RetroMessenger is an open source, secure and serverless instant messenger client.
You need an open source application to keep in touch with your friends? RetroMessenger is a easy to use and simple Instant Messenger to keep all your friends listed in a friendlist and to message them.
You want to secure chat based on PGP-keys? All messages to your friends are secure and encrypted, so no third party is listening. You just need to swap with your friend a PGP-Key and you are done. RetroMessenger is encrypted out of the box, that means no difficult installation or extra-downloads for the encryption part is needed.
You do not want to send your chats over a server or a registered central server account? RetroMessenger does not need a central server. So the network never will be down or monitored by one central authority sending you adds or "weather notices". With RetroMessenger you are not on anyones "needle", you are only connected to your community.
You want to use a messenger designed for a linux/win mobile phone? More and more you have Instant Messaging on you mobile phone, especially windows or open source linux phones like the openmoko or maemo. RetroMessenger is designed with a small tiny gui to fit these needs on mobile phones.
You are IT-admin in a company wanting to use a simple server & maintenance free instant messaging solution? RetroMessenger is an easy to admin tool. So as well small/medium companies choose this messenger for the employees to have an real time communication tool without the need to admin or maintain a server.
You are wxwidgets developer and think this toolkit should be used on the worldwide first open source serverless wxwidgets messenger? RetroMessenger uses in the first goal a wxwidget gui, as this is cross platform and offers a well design.
You are a XUL-Firefox`/Thunderbird Addon Developer and want the serverles secure Messenger as well in the Browser? The sucess of RetroMessenger shows, that already as well in the team there are specialists for a XUL gui as well, to bring in the RetroMessenger in Firefox or Thunderbird as an XPI-Addon.
You want to share URL-Links with your friends? Like services like digg or MrWong you can share with your friends Urls and Links in the exciting Messenger Feature: Link Cloud. All Links you enter are shared with your friends - and you and them can even rate them.
You want to be part as a user of the RetroMessenger-Community and have questions or ideas? We are a small developer community but very active in helping each other in compiling and getting the messenger running. Ideas, help or questions are always welcome and therefore we have a not-public malinglist, you can join, if you adress to us.
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· This release avails text chat.
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