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Pichat (pitʃæt) is a chat software and a protocol for information exchange in a peer-to-peer network. A Pichat application typically is client and server at once and can serve a variety of protocols and formats (such as text and XML). It is primarily used for text chat and as a community chat system.

The Pichat protocol was designed with the idea of supporting both intelligent and simple clients. Expect that most work is performed on a chat server, with less logic required on client side. A simple client can directly display the received data stream without need for elaborate parsing.[1] The default port of a chat server is 9009/TCP.[2]

The reference implementation of Pichat has a built-in webchat and TELNET support. It also has an integrated web server which can be used for file transfer. There is a SDK (for Linux und Windows) to extend the chat with plugins.

Features[]

Pichat software supports the following features:[3]

  • Registered and unregistered users
  • Multiple chat rooms, including conference rooms and moderated rooms
  • Text formatting with smileys, graphics and colors
  • User-friendly web interface, customisable with templates (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Webchat with streaming and simple polling (server push and browser pull)
  • Low CPU and traffic consumption (streaming, compression)
  • Multi platform support (Linux and Microsoft Windows)
  • Multi language support (English, German, Swedish, etc)
  • Plugin interface (C++)

See also[]

  • Synchronous conferencing
  • Comparison of instant messaging protocols

References[]

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External links[]

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