KMess, MSN Messenger for Linux
As Linux user it's still easy to contact old friends.
Chat with friends using MSN Messenger, enjoy our great features:
- Display picture transfers
- Fast file transfers
- Custom emoticons and nudges
- Winks and offline-im messages receiving
- Rich and colorful chat styles and logs
- Live Mail e-mail notifications
See the screenshots for a visual overview.
Download KMess!
Linux x86 installer for 32 bit, KDE 3.2 and up.
About KMess
KMess is an alternative MSN Messenger chat client for Linux. It allows Linux users to chat with friends who use MSN Messenger in Windows or Mac OS. The strength of KMess is it's integration with the KDE desktop environment, focus on MSN Messenger specific features and an easy-to-use interface.
Like many Linux and KDE applications, KMess is free software. Our software's license is the GNU General Public License.
Do you want to help?
KMess is Free and Open Source Software made by volunteers. You can contribute translations, report problems, make suggestions, improve the code, or add new features! Contact us if you'd like to help!
Nominate KMess as Best Project for the SourceForge 2009 Community Choice Award!
KMess 2.0 beta 2 released
May 10, 2009 -- As development goes on, today we are releasing KMess 2.0 beta 2, the second testing release of KMess.
Here is an overview of the most evident improvements since beta 1:
- fixed disconnections after many hours of use.
- fixed losing KDE Wallet passwords.
- fixed typing notifications not appearing in WLM 2009.
- fixed resending messages already sent as offline messages.
- fixed searching for offline contacts.
- fixed time of arrival of offline messages.
- fixed contact list group sorting.
- fixed many memory leaks.
- improved the Chat History dialog and its integration with KMess.
- improved drag and drop support in contact list.
- improved handwriting message sending.
- improved the file transfers window's behavior.
- improved chat session management.
- updated English handbook.
- 10 updated translations.
- Countless more bugs fixed.
The page with 2.0 beta screenshots provides an detailed overview of the changes in KMess 2.0 so far.
If KMess has not been translated in your language yet, or the translation is incomplete, *now* is the time to get it right! Contact us at our forums or read our translation guide.
More than ever, we would like to invite you to try KMess and tell us what you think. Have you noticed a bug, a crash or something that could be improved? Contact us at our forums at http://www.kmess.org/board/ or, alternatively, use LikeBack which is available from the Help menu or the buttons in the top-right corner of every KMess window.
