pork
pork is an ncurses-based AOL instant messenger client. It uses the OSCAR protocol (the one the Windows client uses) to access AIM. Pork features Perl scripting, an online help system, the ability to configure nearly all aspects of the program's look and feel, an alias system, and a powerful, fully configurable key binding system. It supports being logged in with more than one screen name at the same time. The default look and feel of the client is modeled after the ircII IRC client. Anyone comfortable using ircII (or any clients derived from it, e.g. epic, BitchX, etc.) will feel comfortable using pork.
| Tags | Communications Chat AOL Instant Messenger |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X POSIX BSD BSD/OS FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD Linux Solaris |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 29 Oct 2004 15:19
Changes: The reconnect code has been improved. Compilation problems for Solaris have been fixed.
- 23 Sep 2004 11:59
Changes: This release fixes a bug that caused multi-line messages to be corrupted and continues to improve IRC support.
- 16 Nov 2003 07:18
Changes: Lots of bugfixes were made. Support for IRC was added.
- 13 Jul 2003 17:01
Changes: Bugfixes and more modularity.
- 15 Jun 2003 18:27
Changes: This release adds support for sending and receiving files, support for terminals with a transparent background, and infrastructure for supporting other IM protocols.
