BitlBee

{{Infobox software

| name = BitlBee

| logo = Bitlbee logo.png

| screenshot = Bitlbee irssi sawfish.png

| caption = Screenshot of Irssi IRC client connected to a BitlBee server to communicate via Windows Live

| developer = BitlBee team, with Wilmer van der Gaast as Lead Developer

| released = {{Start date and age|2002|8|9|df=yes}}

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q878823|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q878823|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q878823|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q878823|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C{{cite web|title=The Bitlbee Open Source Project on Open Hub - Language page|url=https://www.openhub.net/p/bitlbee/analyses/latest/languages_summary|website=Open Hub|access-date=30 September 2014}}

| genre = Instant messaging

| license = GPL-2.0-or-later{{cite web|url=https://github.com/bitlbee/bitlbee/blob/master/doc/bitlbee.8|title=bitlbee.8|website=GitHub }}

| website = {{URL|bitlbee.org}}

}}

BitlBee is a cross-platform IRC instant messaging gateway, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

BitlBee communicates with the user via the IRC protocol, providing a gateway to popular chat networks such as AIM and ICQ (via OSCAR), Microsoft Messenger service (via MSNP), Yahoo! (via YMSG) and Facebook Messenger (via MQTT with a plugin{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoFacebookMQTT|title=HowtoFacebookMQTT - BitlBee Wiki|website=wiki.bitlbee.org|access-date=2017-06-17}}) and the microblogging networks Twitter,{{cite web |url=http://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoTwitter |title=How to twitter in BitlBee |publisher=BitlBee.org |access-date=2010-08-10}} Identi.ca, and GNU Social. Since version 3.0, BitlBee can be built to use the libpurple library, which supports file transfers on many IM networks, and supports GaduGadu, QQ and other less well-known protocols.[http://wiki.bitlbee.org/HowtoPurple "Using BitlBee with the libpurple IM backend"]. BitlBee.org. Off-the-record messaging is supported by Bitlbee.{{cite web |url=http://wiki.bitlbee.org/bitlbee-otr |title=Get OTR to work with bitlbee}} It supports the display of remote user status using the IRC voice attribute: online users are shown with voice, away users are shown without. Many IRC commands such as /WHO and /QUERY are available, though the capabilities of the remote IM protocols limit which IRC commands will work.

It can be installed and operated on a user's personal computer, a local server, or accessed on public gateway servers.[http://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/servers.html "Public BitlBee servers"]. BitlBee.org. A user registers with the BitlBee server for future credentials storage. Service protocols are added along with their credentials; following this, the software will display the user's buddy list as normal IRC users in a channel. Conversations can be public, or use the private message facility of IRC.{{cite web

|title=Bitlbee Quickstart Guide (Online Edition) & Notes

|first= Elizabeth |last=Krumbach

|publisher=PrincessLeia.com

|url=http://princessleia.com/bitlbee.php

}}

BitlBee runs on Linux, Unix, BSD, Windows, AmigaOS{{cite book

| last = Mutton | first = Paul

| title = IRC hacks

| publisher = O'Reilly Media

| year = 2004

| pages = 374–383

| isbn = 0-596-00687-X