tmsnc is a text-based

Text-based

Usually used in reference to a computer application, a text-based application is one whose primary input and output are based on text rather than graphics or sound. This does not mean that text-based applications do not have graphics or sound, just that the graphics or sound are secondary to the...

 instant messaging client, designed for use with the Microsoft Network. It is written in the C programming language. Through Ncurses

Ncurses

ncurses is a programming library that provides an API which allows the programmer to write text user interfaces in a terminal-independent manner. It is a toolkit for developing "GUI-like" application software that runs under a terminal emulator...

, tmsnc can run on a wide variety of Unix-like

Unix-like

A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....

 operating systems, including Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 and Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

.

The project was discontinued following the release of version 0.3.2. Its author now contributes to Fama IM

Fama IM

Fama IM is a free software instant messaging client for Linux and Unix that supports the use of multiple instant messaging protocols.It uses the Telepathy software framework for server communications and ncurses to provide a console-bound user interface...

, a project with similar goals.

Platforms

tmsnc is reported to be tested and stable on:

• OpenBSD/PowerPC 3.7
• Gentoo Linux (Now masked by arch, reason discontinued upstream)
• CRUX Linux 2.0
• Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther)
• Debian Linux 3.1
• Slackware Linux 9.1
• Red Hat Linux 9
• Fedora Core
• SUSE 9.0 Professional
• Solaris 8
• Mandrake 10.0
• Ubuntu 7.04