KDE Telepathy

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KDE Telepathy
Developer(s) KDE
Initial releaseJuly 27, 2011;12 years ago (2011-07-27) [1]
Stable release
0.9 / October 19, 2014;9 years ago (2014-10-19) [2]
Written in C++, QML
Operating system Unix-like
Available inMultilingual
Type Instant messaging client
License GNU GPL
Website userbase.kde.org/Telepathy

KDE Telepathy is an instant messaging (IM) and voice over IP (VoIP) client which supports text, voice, video, file transfers, and inter-application communication over various IM protocols. It uses the Telepathy framework as its back-end. It is the slated replacement for Kopete, and its main focus is the integration between different components of the KDE Software Compilation that may benefit from real-time communication and collaboration features. [3]

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Themes

KDE Telepathy has support for Adium themes. They can be installed from the Adium website's Xtras page's Themes category. They are installed over ktp-adiumxtra-protocol-handler

Protocol support

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References

  1. "New KDE Applications, Workspaces and Development Platform Releases Bring New Features, Improve Stability". KDE e.V. 27 July 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  2. Edmundson, David (October 19, 2014). "KDE Telepathy 0.9.0 Released" . Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. Gkiagia (September 20, 2010). "What is Telepathy-KDE" . Retrieved October 22, 2012.