Coccinella (software)

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{{Infobox software

| name = Coccinella

| logo = File:Coccinella.png

| screenshot = File:CoccinellaRosterKajWhiteboard.png

| caption = Coccinella 0.95 Address-book and Whiteboard.

| collapsible = yes

| developer = Mats Bengtsson

| latest release version = 0.96.20

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2010|09|29}}

| programming language = Tcl

| operating_system = BSD,
Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows,

| license = GPLv3

| website = {{URL|http://coccinella.im/}}

}}

Coccinella (from the Latin "coccinella", ladybird) is a free and open-source cross-platform client for the XMPP/Jabber-instant messaging-protocol.

File:CoccinellaRosterKajWhiteboard.png

The software is written in the Tcl/Tk language, and it runs under BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows and all other platforms that support Tcl/Tk. Mats Bengtsson published it in 1999, under the name Whiteboard. It was renamed Coccinella in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://thecoccinella.org/birthday8 |title=8 Years and More |author=sander |date=January 1, 2007 |work=Coccinella |access-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705080954/http://www.thecoccinella.org/birthday8 |archive-date=July 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}