AOL]]

| 1997

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}} (Discontinued 15-Dec-2017)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aimemories.tumblr.com/post/166091776077/aimemories |title = AOL INSTANT MESSENGER (AIM) — One Last Away Message}}</ref>

| [[User (computing)|Username]], Email Address or [[ICQ#UIN|UIN]]<br />e.g. 12345678

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[OSCAR protocol|OSCAR]] ([[AOL Instant Messenger|AIM]], [[ICQ]])

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|Revolt

|[[Revolt (Online Communication Software)|Revolt]]

|2021

|{{Free|AGPLv3}}

|Username and discriminator (e.g. MysticPixie#7495)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Usernames are Evolving - Revolt |url=https://revolt.chat/posts/evolving-usernames |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=revolt.chat}}</ref>

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

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|

|

|

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{No}}

|{{Yes}}

|

|{{No}}

|{{dunno}}

![[Revolt (Online Communication Software)|Revolt]]

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! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Rendezvous protocol|RVP]] ([[Windows Messenger]], etc.)

| [[Microsoft]]

| 1997 Mar

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}} (Discontinued)

| Windows Active Directory Login

| {{No}}

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| {{No}}

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| {{?dunno}}

![[Rendezvous protocol|RVP]] ([[Windows Messenger]], etc.)

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| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Ricochet (software)|Ricochet]]

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| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Serval Project]]

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|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Signal Protocol]]

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|{{no}}

| {{?dunno}}

!SimpleX Messaging Protocol

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| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Depends}} on implementation

| {{?dunno}}

![[Session Initiation Protocol|SIP]]/[[SIMPLE (instant messaging protocol)|SIMPLE]]

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| [[Skype]]

| 2003 Aug

| [[{{Proprietary}} protocol|Proprietary]](Discontinued)

| [[User (computing)|Username]]

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Skype protocol|Skype]]

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| [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]

| 2003 Sep 12

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| SteamID/Username or Unique Number

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Steam (service)|Steam Friends]]

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|TeamSpeak Systems GmbH

|2001 Aug

|[[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

|Unique ID in base64

| {{No}}

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| {{?dunno}}

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| [[AOL]]

| 2005 Sep

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}} (Discontinued)

| [[User (computing)|Username]] or [[ICQ#UIN|UIN]]<br />e.g. 12345678

| {{Yes}}

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| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[TOC protocol|TOC2]]

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| {{?dunno}}

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| {{Yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=File sharing : Trade files, with no artificial limits or caps.|url=https://tox.chat/|website=tox.chat|language=en|access-date=2021-06-18}}</ref>

| {{Yes}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Tox (protocol)|TOX]] (based on [[Distributed hash table|DHT]])

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| [[Tuenti]]

| 2006

| {{Proprietary}}

| [[User (computing)|Username]]

| {{Yes}}

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| {{dunno}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Tuenti]]

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| [[Tencent]]

| 2011

| {{Proprietary}}

| Username

| Yes

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| No

| No

| {{?dunno}}

![[WeChat]]

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| [[Microsoft]]

| 1990

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}} (Discontinued)

| NetBIOS

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Windows Messenger service]]

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| [[Yahoo!]]

| 1998, March 9

| [[{{Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]]}}

| [[User (computing)|Username]]

| {{Yes}}

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Yahoo! Messenger Protocol|YMSG]] ([[Yahoo! Messenger]])

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| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{?dunno}}

![[Zephyr (protocol)|Zephyr Notification Service]]

|-