Instantbird is a simple and easy to use instant messaging client with support all the major networks. The program has a tabbed interface and similar look and feel to Firefox/Thunderbird (uses the Mozilla codebase), and includes support for customization using themes and add-ons.
Available networks include AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, Twitter, Facebook, XMPP, IRC, ICQ, and more.
Instantbird Portable is a version in PortableApps.com format.
NOTE: this program hasn't been updated since 2013 and may contain security vulnerabilities.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: |
Application folder |
Stealth: ? |
No. In the event of a crash, saves info to AppData |
Unicode support: |
Yes |
Path portability: |
Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: |
GPL and Mozilla tri-license (MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1)
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How to extract: |
Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch InstantbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: |
Pidgin |
What's new? |
- Creating a new conversation tab has been made easier.
- Clicking the '+' button in a conversation window shows a list of conversations that can be started with a single click.
- The list is sorted with a frecency algorithm, taking into account how often and how recently you've talked to each contact.
- This list also automatically includes the channels advertised by the IRC servers you are connected to.
- New tooltips that better fit the style of Instantbird.
- Improved Multi-user chats user interface:
- Participants now have context menus that allow you to open private conversations or add them as buddies.
- Highlighted nicks in chat rooms now have tooltips and context menus.
- Auto-joined chat rooms that have been put on hold will stay on hold after a restart.
- A list of alternate nicks for IRC can be configured, in case your preferred nick is taken when you connect.
- about: pages (e.g. about:config) can now easily be opened with the /about command (e.g. /about config).
- Retina display support on Mac OS X.
- Google Talk and Hangouts Android users are now shown as mobile.
- Google Hangouts users will no longer appear as always typing.
- Better support for displaying RTL languages in conversations.
- The vKontakte protocol was removed as the vKontakte service dropped support for connecting with an XMPP client.
- New for developers: New API to add tab panels with arbitrary content to conversation windows: in-code documentation.
- Updated to Mozilla 25.
- Various minor bugs and a few crashers fixed.
- And more... read the full ChangeLog for details of all code changes since Instantbird 1.4.
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Update fixed reconnection problems. Very happy with this.
V1.2