Vacuum-IM

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Vacuum IM 1.1.2

#1 Post by lautrepay »

Website: http://www.vacuum-im.org/about

Translated:
Vacuum IM - is a free cross-platform Jabber-client written in Qt4. The principal difference from other cross-platform client is an open modular architecture that allows flexibility to customize the functionality to meet specific needs, as well as the use of the existing modules in the design of their own.

Capabilities

Several independent profiles
Multiple accounts in one profile
Nested groups in the roster
Support JID shielded forbidden characters
Storing the history both locally and on the server with the ability to replicate stories from the server to your computer
Consistent off saving messages (mode OTR)
Full support for jabber conferences
Bookmarks at a conference with the ability to auto-join
Support for CAPTCHA form, with the possibility of passing without browser
Several named window with tabs for chats and conferences
Support for Adium message styles
Animated emoticons (when using Adium style)
Notifications of user activity in the chat
Automatic change of transport while preserving the names, locations, subscriptions and archive messages
Lists of privacy, with the ability to ignore or go into invisible mode for individual contacts and groups
Multi-stage automatic change of status depending on the time of inactivity
Ability to set different status icons for individual contacts and group contacts connected through transports
Support for avatars with the ability to specify an arbitrary contact picture as avatar
Comments to contacts
Ad-Hoc Team
File Transfer
XML Console
Image Image Image

Download the 7z package and extract.
Create a subfolder named VacuumIM in the app folder.
Launch vacuum.exe.

Portable but not stealth. Leaves the usual QT trash in the registry.
License: GNU GPL v3

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Re: Vacuum IM 1.1.2

#2 Post by webfork »

Looks pretty good ... one point:

> Consistent off saving messages (mode OTR)

Something lost in the translation ... OTR is a security feature for encrypted messages with some other goodies. It seems to have become the standard for encrypted messaging.

There appears to be an English site here:
https://code.google.com/p/vacuum-im/ Edit: moved: https://github.com/Vacuum-IM

Cross-platform with versions for both Linux and Mac.

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Re: Vacuum IM 1.1.2

#3 Post by lautrepay »

Another interesting option is Psi+, the development branch of Psi IM (a portable version of Psi was already submitted here).

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Download a 7z package from here: http://code.google.com/p/psi-dev/downlo ... z&can=2&q=
From the Wiki page:
Question 4: How to make Psi+ portable under MS Windows?

Answer 4: To get Psi+ working in portable mode, you have several options:

Copy a folder PsiData from C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME% to C:\Program Files\Psi+ and start Psi+ via the script psi-plus-portable.bat.
Convert psi-plus.exe to psi-plus-portable.exe using the script make-psi-plus-portable.bat directly in the working Psi+ folder and then run psi-plus-portable.exe.
In the Downloads page you'll find the latest Plugins Package and, not included in this package, the latest OTR Plugin.

License: GNU GPL v2

As well as Vacuum IM, it's portable but not stealth, for the same reasons.

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Re: Vacuum IM 1.1.2

#4 Post by I am Baas »

Vacuum-IM is at version 1.2.4

Direct download link @ https://googledrive.com/host/0B7A5K_290 ... t4.8.5.msi

Nightly @ https://275cc7e63ad1d6d918befd0a6c2fe2f ... ExSE03QXc/ (The latest is vacuum-im_1.3.0.2487 from February 14, 2015)

Additional plugins @ https://358e5f74459204a3db3498f164db730 ... M2S2dWWVU/

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Re: Vacuum IM 1.1.2

#5 Post by I am Baas »

Psi+ is at version 0.16

Alternative download page @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/psiplus/

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Vacuum-IM

#6 Post by smaragdus »

Vacuum-IM about:
Full-featured crossplatform Jabber/XMPP client.
The core program is just a plugin loader, all functionality is made available via plugins. This enforces modularity and ensures well defined component interaction via interfaces.
Vacuum-IM features:
Main Features
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* Nested roster groups
* Multiple accounts in profile
* Support for Adium message styles
* Full support for Jabber conferences
* Easy access to recent contacts and conferences
* Ability to combine contact to meta-contact from several accounts
* Storage of history both locally and on the server (XEP-136)
* Create a bookmark at the conference with the possibility autologin
* Support for CAPTCHA forms, with the possibility of transmission without the use of browser
* Automated change of transport with preservation of names, groups, subscriptions and archive messages
* Lists of privacy, with the possibility of ignoring or setting in invisible mode for individual contacts and groups
* Multi-stage automatic change of status depending on the time of inactivity
* Ability to set different status icons for individual contacts, and groups of contacts are connected through transport
* Support for avatars with the ability to specify a contact an arbitrary image as an avatar
* Ability to add annotation to contact
Vacuum-IM links:
http://www.vacuum-im.org/ - web-site (in Russian)
https://github.com/Vacuum-IM/vacuum-im - project page
https://github.com/Vacuum-IM/vacuum-im/releases - download page
http://www.vacuum-im.org/screenshoots - gallery
http://www.vacuum-im.org/about - features (in Russian)
http://www.vacuum-im.org/faq- FAQ (in Russian)
http://forum.jrudevels.org/viewforum.php?f=11 - forum (in Russian)
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/C ... m-IM.shtml - Vacuum-IM at Softpedia
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-S ... able.shtml - Vacuum-IM Portable at Softpedia
http://alternativeto.net/software/vacuum-im/ - Vacuum-IM at AlternativeTo

Vacuum-IM screen-shots:
- Vacuum-IM - main window:
Vacuum-IM 1.2.5 - 2016-03-17 - 001.png
- Vacuum-IM - message window:
Vacuum-IM 1.2.5 - 2016-03-17 - 002.png
- Vacuum-IM - settings window:
Vacuum-IM 1.2.5 - 2016-03-17 - 004.png
Vacuum-IM portable:
Portable Version
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To make Vacuum-IM portable just create folder VacuumIM (for Windows) in the directory where vacuum.exe is located.
In short- download the archive, extract it, create a sub-folder VacuumIM inside the program folder and run vacuum.exe- all data and settings will be stored inside VacuumIM sub-folder.

Vacuum-IM license:
Vacuum-IM is open-source software, licensed under GPL 3.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#7 Post by lautrepay »

Please, merge with http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... hp?p=74067.
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#8 Post by smaragdus »

@lautrepay
Sorry, I didn't find the thread you mentioned- before posting I searched for Vacuum-IM but the search didn't return any results. If I had seen your thread I wouldn't have posted mine.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#9 Post by lautrepay »

@smaragdus: No problem, sometimes it happens.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#10 Post by smaragdus »

@lautrepay
My mistake was that I sought for Vacuum-IM, not for Vacuum. In fact the search doesn't return any results for Vacuum-IM even now. I suppose that dashes (-) are ignored.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#11 Post by webfork »

smaragdus wrote:My mistake was that I sought for Vacuum-IM, not for Vacuum.
No issue -- threads merged.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#12 Post by smaragdus »

@webfork
Thanks.
I played with Vacuum-IM for a while and it seems even better than Psi (not only because Psi is not portable). However I am emotionally attached to Psi. In my opinion Vacuum-IM deserves a place in the database.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#13 Post by smaragdus »

I added Vacuum-IM to the database, please vote.
I didn't attach a screen-shot from the official web-site because the menus are in Russian.
I am not good at image editing, if you can create a better screen-shot feel free to replace mine with yours.

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#14 Post by webfork »

smaragdus wrote:I added Vacuum-IM to the database, please vote.
Cool thanks. I did a minor edit.

Few questions:

1. Should we use the Google Translate site?
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... edit-text=

2. What ZIP file do we download? What's the difference between vacuum-im_1.2.5.20150608_win32-msvc2010_qt487_full.zip or vacuum-im_1.2.5.20150608_win32-msvc2010_qt487.zip ?

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Re: Vacuum-IM

#15 Post by smaragdus »

@webfork

The difference between the two versions is that the full one contains Aspell and some more plug-ins (gmailnotify, ntlmauth, spellchecker).

Because the official Vacuum-IM web-site is in Russian I listed its project page at GitHub as official mentioning the web-site in the synopsis. Those who don't speak Russian can use Google Translate or any other another translation service.

I am surprised that no one likes Vacuum-IM, it is one of the few pure Jabber clients still in active development- the development of Psi has stalled and it is not portable, Pandion is abandoned and is not portable, Kadu is not portable, while Gajim is not that easier to be made portable.

I my opinion feature-wise only Psi can be compared to Vacuum-IM.

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