Interoperability is the holy grail of instant messaging, allowing your instant messenger to communicate with other instant messenger platforms. How does your instant messenger stack up when it comes to interoperability?

The following chart shows which protocols are supported by some of the most popular instant messaging programs. Note that in most cases, support for an additional protocol still requires that you have a valid user account on each network.

Supported

Protocols WLM

(MSN) Y!M AIM ICQ XMPP

GTalk,

Jabber IRC Bonjour MySpace Facebook Adium 17 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial Yes Yes AIM 2 No No Yes Yes No No No No No Beejive 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Digsby 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial No No Yes Yes eBuddy 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes iChat 4 No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No ICQ 2 No No Yes Yes No No No No No Instan-t 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Kopete 11 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No meebo 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Miranda IM 15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Nimbuzz 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Paltalk 3 No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Pidgin 12 Partial Partial Yes Partial Partial Yes Partial Yes Yes Trillian Basic 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Trillian Pro 6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Partial No No Trillian Astra 9 Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Partial Yes No Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 3 Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yahoo! Messenger 3 Yes Yes No No No No No No No Updated on March 11, 2009. Note that we haven't included all the protocols available. Instead, we chose to focus on the most popular. For a more detailed look at IM interoperability, see the Multiprotocol Clients chart on Wikipedia. Got an update? Leave a comment below. Looking for the latest versions? We've got you covered.

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