The Portable Freeware Collection Forums

LAN Messenger is an instant messaging application for communication over a local network.

http://lanmsngr.sourceforge.net/

Version tested: 1.2.35

LAN Messenger.ini in AppData\Roaming\LAN Messenger
Log file in AppData\Local\LAN Messenger\LAN Messenger\logs
group.cfg in AppData\Local\LAN Messenger\LAN Messenger

Trolltech crap in registry.

Just the other day me and my friend struggled to exchange a large file between two laptops sitting right next to each other. Finally we found a flash drive. This program would have saved me a lot of time. Additionally, if I was to write down a list of what I wanted in a LAN messaging client, this would check off all the boxes: instant messaging, public key encryption (AES encryption with RSA as the key exchange), broadcast messages, file transfer, ability to organize contacts, and logging. Best of all it's serverless and cross-platform (Mac/Linux) with no feature-limits on the non-Windows versions.

License: GPL v3 license

Languages: 14 including Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), French and Italian,

Screenshot: Here (too big to directly link)

Will test out hopefully soon.

Very interesting. Shame it isn't Portable.

guinness wrote:

webfork wrote:if I was to write down a list of what I wanted in a LAN messaging client, this would check off all the boxes

Very interesting. Shame it isn't Portable.

Heh - yeah except that one. If it turns out to be worth the time, I'll talk to the dev and see if I can encourage that in a future version.

winterblood portablized this app a couple days ago:
http://portableapps.com/node/36171

I create a 'proof of concept' UDP chat client the other day, so I have the up most respect for a developer who can create something on this scale.

I'm downloading the Portable version to test, but would be great (if feasible) that the developer create a Portable application natively.

JohnTHaller wrote:winterblood portablized this app a couple days ago:
http://portableapps.com/node/36171

http://portableapps.com/news/2013-02-01 ... 5-released

webfork wrote:http://portableapps.com/news/2013-02-01 ... 5-released

Oh ... and moved over to the Submission thread.

Note that we have an existing program in the database by that name so if this program is submitted, one or both should get a name like "Madhavan Lan Messenger" or "Qualia Lan Messenger".

I finally updated this: http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2649 Please vote.

I realized that -- for all the nice programs out there to add security to existing IM networks, this program was a step ahead by ignoring a centralized network. Also great for quickly and easily transferring files over a LAN.

I went with the PortableApps version because, although there's supposedly native portability via the /noconfig argument, I couldn't seem to get this to work properly.

Needing to send a very large file on one machine to another over the local network, I tested out Lan Messenger Portable on Win10 with very lenient firewall settings (all network profiles, allow edge transversal) and unfortunately still wasn't able to connect. There may well have been a block on the router-level, but I didn't have access to the device.

Anyway, through the course of testing, I also wanted to note that the only actively-developed LAN messaging tool is BeeBEEP. So to the extent that older software tends to be a security risk, that's something to be aware of.