KouChat is a simple serverless chat client for local area networks. KouChat project is written in Java, and is free software.
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Here are some key features of "KouChat":
· Main chat
· Private chat
· Selectable text color for your user
· See when someone writes
· Away mode
· Topic
· File transfer
· System tray integration
· Sound notification when minimized to tray
· Logging
· No configuration needed
· Console mode
Requirements:
· Java 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed a bug when canceling an ongoing file transfer
· Fixed a concurrency bug in classes for sending and receiving messages
· Changed to using the user name from the operating system as the default nick name if no settings are found
· Added a new dialog window for showing unexpected errors to the user
· Added missing commands for file transfer in console mode
· Added --debug startup option to activate all logging
· Added tips & tricks from the wiki to the help menu
· And some fixes and improvements here and there