It just occurred to me that none of the classic #InstantMessaging systems are still running. #ICQ, #AOLInstantMessenger, #YahooMessenger, and #MSNMessenger are all gone. I have lost contact with all my old friends there. I doubt I'll ever hear from them again.

The #OpenSource, #federated competitor to these protocols, #XMPP, remains in operation and has outlived them all. So did #IRC, the protocol that arguably inspired them.

Proprietary software and protocols come and go, but #FOSS endures.

Been working on a little #xmpp client!

codeberg.org/Mizah/Dergchat

Still very early-days, but I'm having fun making it!

XMPP chat about it: xmpp:dergchat@conference.mizah…

#instantmessaging #rust #xmpp

Dergchat

A small XMPP client written in Rust.

^Codeberg.org