Licq

Licq is a instant messaging client for UNIX supporting multiple protocols (currently ICQ, MSN and Jabber). Licq uses a extensive plugin system to manage many different functions. The main GUI is written using the Qt widget set. Licq is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Get Licq

The latest Licq release is 1.6.0 and can be downloaded from the download page.

The source is available in our git repository.

Contact

If you have general questions post them to the licq-users mailing list. More development related questions and patches can be posted to the licq-dev mailing list.

Many of the developers also hang on the IRC channel #licq on freenode. Drop by this IRC channel if you are interested in helping out, want some help, or just wanna hang out with the people developing your favourite instant messaging client.

To report a fault, either contact us directly (using the mailing list or IRC channel above) or enter it directly as a Licq issue in github.

News

Licq 1.6.0

The final release of Licq 1.6.0 is here.

Licq 1.6.0 adds both a bugfix release and contains some new features.
Grab it from the download page.

Licq 1.6.0-rc1

We are happy to announce the first release candidate of Licq 1.6.0.

Licq 1.6.0 adds both a bugfix release and contains some new features.
Grab it from the download page.

Migrated Trac Tickets

A selected part of the old trac tickets have now been migrated. The problems can be found at http://github.com/licq-im/licq/issues and the enhancements have been summarized as a simple list of enhancement requests.

Licq 1.5.1

We are happy to announce the final release of Licq 1.5.1.

Licq 1.5.1 is a bugfix release and also adds support for away messages in the jabber protocol.
Grab it from the download page.

Licq 1.5.1-rc1

We are happy to announce the first release candidate of Licq 1.5.1-rc1.

Licq 1.5.1 is a bugfix release and also adds support for away messages in the jabber protocol.
Grab it from the download page.

Licq 1.5.0

We are happy to announce the final release of Licq 1.5.0.

Licq 1.5.0 introduces support for Jabber protocol and a new OSD plugin. Other changes include separate auto-logon for each account and the possibility to override sounds per user or per group.